Thomas Henry Brown (1854 - 1902)

Born 1854 in Tattenhall, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Died 19 Oct 1902 at about age 48 in Pokeno, Franklin, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Thomas Brown was born in Cheshire, England.

At age twenty-seven, Thomas is listed as a boarder at 49 Belmont Rd, Everton, Lancashire. He was single and his occupation was "commercial clerk." One of the daughters of the woman running the boarding house was Jessie Harding soon to be wife of Thomas' brother George Peter Brown.^[1]
Unlike his brother George who stayed behind in England, Thomas accompanied his father and stepmother and half-siblings on the journey to New Zealand, where he died at Pokeno, Auckland district on October 19, 1902.^[2] He wrote a will six days before he died, leaving everything to his wife Frances. His half-sister Charlotte witnessed the will.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1881 England Census, Lancashire, Everton, District 70, Class: RG11; Piece: 3668; Folio: 17; Page: 28; GSU roll: 1341879.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77299332.
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2XL-V2T1 : 11 January 2017), Thomas Henry Brown, 1902; citing Auckland, , record number 4568, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office. FamilySearch digital folder 101135358.

See also:

• 1861 England Census, Lancashire, West Derby, England, Class: RG 9; Piece: 2736; Folio: 15; Page: 23; GSU roll: 543021, Household schedule number: 88.
• 1871 England Census, Cheshire, Birkenhead, District 4, Class: RG10; Piece: 3744; Folio: 108; Page: 5; GSU roll: 842135, Household schedule number: 15.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD2-MNQF : 15 September 2015), Thomas Henry Brown, died 19 Oct 1902; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Pokeno Public Cemetery, Pokeno, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Source: S109977139 Repository: #R100568261 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=111163920&pid=46