WW1 CWGC Appeal For Relatives Dec. 2016

[*Sandra*]

Delighted to say that the connections made for Henry Keith Barr were correct and his great nephew was interested to learn of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Appeal.

Sandra

[dbree]

Amazing hard work and persistence Sandra. Well done and then some. 

[IMBER]

Well done Sandra.

Imber

[*Sandra*]

Amazing hard work and persistence Sandra. Well done and then some. 

Well done Sandra.

Imber

Thanks guys.

Would like to find something more on this chap

BROWN, John Nixon d. 05/08/1914, Cameron Highlanders.

John was aged 30 years - supposedly born Barony Glasgow Lanarkshire. 5th battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

Sandra

[MonicaL]

What can we say Sandra...amazing!

One possibility that I can see for John Nixon Brown so far...work in progress...

There is this marriage between a Wallace Brown and Margaret Nixon in 1872 Glasgow https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWK-M2Y

They have a son John born in the right time frame. From 1891:

W Wallace Brown 38 b. Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Margaret Brown 36
W Wallace Brown 18
William Brown 16
John Brown 7
Agnes Brown 10
Janet Brown 6
Mary Brown 4
Alexander Pitt 16 visitor

Address: 78 Cedar St, Glasgow/Kelvin

Monica

[MonicaL]

1901 here:

Margaret Brown 44 cotton weaver, b. Clarkston, Lanarkshire
Wallace Brown 28
Agnes Brown 19
John Brown 17 Apprentice Moulder
Janet Brown 15
Mary Brown 13
Agnes Goldie 8
James Cherry 3 Months
John Goldie 19

Address 38 Society Row, Glasgow/Milton

A possible death for father at the age of 46, William Wallace Brown, in Milton in 1901 - 644/8 212

Monica

[MonicaL]

Sandra, I think we have him in sight...nearly...

We have John Brown, son of William Wallace Brown and Margaret Nixon, in 1901 working as an apprentice moulder.

I believe this John Brown went on to marry (from birth cert clip below) an Elizabeth Walsh in Glasgow in 1903. The name of the boy born in 1908 in Milton (where we have that 1901 census entry above) is showing John NIXON Brown. Father also showing as John NIXON Brown, an iron moulder.

The marriage cert from 1903 would help to tie in this John to the 1891 and 1901 census entries.

Clip below from 1908 birth:

 

[phenolphthalein]

Commonwealth War Graves Commission has issued an appeal....
"We wish to make contact with family members of the following casualties."

Just curious as to why the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has issued this appeal.
Is this something they routinely do?
While I'm Australian and the men appealed for are from the UK,
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission probably looks after graves of Australian soldiers too.

regards
phenolphthalein

[MonicaL]

The John Nixon Brown who married Elizabeth Walsh in 1903 Kelvin was the son of William Wallace Brown and Margaret Nixon

From the 1903 MC: