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From: Jay A. Cary< >
Subject: Thomas Brown of Antigonish, NS
Date: 01 Dec 97 19:51:09 EST
Below is a Register Report on the descendants of Thomas Brown, Scottish
immigrant from Glasgow to Antigonish County, NS
First Generation
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1. Thomas Brown.[1],[2],[3] Born in Scotland about 1800.
He married _____ MacLeod.
They had the following children:
i.Ann. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS.
ii.Elizabeth. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS.
2iii.Mary
iv.Nancy. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS.
v.Sarah.
She married Jack MacDougall.
vi.Thomas. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS.
vii.John. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS about 1823.
Died in 1895 in New Glasgow, Pictou, NS; he was 72.
He married Elizabeth B.. Born in 1820. Died on August 19, 1870; she was 50.
3viii.Kenneth (1834-)
4ix.Donald (~1836-1907)
Second Generation
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Family of Thomas Brown (1) & _____ MacLeod
2. Mary Brown.[4] Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS.
She married Daniel McDougall.
They had the following children:
i.Mary Ann.
ii.Michael.
3. Kenneth Brown.[5],[6],[2],[7] Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1834.
He married Catherine Fraser, about 1855 in Windsor, Hants, NS. Born about 1832.
Died on March 1, 1905; she was 73.[8]
They had the following children:
i.Anne. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1857.
5ii.John (1859-)
iii.Catherine. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1861.
She married _____ MacKay.
6iv.Mary (1863-)
7v.Margaret (1864-)
vi.Duncan. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on May 13,
1866.[9] Died in 1904; he was 37.[10]
8vii.Elizabeth (1868-1941)
9viii.Angus (1870-1942)
10ix.Mary Ann (1873-)
x.Ellen. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on March 1,
1876.[9]
xi.Luchy. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1880.[11]
4. Donald Brown.[11],[4],[12] Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS about 1836.
Died in 1907; he was 71.
He married Catherine MacNeil[11], about 1870 in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS.
Born about 1831. Died in 1894; she was 63.
They had the following children:
i.James. Born about 1870.
ii.Sarah. Born in 1872.
iii.Mary Ann. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on May 2,
1872.
iv.Mary. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on September
14, 1874.
v.Kenneth. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on June
20, 1876.
vi.John. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1877.
Third Generation
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Family of Kenneth Brown (3) & Catherine Fraser
5. John Brown. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1859.
Children:
i.Arthur.
ii.Kenneth.
6. Mary Brown. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS in 1863.
She married J. J. MacNeil.
They had the following children:
i.John.
ii.Mary.
7. Margaret Brown.[13] Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on August 14,
1864.[9]
She married _____ Gero.
They had the following children:
i.Gertrude.
ii.Kenneth.
8. Elizabeth Brown. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on August 7, 1868.[9]
Died in 1941 in Worcester, MA; she was 72.
She married Frederick Grant Cary, son of William H. Cary (1831-1884) & Ellen
Nora Converse (1846-1906), on February 27, 1906 in Providence, RI.[14] Born in
Worcester, MA on March 29, 1869.[14],[15] Died on July 28, 1938 in Worcester,
MA; he was 69.
They had the following children:
11i.Frederick Duncan (1907-1981)
12ii.Charles Merrick (1910-1992)
9. Angus Brown. Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on August 20, 1870.[9] Died
on April 22, 1942 in Livingstone's Cove, Antigonish, NS; he was 71.[16]
He married Mary MacDougall. Born in 1880. Died on June 19, 1955; she was 75.
They had the following children:
13i.Catherine
14ii.Michael Gillis (-1996)
15iii.John Duncan (~1904-1977)
iv.James Angus. Born in 1908. Died on January 28, 1980; he
was 72.
16v.Joseph (~1910-1970)
17vi.Augustine (1912-1984)
vii.Margaret. Born on April 7, 1914. Died on March 26,
1983; she was 68.
viii.Angus. Born about 1919. Died on September 1, 1974; he
was 55.
