
BROWN, William[1, 2, 3, 4]

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Name BROWN, William Birth 18 Dec 1879 25 Ann Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [5, 6]
- All sources besides Scotland records have 1880
Gender Male Residence Apr 1918 16 Lynedock Street, Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland [7]
Immigration 23 Sep 1923 New York City, NY USA [8]
- Passenger on Leviathan, from South Hampton to NYC
Census 1930 40 Harrison Street, Quincy, Norfolk, MA USA - 40 Harrison Street--Name: Brown, William / Relationship: Head / Home: Rented / Family live on farm: No / Value of home, rent: $35 / Sex: M / Race: W / Age: 46 / Marital Status: M / Age when married: 34 / Attended School since 1929: No / Can read-write: Yes / Place of birth: Scotland / Father's place of birth: Scotland / Mother's place of birth: Scotland / Language: English / Year naturalized: 1903 (actually was 1923) / Profession: Engineer (marine) / Industry: Fruit boat-Name: Brown, Isabella M L / Relationship: Wife / Home: Rented / Family live on farm: No / Value of home, rent: $35 / Sex: F / Race: W / Age: 44 / Marital Status: M / Age when married: 32 / Attended School since 1929: No / Can read-write: Yes / Place of birth: Scotland / Father's place of birth: Scotland / Mother's place of birth: Scotland / Language: English / Year naturalized: 1928 / Profession: None / Industry: None-Name: Brown, William Jr / Relationship: Son / Home: Rented / Family live on farm: No / Value of home, rent: $35 / Sex: W / Race: W / Age: 11 / Marital Status: S / Age when married: / Attended School since 1929: Yes / Can read-write: Yes / Place of birth: Scotland / Father's place of birth: Scotland / Mother's place of birth: Scotland / Language: English / Year naturalized: 1928 / Profession: None / Industry: None -Name: Brown, John / Relationship: Son / Home: Rented / Family live on farm: No / Value of home, rent: $35 / Sex: W / Race: W / Age: 10 / Marital Status: S / Age when married: / Attended School since 1929: Yes / Can read-write: Yes / Place of birth: Scotland / Father's place of birth: Scotland / Mother's place of birth: Scotland / Language: English / Year naturalized: 1928 / Profession: None / Industry: None
Census Apr 1940 869 Southern Artery, Quincy, Norfolk, MA USA [9]
- Brown, Wm / Relation = Head / Sex = M / Race = W / Age = 59 / Marital Status = M / Attended College = No / Birthplace = Scotland / Citizenship = Naturalized / City Residence in 1935 = Quincy / Employed for pay = No / At Private work = No /At public work = No / Seeking work = Yes / Hours worked = 0 / Occupation = Engineer / Industry = Fruit Company / Worker Class = Private Worker / Weeks worked in 1939 = 52 / Income = 2,000 / Other income = No
Occupation Tool fitter in 1918, and later on an assistant engineer for a fruit shipper [10] Death Apr 1969 02169 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [3, 11]
Notes - All matters pertaining to William’s birth show as December 18, 1880 *except* the Scotland official record for his birth, which shows December 18, 1779. Unclear exactly where confusion/distortion lies.
Person ID I4701 Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines Last Modified 31 Jul 2021
Father BROWN, Hugh, b. 18 Mar 1834, Dunfermline, Scotland / Inverkeithing, Fifeshire d. Bef 1911 (Age < 76 years)
Mother ROXBURGH, Jane, b. Abt 1840, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland d. Aft 1919 (Age > 80 years)
Marriage 18 Jul 1864 Port Glasgow, Scotland [12]
Family ID F233 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MCFARLANE, Isabella Burns, b. 25 Jan 1884, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Bef Mar 1969 (Age < 85 years)
Marriage 26 Apr 1918 Glasgow, Scotland [13]
- Married under sheriff’s decree, as Isabella was pregnant.
1918 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Marriages 644:10 864) Children 1. BROWN, William McFarlane, b. 30 Sep 1918, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 16 Mar 1969, 166 Flaggler Drive, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA USA
(Age 50 years)
2. BROWN, John, b. 28 Dec 1919, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 8 Mar 1988, Ocala, Marion, FL USA
(Age 68 years)
Photos 1918 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Marriages 644:10 864) Family ID F3338 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Mar 2019
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Documents 1880 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Births 564:1 15)
William Brown birth record
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Sources - [S829] 1880 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Births 564/1 15).
- [S767] 1891 Scotland Census.
- [S831] William Brown Social Security Death.
- [S832] 1930 United States Federal Census for William Brown-.
- [S767] 1891 Scotland Census, Where born: Greenock, Renfrewshire.
- [S829] 1880 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Births 564/1 15), Name: William Brown--Birth Date-Time / Place: 1879, December Eighteenth, 3hr 15m a.m / 25 Ann Street Gourack--Sex: M.
- [S830] 1918 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Marriages 644/10 864), 16 Lynedock Street, Greenock.
- [S833] Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950 for William Brown, My last foreign Residence: Port Glasgow, Scotland-I emigrated from: South Hampton, England-Entered US: New York under the name Brown, William on 23 September, 1923 Leviathan….
- [S989] 1940 Federal Census for Brown Family.
- [S830] 1918 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Marriages 644/10 864), Rank or profession: Signed William Brown, Tool fitter .
- [S990] William Brown- in the Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980.
- [S824] 1882 BROWN, AGNES ROXBURGH (Statutory registers Births 564/1 189), Name: Agnes Roxburgh Brown-Date/place of birth: March Tenth, 10 hr 30 m a.m., 25 Ann Street, Greenock-Sex: F-Parents/Occupation/Date & Place of Marriage: Hugh Brown, Tobacconist / Jane Brown M.S. Roxburgh / 1864, July 18 Port Glasgow-.
- [S830] 1918 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Marriages 644/10 864), When/Where/How Married: 1918, Twenty sixth day of April. By declaration in presence of William McFarlane…-.
- [S829] 1880 BROWN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Births 564/1 15).
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