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46729
Surname: Brown (Indigenous)
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 25 October 1848
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Body of a murdered native found floating in a deep hole that had been excavated for coal near Brown s coal works
124929
Surname: Brown (Indigenous)
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 6 November 1837
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722
Details: Brown, Harry, Big Jemmy and Boatman fined 5/- or 6 hrs in the stocks for drunkenness and rioting
178038
Surname: Brown (Indigenous)
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 8 October 1839
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol for absenting himself from hired service. Sentenced to 14 day hard labour
67589
Surname: Brown (Johnson)
First Name: Joseph
Ship: Surry 1834
Date: 1838 10 October
Place: Merton
Source: GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave
102209
Surname: Brown (Kilpack)
First Name: Mary Ann
Ship: Burrell 1832
Date: 1833
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
Details: Marriage of William Kilpack and Mary Ann Brown both from Williams River
123937
Surname: Brown (McPhail)
First Name: Emma Elizabeth
Ship: -
Date: 1855 8 October
Place: Trinity Church
Source: SMH
Details: Marriage of Thomas McPhail of Newcastle to Emma Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Brown of Morpeth on 4th October. Officiating minister Rev. F. Ashwin
192037
Surname: Brown (Morris)
First Name: Ann
Ship: -
Date: 25 May 1850
Place: Whittingham
Source: Singleton Marriage Register p 18
Details: Marriage of Robert Morris of Merton to Ann Brown. Witnesses Michael and Ann Clark of Singleton
164199
Surname: Brown (nee Meade)
First Name: Ellen
Ship: -
Date: 8 May 1848
Place: Maitland
Source: Application to Marry
Details: Thomas Ward aged 29, arrived per William Jardine, application to marry Ellen Brown aged 40, arrived per 'Hooghley'
211014
Surname: Brown (obit)
First Name: George
Ship: -
Date: 11 May 1928
Place: Cessnock
Source: The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder
Details: Tragic End to An Illustrious Career. Vale George Brown, Coalfields Coroner, and one of the oldest and best known identities of the district! For many years past, in his capacity as Coroner, Mr. Brown had been moving in an atmosphere of tragedy, and now the grand old man has passed into the Great Beyond the victim of a tragic happening himself. While crossing Main Street, just in front of his residence, at about 6.40 p.m., on Tuesday night, Mr. Brown was struck by the wind deflector of a motor car travelling along the street in an easterly direction, and driven by a young man named Herbert George Drayton. On being removed to his home, Mr. Brown was found to be suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull. He did not regain consciousness, and died at a late hour the same night. The late Mr. George Brown descended from a very old colonist family. His father arrived in Sydney in 1837, and after some years as eventual superintendent on Sir. James Jamieson s Liverpool Plains Station, arrived at Wollombi in the late 40s. His mother only died a couple of years ago, having lived well on towards a century of years. The deceased gentleman was born at Laguna on June 15, 1853, so would have been 75 years of age next month, had he lived. At the time of his birth, his father was licensee of the Laguna Hotel and also following farming pursuits. The Laguna Hotel of those days, was identical with the wine saloon now existing, and which is conducted by a nephew of the deceased. In those days the facilities for schooling were meagre and young George Brown received what education he could at the bush school. When the subject of this article grew into young manhood he took up work on the land and as a mail contractor. He married young, at the age of 19 (1872), to Miss Mather Jones, who was the daughter of an old colonist, and whose father was well known as a hotelkeeper at Wollombi, the late Moses Jones. The marriage ceremony took place at Wollombi. At the age of 23 (May, 1876) the late Mr. Brown came to Cessnock, where he put up his name over the door of the Cessnock Hotel as licensee. In those days the bush hotel did not keep a man, and the licensee had to exert himself in other avenues to keep him self and his family. George Brown, began to show himself a man of rare ability as a man of business: as a man possessed of great activity and deep thought and foresight. While licensee of the hotel he conducted a butcher s shop at the rear of the hostelry, and also engaged in general contract work. He undertook many contracts, in the district and in the north as far afield as Tamworth. It is worthy of mention that Mr. Drayton, whose car caused the unfortunate death of Mr. Brown, was the grandson of the late Mr. Alfred Ingle, who was a