Percival Ridout Brown (1855 - 1921)

Born 26 Aug 1855 in Sydney, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Mary (Jenkinson) Brown — married 19 Apr 1878 in Victoria, British Columbia

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1921 at age 66 in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Percival Ridout Brown was born 26 August 1855 in North Sydney, Cape Breton. He went to Victoria, British Columbia with his family. Percy married 10 Apr 1878 Annie Mary Jenkinson. ^[1]

He was a newspaper manager and a broker. The British Columbia Market Company was incorporated in 1895 by Percival R. Brown, F. Walter Galpin, and John Irving to acquire the Victoria and Vancouver butcher operations of the Western Canadian Ranching Company. The firm acted as retail and wholesale butchers. About 1910, the company's assets were sold. ^[2] He was in Esquimalt with some family in 1911. ^[3]

Percy passed away on September 23rd 1921 in Esquimalt, British Columbia and was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery. ^[4] His probate records appear in GR-3007.3601 - Brown, Robert Percival [Percy] , a probate case heard in Penticton Supreme Court ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZH-VHN : 22 February 2021), Percival Ridout Brown and Annie Mary Jenkinson, 19 Apr 1878; citing , British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11367, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,524.
2. ↑ BC Archives description of the http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/british-columbia-market-company-fonds British Columbia Market Company fonds, Fonds PR-2020
3. ↑ 1911 Census of Canada, British Columbia, enumeration district 10, subdistrict 1, Esquimalt, page 39.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/117738556/percival-rideout-brown : accessed 24 April 2021), memorial page for Percival Rideout Brown (26 Aug 1855–23 Sep 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #117738556, citing Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Melanie (McFall) Arscott (contributor 46889095) .
5. ↑ Collections of the British Columbia Archives, Probate

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48T-GRV : 19 March 2021), Percival Brown in household of George Brown, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV63-4TN : 2 March 2021), Percival Ridont Brown, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Percival Ridont Brown, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVK-829 : 23 February 2021), Percival R Brown, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 17, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DS-WM15 : 15 March 2018), Percival Rideout Brown, Death 23 Sep 1921, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; from Victoria Daily Times news clippings, City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada; citing Victoria Daily Times, 24 Sep 1921; FHL microfilm 2,218,893.

• "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG9-SX5 : 8 November 2017), Percival Rideout Brown, 1921.