HOW DO I PROVE CONNECTION? George Brown

[Ruskie]

Assuming the more recent lines are correct, back to your original question.
You say:

NOW I GET INTO UNPROVABLE WATERS

George's father is also called George and all I can prove is:

George Brown - 1801–1868
Birth ABT 1801 • Scotland
Death 15 SEPT 1868 • Cairncross Farm, Coldingham, Berwickshire

1st George's MOTHER IS - (I believe - i says this because the name Christian and variations go down the line)
Christian Ramsay, 1798–1863
Birth 4 APRIL 1798 • Linton,East lothian
Death 1863 • Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland
4th great-grandmother

HOW CAN I PROVE 2ND George's parents?

I think the simple answer to this is to purchase the 1868 death certificate and hope that the informant knew the details of his parents.  It does seem odd that you have his exact date of birth yet you do not know his parent's names when both of these things are generally gleaned from the d/c. What is your source for his date of death?

Same for the 1863 death ....

Before you do that though, you should probably prove that the first George's father is the George that you think he is. Perhaps purchase his marriage and/or d/c too.

[Ruskie]

Scotland's People shows 111 results of a search for the death of James Brown in Scotland between 1865 and 1870. What led you to the 1868 Berwickshire death?

Here is the Berwickshire death on SP:
BROWN
GEORGE
age 75
(no mother's maiden name given in index)
1868
732/ 29
Coldingham

Have you purchased this d/c?

[Kay99]

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Kay

[smudwhisk]

Janice, do you have this marriage certificate?

Marriages
Jun 1876 
Brown James   Birmingham   6d 298   
EVEMY Emily   Birmingham   6d 298    

If not, it might be wise to purchase it to ensure you are on the right track - it should tell you the father's names and occupations.

A number of Ancestry Public Trees list James' parents and William and Elizabeth (none of them provide the full material details though to suggest whether they have seen the entry).  As Ruskie says, do you have a copy of James and Emily's marriage certificate to confirm his father was George as you don't specifically provide the marriage details which would appear to be possibly Register Office or non-conformist chapel (as per suggestion on Marriage Locator) as it doesn't appear within the parish registers on Ancestry (not that they are necessarily complete)?  It would of course also confirm what he lists his father's profession to be.

[Ruskie]

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Kay

Thanks very much Kay.