Harry Brown (1798 - 1854)

Born 11 Mar 1798 in Dunbarney, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Austine) Brown — married 16 Aug 1831 in Kirkton Of Balfor - Parish Of Edzell, Kincardineshire

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1854 at age 55 in Kirkton Of Balfour, Parish of Edzell, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Harry Brown was a tenant farmer on the Fasque Estate of the Gladstone family of which William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (1809-1898), Prime Minister of England at that time was a member. He died at Kirkton of Balfour 8/01/1854 and his wife Elizabeth,died et Kirkton of Berwickshire

Notes

Birth of Henry/Harry Brown. OPR Dunbarney ^[1] "1798 Harry Brown, tenant in Easter Kinmonth had a son baptized March 11th, named Harry."

Proclamation of marriage of Henry Brown and Elizabeth Austin "1831 Aug. 13. Henry Brown of this Parish and Elizabeth Austin of the Parish of Fettercairn were contracted in order to marriage. Married 16 Aug. 1831." OPR Edzell ^[1]

1851 Cencus, Edzell ^[1] Address: Kirkton

• Henry Brown, head of house, aged 53, farmer of 175 acres employing 6 labourers, and of 90 acres hill pasture, born in Dunbarney
• Elizabeth Brown, his wife, aged 44, born in Edzell
• Margret I. Brown, his daughter, unmarried, aged 18, born in Edzell
• Alexander A. Brown, his son, aged 13, scholar born in Edzell
• John N. Brown, his son, aged 12, scholar, born in Edzell
• James F. Brown, his son, aged 9, scholar, born in Edzell
• Robert Brown, his son, aged 8, scholar, born in Edzell
• Thomas W. Brown, his son, aged 5, scholar, born in Edzell
• Janet H. Brown, his daughter, aged 4, scholar, born in Edzell
• Charles A. Brown, his son, aged 2, scholar, born in Edzell
• and 7 servents.

Note: George Harry Brown (1835-1913) was probably employed in Montrose at the time of the 1851 Cencus.

Siblings of Harry Brown. OPR_ Dunbarney ^[1]

• Jean, baptized 23 Novr. 1794
• Isabel, baptized 18 Sept. 1796
• Alexander, baptized 4 Janr. 1801

"Unfortunately mothers' names are not recorded until 1817 in the old parochial registers of Dunbarney. " ^[1]

"The old parochial registers of Edzell were searched for any further children to Harry Brown but none was found." ^[1]

"No marriages are recorded at this time in the old parochial registers of Dunbarney but the adjoining parishes of Abernethy, Dron, Forgandenny, Rhynd and Perth were searched for this marriage and for any other children to Harry Brown, but no relevant entries were found." ^[1]

"The old parochial registers of Dunbarney were searched from 1757 to 1777 but this birth was not found to have been recorded. The old parochial registers of Perth, Rhynd, Forgandenny, Abernethy and Dron were also searched for the same period, but without result." ^[1]

"The published Monumental Inscriptions for Dunbarney and Edzell were examined but no relevant Brown tombstones were included." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Research by The Scots Ancestry Research Society [Ref No B/51914] commissioned 1985 by John Charles Brown (1915-2004)