BROWN, Thomas L.

[Terri Brown]

Hi Dorothy

I'm not sure if you have the information you're looking for but Thomas Liddell Brown was my grandfather. You are correct in that he was the Burgh Surveyor for Buckhaven and Methil. Charles Brown was Burgh Surveyor for Hawick. Thomas died in 1956. He and Eva were married on 19 November 1911. Their youngest son, Barrie was my father. If there's any more information you need please let me know. Can you please let me know why you were looking for this information? Are we related?

[sarah]

Hi Terri,

I apologize for not answering sooner. I have been very busy with Christmas preparations and lots of company.

We are related – however, the relationship is through Thomas Liddell Brown’s wife, Eva Maria Jackson Rimmer. Eva’s father, Robert Rimmer, (renowned bandmaster) and my gt. grandfather, also a Robert Rimmer, were first cousins. I have a great deal of information on this particular Rimmer line. Bandmaster, Robert Rimmer and his famous brother, William, were born in Southport, Lancs. which is where my father’s maternal line originated. It closely intersects with the Jackson family.

As for Thomas L. Brown, I have both his birth and death certificate as well as that of his parents, Charles Brown and Agnes Liddell (although this certificate is difficult to decipher). I also have the 1891 and 1901 censuses for Thomas. As well, I have many certificates of the bandmaster’s family, including Eva’s.

If you can give me any more information regarding Thomas L., I would certainly appreciate it. Likewise, if I can help you in any way regarding Eva and her family, I would be pleased to do so.

Dorothy Mather Ottawa, Canada

Posted on behalf of Carleton

[Tracey07]

Hi Dorothy
I've just come across your question. Thomas L Brown was my grandfather. I am the daughter of his youngest son, Barrie. I have some information on him. The houses he designed were both in Buckhaven, where he lived, and in Methil as already mentioned. Are you related to me in some way?

[Forfarian]

haddingtonshire would be Midlothian

Haddingtonshire is East Lothian not Midlothian.

[Forfarian]

Charles Brown 34, District Paintary Inspector, b. St Ninians Stirlingshire

I bet that is a mistranscription of Sanitary Inspector

[Forfarian]

One thing I'm unsure of is whether he was:
1- born in Haddington and registered in Borthwick (Haddington is only 12.7 miles from Borthwick)   OR
2- born in Borthwick and registered in Midlothian

The rules were that a birth had to be registered in the district where it took place. So if he was born in Borthwick he had to be registered in Borthwick, and if he was born in Haddington he had to be registered in Haddington.

However if his parents' usual residence was in a different district, the Registrar in the district of birth had to forward the details to the Registrar in their district of residence, who would then enter the details in his register, so you would get two duplicate registrations.

If it is registered in Borthwick it is automatically in Midlothian, because Borthwick is a district in the county of Midlothian (which was for a time known as Edinburghshire). If it is registered in Haddington it is automatically in East Lothian, because Haddington is a district in East Lothian (which was for a time known as Haddingtonshire).

[Tracey07]

Hi

I've just come back to this conversation. I have completed the  Brown side of the family tree. I'd love to see any information you have on your great grandfather and the census data you have on Thomas Brown. There were a great deal of Rimmers from what I can see but I think that the info I have for them may be wrong because I have his father, Thomas Rimmer marrying 5 times and fathering a total of 37 (!) children which seems really unlikely so there may be duplications of wives as well as children!