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From: "Amanda Geist" <>
Subject: [SCT-ROXBURGH] THOMAS BROWN,ANCRUM.
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:04:43 -0400

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>
> Does anyone have access to the OPRs for Ancrum,1840-1852,?
> perhaps you can help sort out this puzzle,
>
> From the IGI, I have recorded the births of the children of THOMAS BROWN
> and ISABELLA TURNBULL, all Ancrum;
> Thomas ch 29th Mar 1840,
> Richard ch 28th Jan 1843,
> Isabella ch 1st Mar 1845,
> Elisabeth Davidson Brown b 3rd April 1846,
> Janet Ann b 10th Nov 1856,
> John McEwan Brown b 12th June 1859,
>
> notice the gap between 1846 and 1859,
> the only Margaret Scott Brown is recorded as the dau of Archibald Brown
> and Isabella Turnbull b 21st May 1854,
> they also had ,dau Agnes b 3rd Jan 1849 and son George b 9th June 1852.
>
> I also checked these on Scotland's People with the same result.
> So did the minister make a mistake and write Archibald instead of Thomas,
> or are they the same person?
> In 1861 the family all appear to be living together in Ancrum;
> Thomas Brown age 44,
> Isabella Brown age 44,
> Thomas age 21,
> Richard age 18,
> Isabella age 16,
> Elizabeth age 14,
> Agnes age 11,
> George age 8,
> Margaret S Brown age 6,
> Janet Ann age 4,
> John age 1.
> the family are on 2 pages and I have not seen the image.
>
> The 1851 Census shows Agnes Brown age 1yr as the dau of Thomas and
> Isabella Brown.
> Thomas and Isabella are still alive in 1881 and living at
> Causewayend,Ancrum,
> Thomas age 63yrs,saw miller,born Ancrum,
> Isabella age 64, born Ancrum.
> John Mc E Brown ,son,age 21,gardener,born Ancrum,
> Their son Richard Brown is living nearby at Monteviot Cottage,
> Jane Kerss,widow,74,born Crailing.
> Richard Brown,son in law,38,mason,born Ancrum,
> Margaret Brown,dau,35,born Crailing,
> Thomas Brown,gson,5,scholar,born Ancrum.
>
> This is probably their son George,
> 4 Bourtree Place,Hawick.
> George Brown,mar 28,sawyer,born Ancrum,
> Christina Brown,wife,18,born Stow.
> Thomas Brown died March 11th 1888 age 70yrs,formerly wood merchant,married
> to Isabella Turnbull,at Causewayend,Ancrum,
> father Thomas Brown,farmer,
> mother Elisabeth Brown,ms Davidson,both dec,
> notified by Richard Brown,son,Monteviot Cottage.
>
> Isabella Brown died Jan 26th 1897 ,at Causewayend,Ancrum,widow of Thomas
> Brown,age 80yrs,
> father Richard Turnbull,builder,dec,
> mother Janet Turnbull,ms Walker,dec,notified by Thomas Brown, (hard to
> read),son,
> address looks like Jarrow,
> this is in the north east of England.
> This record has a corrected entry,correction of the deceased mothers name,
>
> John McEwan Brown and George Brown are buried with their parents in
> Ancrum.
>
> There is a Janet Ann Brown marrying Robert Scott in Ancrum,1892,
> also Richard Brown married Janet Rutherford Kerss,Ancrum,1874.
>
> Does anyone have a connection or ideas?
> Not one of my families but trying to help someone else out.
> Amanda,
> Canada.
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• [SCT-ROXBURGH] THOMAS BROWN,ANCRUM. by "Amanda Geist" <>