Charlotte Jane (Gordon) Brown (1861 - 1935)

Born 1861 in Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Harold Brown — married about 1886 in Queensland Australia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1935 at about age 74 in Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

• Charlotte Gordon was born in 1861 in Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Gordon and Jane Hall^[1].
• Charlotte's family emigrated from Ireland to Scotland about 1864 and lived at Armadale, Linlithgowshire.
• In the 1871 Scotland Census, Charlotte was age 10 living at Armadale, Linlithgowshire with her father Thomas (45), mother Jane (37), brothers Josiah (18), Thomas (12), John (3), unnamed [James] (0), sister Christina (8)^[1]
• Charlotte emigrated to Australia in 1882^[2]. She departed Glasgow on 2 Feb 1882 on the Southesk. She arrived in Brisbane on the 27 May 1882. The ship came into Brisbane on the 10 May 1882 and on the 13 May 1882 was taken to Peel Island (a 19th Century quarantine station in Moreton Bay) - quarantined for Typhoid Fever. There were 4 births on the journey and 15 deaths. Four babies died on Peel Island.
• Charlotte had a child Bertram Douglas Gordon in 1886 while unmarried.
• Charlotte married Henry Harold Brown about 1886 in Queensland.
• Charlotte and Harry had five additional children: James, Henry, Annie May, George Edward, Charlotte.
• Charlotte died in 1935 in Queensland^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Scotland Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBGH-29K : 8 December 2017), Charlotte Gordon, Armadale, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland; from "1871 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 35, PRO T 1, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 104,110.
2. ↑ "Assisted Immigration 1848-1912". Queensland Government Archives. https://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/qsa/search.

   Name: Charlotte GORDON

   Date: 27 May 1882

   Age: 21

   Ship: Southesk

3. ↑ Australia Death Index, 1787-1985.

   Name: Charlotte Jane Brown

   Death Date: 28 Oct 1935

   Death Place: Queensland

   Registration Year: 1935

   Registration Place: Queensland

   Registration Number: B029606

   Page Number: 212