Brown family

17 September 2008

 

Dr. Geoffrey Mann

BROWN family tree

BROWN ancestor chart

geoff.mann@btinternet.com
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BROWN Family Summary

18-19C Maidenhead, Berkshire

 

 

 

5 George BROWN c1790-c1855

   m Sarah DOUGLAS c1815

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4 Elizabeth BROWN 1818-1888

   m James S SMITHERS 1837 Cookham

 

 

George BROWN was a gardener or garden labourer.  He was born in White Waltham or Waltham St Lawrence, both near Maidenhead, and spent his life in the hamlet of North Town about I mile north of Maidenhead

 

His daughter Elizabeth was born in Maidenhead and married James SMITHERS in nearby Cookham when she was 20

 

 

Click here for a map Maidenhead and surrounding villages

INDEX OF MARRIAGES ON THE BROWN FAMILY TREE

 

 

SURNAME           DATE/PLACE MARRIAGE    TREE  MARRIED TO:

DOUGLAS Sarah                  c1815                             BrowT0  BROWN George

SMITHERS James              6Aug1837 Cookham BRK                 BrowT0  BROWN Elizabeth

 

 

 

OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS

 

1)       B5.  Origin of George BROWN, his marriage to Sarah DOUGLAS, and the baptism of his daughter Elizabeth.  Was he son of Thomas b1796 at White Waltham or was he illegitimate son of Elizabeth b1791 Cookham?