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Berwickshire / John Brownlee (Brunlees) c.1788-1854
« on: Saturday 24 March 18 15:23 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I am wondering if anyone can help or suggest where I can look to try and find the birth of my 4 x great grandfather.
What I know is as follows -
John Brownlee was born c. 1788 (taken from 1841/1851 census, and death details given in the Kelso Chronicle). The 1851 census gives his birthplace as Mellerstaine , Berwickshire. Through looking at numerous newspaper articles of John's achievements in gardening and prize winning in the Kelso location, we can see that the name changed spelling in about 1827 to Brunlees. His children all born before this were recorded as Brownlee but later details show them also as Brunlees (the most famous being my 3 x great grandfather Sir James Brunlees, the prominent Victorian Engineer). John died on the 24th October 1854 (why couldn't he have waited just over a couple more months to 1855!) in Kelso.
A a family we have never been able to get beyond John in over twenty years of research and have really drawn a blank now on what else to try. Can anyone suggest any record archives, or local records that may be we be able to find details of his birth and parents?
I am wondering if anyone can help or suggest where I can look to try and find the birth of my 4 x great grandfather.
What I know is as follows -
John Brownlee was born c. 1788 (taken from 1841/1851 census, and death details given in the Kelso Chronicle). The 1851 census gives his birthplace as Mellerstaine , Berwickshire. Through looking at numerous newspaper articles of John's achievements in gardening and prize winning in the Kelso location, we can see that the name changed spelling in about 1827 to Brunlees. His children all born before this were recorded as Brownlee but later details show them also as Brunlees (the most famous being my 3 x great grandfather Sir James Brunlees, the prominent Victorian Engineer). John died on the 24th October 1854 (why couldn't he have waited just over a couple more months to 1855!) in Kelso.
A a family we have never been able to get beyond John in over twenty years of research and have really drawn a blank now on what else to try. Can anyone suggest any record archives, or local records that may be we be able to find details of his birth and parents?