partner with the deceased in several contracts. This is somewhat of a coincidence. One contract that was accomplished by the partnership was the erection of the municipal saleyards at Tamworth. While in the hotel Mr. Brown erected a steam saw- mill at Deadman s Creek, four miles from Cessnock on the Maitland Road. This locality was the scene of an old- time convict tragedy. The early-day tragedy was responsible for the rather grim-sounding name. A tragedy at the mill, by which the sawyer accidently lost his life prompted the removal of the machinery to Cessnock. This was the origin of the Cessnock sawmill (1881). The sawmill still operates and is leased to Mr. A. J. Turner, and is still owned by the Brown Family. Much of the hardwood in the collieries, and in the principal public buildings in the district was cut at these sawmills; also most of the timber in the early-erected homes in Cessnock. After Mr. Brown had transferred the license of the hotel he erected his present residence in Main Street. The home at that time was one of the best in the district He purchased the land for a £1 an acre. He planted the orchard. He then constructed wine cel- lars in Main Street for the treatment of his vineyard products. As Cessnock grew most of the great vineyard gave place to residential sites. The old Commercial Bank, which was recently purchased for the Municipal Town Hall, cut off the first slice of the vine- yard, and the Vineyard Estate subdivision later accounted for the remaining portion on that side of the Brown home. Mr. Brown acquired considerable tracts of land in Cessnock from time to time. As opportunity offered he added to his landed estates, until by the time of the advent of modern Cessnock he owned a considerable slice of the town- ship. He was not then a wealthy man by any means. His purchases were prompted by a deep-seated conviction that Cessnock was bound to advance. In 1905 he submitted the lower (west- ern) side of Vincent Street to auction, and also allotments on the western side of Main Street. According to be- lief modern Cessnock began with that sale. Buyers of land at that sale did well with their purchases, but those who hung on to their purchases made small fortunes. It is worthy of note that in 1892 Mr. Brown proved the existence of coal at Cessnock, at a point four chains west of the present railway station. This property now forms part of the Aberdare Extended Colliery and was purchased from Mr. Brown by the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd. In the early days of modern Cessnock, which dated from the time the coal seams were exploited in 1903, the deceased gentleman did much to assist the progress of the town and district. He erected cottages and shops, etc., and did all in his power to induce professional men to come to Cessnock. His efforts were not alone confined to the town activities, for he secured certain properties on Mount View. His experiments in the cultivation of oranges, passion fruit, etc., are well remembered by residents of those days. He had a capacity for work and was a man of essential value to the country, and particularly to the community in which he resided. From a young man he was regarded as the leading man in his district. He had a faculty for being useful. He was known as the bone-setter over forty years ago. He was able to set a broken limb, extract a tooth, and perform many of the minor duties undertaken by a medical man. He was the first president of the Cessnock Shire Council, from 1905 to 1910. He was uniformly fair when acting in that capacity. He was made a Justice of the Peace in 1887, and in 1907 was made the district coroner. He held this office till his death. He is survived by his wife, to whom the shock of his sudden death is naturally great, and a family of three - one son and two daughters. The son is Mr. Harry Brown, and the daughters Mrs. Sid. Slade and Mrs. James Andrews.
191198
Surname: Brown (obit)
First Name: Herbert Harrington
Ship: -
Date: 3 July 1929
Place: Sydney
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Details: The funeral of Mr. Herbert Harrington Brown, a former member of the Legislative Assembly for the Paterson district from 1875 till 1880, and for Durham from 1880 till 1895, who died on Monday, took place at the Northern Suburbs Cemetery yesterday afternoon. In his youth Mr. Brown made many long journeys droving cattle to Queensland and Victoria. He later became the breeder of a well-known herd of Jersey cattle. Ponies bred by him, and known by their brand as Club Eights, were at one time much used in Sydney on postal deliveries and collections. Mr. Brown is survived by two sons, Messrs. Herbert Lindeman Brown, of Darling Point-road, Sydney, and Sidney John Brown, of Paterson, and four daughters, Mrs. R. M. S. Wells, of Mos- man; Mrs. W. Leigh, of Mosman; Mrs. R. Jones, of Brisbane; and Miss L. Brown, of Mosman, at present in England.
