James Brown and family

[MonicaL]

Merchant Seaman records on Find My Past won't help in this case. Their databases cover these periods:

Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1835 - 1857
Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918 - 1941

We need the years in between to be online to check 

Monica

[littlefacey]

From their 1911 entry, see they only had the two sons you mentioned www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWCC-XZF

Did they have any other children that died? If so, wondering whether there were any girls and what their names were.

Added: They show no more children so they only had the two boys.

Monica

Thats correct, just the 2 boys.

[littlefacey]

Merchant Seaman records on Find My Past won't help in this case. Their databases cover these periods:

Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1835 - 1857
Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918 - 1941

We need the years in between to be online to check 

Monica

I've placed an s.o.s in the Armed Forces forum to see if anyone can help with Merchant Navy records.. fingers crossed!

[scotmum]

Son Robert?

Name   Robert
Sex   Male
Age   11
Event Date   20 Mar 1909 [date In Memoriam notice placed]
Event Place   Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Death Date   22 Mar 1907
Birth Year (Estimated)   1898
Father's Name   James Brown
Mother's Name   Eliza Brown
Newspaper   Morpeth Herald

per https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-TRZH

This Robert died at Cresswell. Could be different family as it mentions brothers and sisters (but not by name).

[littlefacey]

Did they stay on in England? If so, have you been able to find them on the 1939 register (if James is still alive)? It would give you another chance to check his birth date.

The only thing popping out so far in Aberdeenshire is this birth www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYT2-V8M This birth has this James as illigitimate, with father Robert Mutch and mother Margaret Brown in Aberdeenshire in 1871.

Monica

So I used my last 6 credits to view this record.. this Robert is a Farm Servant 

[littlefacey]

Though i did find this!


Robert and Jemima... fingers crossed this Robert is an Engineer!

[littlefacey]

So i have found a Robert Brown and Jemima Stephen marrying at St Nicholas, Aberdeen on 19th December 1868... now just to find the census!



*** update - I purchased the image but it shows Robert as a Granite Polisher 

[littlefacey]

Son Robert?

Name   Robert
Sex   Male
Age   11
Event Date   20 Mar 1909 [date In Memoriam notice placed]
Event Place   Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Death Date   22 Mar 1907
Birth Year (Estimated)   1898
Father's Name   James Brown
Mother's Name   Eliza Brown
Newspaper   Morpeth Herald

per https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-TRZH

This Robert died at Cresswell. Could be different family as it mentions brothers and sisters (but not by name).

This Robert Brown isn't the son of our James & Eliza as he died in 1957

[scotmum]

now just to find the census!

1881 ( LDS)

has an Aberdeen born family group of Robert and Jemima Brown, plus children, at Nicolls Buildings Balgay Street, Dundee, including a son James. Robert is a Linen Hose Weaver.