10. Mary Ann Brown.[13] Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS on May 19, 1873.[9]
She married John D. MacGillivray.
They had the following children:
i.Catharine.
She married _____ MacDowell.
ii.Mary.
Fourth Generation
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Family of Elizabeth Brown (8) & Frederick Grant Cary
11. Frederick Duncan Cary. Born in Worcester, MA on June 23, 1907.[14] Died in
November 1981 in Worcester, MA; he was 74.[17]
He married Elsie Caroline Olson.
They had the following children:
i.Frederick Duncan
ii.Karen Elizabeth (1945-)
12. Charles Merrick Cary. Born in Worcester, MA on July 29, 1910.[14],[18] Died
on August 4, 1992 in Worcester, MA; he was 82.
He first married Margaret O'Toole, daughter of John O'Toole & Mary Callahan, in
Worcester, MA. Died about 1939 in Worcester, MA.
They had one child:
i.Mary Judith (1936-)
He second married Aune Heinonen, daughter of Svante "Walter" Brynolfi Heinonen
(1888-~1959) & Fannie Lehtinen (1886-1931), in Worcester, MA. Born in
Worcester, MA on July 4, 1911.[18]
They had the following children:
i.Charles Merrick (1943-)
ii.Grant Willis (1945-)
iii.Jay Arthur (1946-)
Family of Angus Brown (9) & Mary MacDougall
13. Catherine Brown.[13]
She married Angus Lewis Gillis.
They had one child:
i.Francis (1944-)
14. Michael Gillis Brown.[13] Born in Georgeville, Antigonish, NS. Died on
December 29, 1996 in Antigonish, NS.
He married Florence MacKenzie.
They had the following children:
i.Michael
ii.Robert
15. John Duncan Brown.[13] Born about 1904. Died on July 17, 1977; he was 73.
He married Mary, in 1919.
They had the following children:
i.Alexander
ii.Andrew
iii.Barbara
iv.Carl
v.Girard
vi.John
vii.Mary
viii.Wayne
16. Joseph Brown. Born about 1910. Died on October 17, 1970; he was 60.
He married Marie Chisholm.
They had the following children:
i.Catherine Ann
ii.Roderick (1954-1955)
17. Augustine Brown.[13] Born in 1912. Died on May 31, 1984; he was 72.
He first married Mabel MacKenzie.
They had the following children:
i.Edward
ii.Janice
iii.John
iv.Mary
1. Whyte, Donald, Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before
Confederation, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986, p. 30.
2. Rankin, Rev. D. J., A History of the County of Antigonish, 1929, p. 84.
3. Census Return of Nova Scotia 1827, Town of Arisaig.
4. Rankin, Rev. D. J., A History of the County of Antigonish, 1929.
5. Census Listing of Antigonish County, 1891, 1881 & 1871.
6. MacLean, Raymond A., Ed., History of Antigonish, NS, Casket Printing and
Publishing, p. 162, 116, 118, 121.
7. The Casket Newspaper, Casket Printing and Publishing, Antigonish, NS, 1909,
#23, p. 5.
8. Ibid. 1905, #12, p. 5.
9. Antigonish County Birth Records 1864-1877, Compiled from civil registration
lists, ms in collection of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Antigonish, NS, Canada.
10. The Casket Newspaper, Casket Printing and Publishing, Antigonish, NS, 1904,
#7, p. 5.
11. Census Listing of Antigonish County, 1891.
12. The Casket Newspaper, Casket Printing and Publishing, Antigonish, NS, 1907,
# 51, p. 5.
13. Conversation with Catherine Brown Gillis, November 24, 1996, by Jay Cary.
14. Cary, Willis Eugene, Family Records, written about 1910, hand written ms in
possession of Jay Cary, Hanover, NH.
15. Cary, Ellen Converse, Family Records, written 1871-1880, hand written ms.in
possession of Jay Cary, Hanover, NH.
16. The Casket Newspaper, Casket Printing and Publishing, Antigonish, NS, 1942,
#43, p. 3.
17. Social Security Death Index
18. Worcester, MA Vital Records
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