211317
Surname: Brown (obit)
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 20 October 1894
Place: Maitland
Source: The Sydney Mail
Details: It is to the united energies of Mr. James Brown and those of his brother, Mr. Alexander Brown, that a most iniquitous coal monopoly was broken up, and the vast field of enterprise in the coal trade of this district thrown open. It has been truly said that the untiring energy of these two brothers awakened the prosperity of Newcastle. It may also be said that their mantle of energetic business habit has fallen upon the sons of the late Mr. James Brown. It is very interesting to trace the history of the gallant struggles of Mr. Brown and his brother (two most worthy pioneers) to place their business upon a sound footing. Beaten occasionally at one point, they rallied their forces, and often returned victors against all comers. While Mr. Alexander Brown was travelling through Europe, China, and America, extending the trade, Mr. James Brown conducted affairs successfully at home. In 1849 the coal was dragged from the mine by horses to the water s edge, whence it was put into ships by means of barrows wheeled along a plank. Compare this style of shipment with that of the hydraulic cranes. Messrs. J. and A. Brown were the first to establish in 1857 a trade between China and Newcastle, and in 1874 to do the same with regard to London and Newcastle. They also built the first steam tug that ever entered that port. Mr. Alexander Brown closed a most useful and honourable career in Newcastle at the comparatively early age of 50 on May 30, 1877. Mr. James Brown survived him for more than 17 years, passing away on September 27, 1894. One pleasant and touching feature in the history of the two brothers is that they always worked hand-in-hand and in full fraternal affection. Each in his department worked steadily for the benefit of the firm, and the subsequent good of others. They both possessed a shrewd capacity for making money and a large warm-heartedness in spending it. The name of Brown is a household word in the Newcastle district. The late Mr. James Brown, in his numerous acts of private benevolence, never let his right hand know what his left hand wrought. Many a cottage home in this district mourns his loss this day. His funeral on September 29, at East Maitland, was one of the most largely attended in the district. His remains were followed alike by rich and poor. All felt that they had lost a friend. The large number of floral tributes laid upon his final resting place was symbolical of the evergreen wreath which will for many a long day surround the sacred memory of James Brown.
191421
Surname: Brown (obit)
First Name: John Dowling
Ship: -
Date: 6 January 1927
Place: Roseville
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Details: The death occurred at his residence, Shirley- road, Roseville yesterday of Mr. John Dowling Brown. He belonged to one of the oldest and best known pioneering families in New South Wales. His father, the late Mr. J. Dowling Brown, came to Australia early in the last century, and settled in the Paterson district at Coulston. Later he acquired pastoral interests in other parts of the State, and was well known in Riverina and the northern districts. Deceased was in his 70th year. He was educated at the King s School, Parramatta, and 55 years ago joined the staff of the Bank of New South Wales. Early in his career he was appointed a branch manager, and was so employed until his retirement a few years ago. He was highly respected by his fellow officers, and was popular with all who knew him, both in his official capacity and in his private life. Mr. Brown is survived by Mrs. Brown and two sons, Messrs. R. Dowling Brown, of Coulston, North Bangaroo, and G. Dowling Brown, of Tyril, Dandaloo. Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, stipendiary magistrate, and Mr. C. F. Brown, of the staff of the head office of the Commercial Banking Company, are brothers.
202152
Surname: Brown (obit)
First Name: Wallace
Ship: -
Date: 30 July 1894
Place: Sydney and Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: MR. WALLACE BROWN, for many years a resident of this district, died at his residence, Summerhill, Sydney, on Saturday morning. The deceased gentleman developed a cold some days ago, and on Thursday it settled on his chest, causing inflammation of the lungs. On Friday he was confined to his bed, and, getting rapidly worse, he died unexpectedly at daylight on Saturday. The deceased was the eldest son of the late Mr. James Brown, better known as Squatter Brown, and was born at Singleton in 1851. For many years he lived in this city with his parents, and after serving in the Bank of Australasia and H.M. Customs Department he proceeded to Sydney, where for some years he has been carrying on business as a produce merchant in Sussex street. As the family have a vault in the old Church of England cemetery, on which the new Cathedral is now being built, it was decided to place the remains of the oldest son near those of the father, who died some years ago. The corpse was therefore brought by train from Sydney yesterday, and at 2 oclock a funeral procession was formed outside the Newcastle station. The coffin, which was covered in beautiful wreaths, was carried to the hearse, and the mournful procession, which included many of the principal citizens, marched to the cemetery by way of Watt and Church streets. Although the cemetery has been declared closed for the past 10 years, the family decided to open the vault, and submit to any penalty inflicted by the municipal authorities. The beautiful burial service of the Church of England was conducted by the Very Rev. Dean Selwyn, assisted by the Rev. S. C. J. Grime, the chief mourners being three brothers of the deceased, Mr. Solomon Brown, another brother, being in London, where he manages the business in that city for the local firm of Messrs. J. and A. Brown. The deceased leaves a widow and three children, fairly well provided for, the eldest being a girl 13 years of age.
