William Brown (1865 - 1955)

Born 1865 in Ireland

Husband of Mary Agnes (Howe) Brown — married 6 Mar 1912 in Janetville, Manvers, Durham, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died Jul 1955 at about age 90 in Laura, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

William Brown was born in Ireland in 1865. He was a son of William Brown and Isabella MacKelvy.

With his parents, William emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1873. They settled in Durham, Ontario.

About 1886, William moved to North Dakota. He operated a confectionery in Crystal, Pembina, North Dakota and then a confectionery and butcher shop in Hoople, Walsh, North Dakota.

In 1903, he went to the Northwest Territories (Saskatchewan) looking for land. He returned to North Dakota and then, in the spring of 1904, he filed for a homestead in the Laura, Northwest Territories area.

William returned to Durham, Ontario to marry Mary Agnes Howe on 6 March 1912 at Janetville, Manvers, Durham.^[1]

They returned to the farm near Laura, Saskatchewan where their two sons, Lloyd and Gerald were born.

William and Mary retired from farming in 1941 and moved into the town of Laura. Their son, Lloyd, took over running the farm.

Mary died in 1947 and William died in July 1955. They were buried in Laura Cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8C-643 : accessed 30 January 2016), William Brown and Mary Agnes Howe, 06 Mar 1912; citing registration , Manvers, Durham, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,623.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209076513/william-brown: accessed 11 December 2023), memorial page for William Brown (1865–1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 209076513, citing Laura Cemetery, Laura, Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by srleitch (contributor 47758167).

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMP6-JVH : Sun Nov 12 11:16:58 UTC 2023), Entry for William M Brown and Mary A Brown, 1916.
• Verbal information from William's granddaughter, Hazel (Brown) Carlson.
• "Through the Years...", a history of Delisle, Donavon, Gledhow & O'Malley, Laura and Swanson, Saskatchewan. Published 1972 by the Delisle Women's Institute. William is mentioned in Lloyd Brown pp.248-9.