Robert Brown was christened 28 Nov 1821 in Stonehouse,Lanarkshire, Scotland, son of John Brown and Mary Russel, his birth date would have before this. [1][2]
Aged 29 in 1851 Robert was recorded as being a hand loom weaver living Westquarter Village, Glassford,Lanarkshire,Scotland, with him were his wife Mary, aged 31 and their children Margaret aged 9, John aged 7,Robert aged 5 and William aged 3, all were said to have been born in Stonehouse.[3]
↑ Church registers - Old Parish registers -Births and Baptisms, data base National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) accessed 07 Sept 2023 Brown Robert parents John Brown and Mary Russel 28 Nov 1821 ref 656 20/22 Stonehouse
↑ 3.03.13.2 "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a14f566f4040b9d6efdc887 : viewed 7 Sep 2023), Robert BROWN, Westquarter Village, Lanarkshire, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /645, Folio 660, Page 9, Schedule 42, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.