167534
Surname: Brown (obit.,)
First Name: Robert
Ship: Investigator 1802
Date: 1858
Place: England
Source: The American Journal of Arts and Science
Details: -
169404
Surname: Brown (obit.,)
First Name: Robert
Ship: Investigator 1802
Date: 1858
Place: Buried at Kensal Green
Source: The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal:
Details: On the death of Sir Joseph Banks in 1823, Brown became, by his will, the possessor of the Banksian Herbarium for life (after which it was to pass to the British Museum), together with the remainder of the lease of Sir Joseph Bank's house in Soho Square, which had become the centre of London scientific society. Brown offered the Herbarium to the British Museum, on the condition that he should be appointed keeper, with a suitable salary, which offer was accepted. The Banksian Herbarium forms the most valuable part of the General Herbarium at the British Museum. He continued until his death to occupy that portion of, the house in Soho Square which looked into Dean Street, the remaining portion being let by him to the Linnean Society until the expiry of the lease, soon after which the Society removed to Burlington House, where apartments have been assigned to it by Government, as also to the Royal and the Chemical Societies. His interest in the progress of science, and especially in the Royal and Linnean Societies, continued unabated to the last; and his wonderful and almost unique powers of mind, his memory and his sagacity, remained wholly unimpaired till the very day of his decease. In the spring of this year he was attacked with bronchitis, from which he recovered, but which left him for some weeks in a very enfeebled state. Dropsy and loss of appetite supervened, under which he gradually sunk, suffering little pain, perfectly conscious of his condition, and retaining to the end his singularly placid demeanour, his affectionate interest in all who were dear to him, and a most tranquil and peaceful frame of mind. He died at the age of 83, surrounded by his collections, in the room which had previously been the library of Sir Joseph Banks. He was buried on 15th June in the cemetery at Kensal Green, and his funeral was attended by a large body of his scientific and personal friends. There are few men among us who, with an equal claim upon the gratitude of their fellow-countrymen, enjoyed less popularity, or obtained less consideration on the part of society in general, than the deceased. Beyond the narrow circle of scientific men his illustrious name was, and is, almost unknown in Great Britain; but go wherever you will on the continent of Europe, or the remotest corners of the globe where science is cultivated, and you will discover a familiarity with his writings and researches truly astonishing. Foreigners have often expressed their surprise on finding how little we seemed to appreciate this great naturalist; but the fact of the matter was, the deceased neither seemed to care to enjoy popularity, nor did he care to avail himself of all those well-known means by which people bring themselves into public notice. If at all ambitious of fame, he trusted to the more lasting immortality.
165220
Surname: Brown (or King)
First Name: John
Ship: Asia
Date: 17 December 1841
Place: Scone
Source: Application to Marry
Details: John Brown (or King) age 27 arrived per 'Asia' application to marry Johannah Turner age 24 arrived per 'Surry'
101396
Surname: Brown (Parvin) (Parvan)
First Name: Sarah
Ship: Sovereign 1829
Date: 1831
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p29
Details: Marriage of George Parvin and Sarah Brown both of Maitland
163418
Surname: Brown (Rennix)
First Name: Johanna
Ship: -
Date: 27 October 1843
Place: East Maitland
Source: Application to Marry
Details: William Rennix per 'Westmoreland' application to marry Johanna Brown (born in the colony)
134429
Surname: Brown (Robinson)
First Name: Edith
Ship: -
Date: 1856 12 March
Place: St. Mary's Allyn River
Source: MM
Details: Marriage of James Robinson Esq., of Coppabella, Murray River and Edith, 4th daughter of John Brown Esq., of Colstoun, Upper Paterson on 6th March. Minister Rev. F.W. Addams
198221
Surname: Brown (Smith)
First Name: Felecia
Ship: -
Date: 20 September 1873
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Marriage on 19th September at St. Johns Church by the Rev. J. C. Bode, John Thomas Smith of Hunter street, Newcastle, boot manufacturer, son of the late Mr. Thomas Smith, formerly of Newcastle, to Felecia Brown, second daughter of Mr. Jeremiah Brown, of Darby street, Newcastle, cabinetmaker