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Absolutely certain. I have accounted for all the children. I only meant that they are not listed on this census record with their father and siblings. John Brown's will mentions them all: Mary Ann b 1830, Robert Samuel b 1832, William Henry b 1834, Elizabeth Sarah b 1836, Amy Jane b 1838, Edwin Joseph b 1840, Sarah Ann b 1842 and Caroline Hannah b 1845, with all the correct ages. I have all of the children's baptismal records and birth records, which list their parents as John Brown, silversmith, and Ann Mason. Mary Ann's emigration record to Australia says that she is the daughter of John and Ann Brown of Shoreditch. The other children's obituaries in the US state that they were children of John and Ann Brown of London, England, mentions their siblings names, and so on. It is all completely consistent. I suspect that John was forced by illness, injury or some other reason to end his silver smithing work and earn a living as an oilman. His son William was also a silversmith.  After he emigrated to Louisville, Kentucky, the 1855 city directory lists "John Brown & Son, silversmiths", but other records indicate that William was doing the silversmithing and John was dealing in real estate.

Certainly. In the 1851 it lists John Brown, children Elizabeth, Amy, Edwin, Ann and Caroline. Middlesex, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, St. Matthias parish, p. 385. Living at 86 Brick Lane. Is this all the necessary data? Not all the children are listed here. Daughter Mary Ann b 1830 is missing; she married George Stevens in 1852 and emigrated to Melbourne, AU in 1854. Son RObert Samuel b 1832 has died in 1840, son William Henry b 1834 is not listed and I can't find him. He, Father John and the other children emigrated to USA in 1853. Wife Ann also not listed. Perhaps she is in a hospital or sanitorium? Another oddity; John's profession given as "oilman" although he was, in fact, a silversmith.

No! Not her or family in 1841. Only husband and children in 1851. They all emigrated to USA 1853 so searched for and found her death rec from BMD. Burial rec at St. John Ev. Lambeth.