Edna Valentine Trapnell Bruce Notes: Byrne and Asimov Genealogy and Family Histories

Source Information

Title	Edna Valentine Trapnell Bruce Notes
Date	Abt 1962
Locality	Hugh Byrne collection
Source Type	Letter
Source ID	S818
Text	Joseph Brown b. in Greenoch, Scotland, His father Hugh Brown b. Dunfermline, Scotland. Hugh Brown’s wife was Jane Roxburgh, a red-blonde, b. in Port Glasgow, near Greenoch. Jane Roxburgh’s mother was Annie Picken b. Port Glasgow. Jean Trapnell’s Mother is Isabelle Adams Johnston Brown, b. in Greenoch, Scotland. Her mother was Jean Hamilton who m. James Johnston Dec 31/ 1873 in Pres. Church at Brig o’ Weir in Renfrewshire Scotland. Jean Hamilton died when she was 28 leaving 3 girls and a boy who died young. James Johnson was 72 when he died. Married 2nd Jessie Grant 3 children. He was a ship’s carpenter and he and his wife both born Brig o’ Weir. His father was also James Johnston, a printer on cloth, born in Northern Ireland. His wife was Belle Adams born Brig o’ Weir and buried there. Jean Hamilton’s father was Wm. Hamilton from North of Ireland. He came as young man to Brig o’ Weir and married Janet Steele who came from Houston near Brig o’ Weir.
Linked to (8)	ADAMS, Isabelle JOHNSTON, Unknown JOHNSTON, Unknown JOHNSTON, Unknown PICKEN, Annie ROXBURGH, Jane STEELE, Janet Family: JOHNSTON, James / HAMILTON, Jean