James Brown (1794 - 1874)

Born 20 Sep 1794 in Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland

Husband of Anne (Innes) Brown — married 14 Jun 1835 in Kirkton of Rayne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 1874 at about age 79 in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

James Brown was born in Scotland.

James Brown was born on 20 September 1794 and baptized on 28 September 1794 in Kingsbarn, Fife, Scotland.^[1] His parents were James Brown & Agnes Morice.

Marriage

He married Ann Innes on 14 June 1835 in Rayne, Aberdeen, Scotland at the age of 41 years.^[2]

Occupation and life in Kingsbarns and Culsalmond

Children

Like many others in that time, they lost children in infancy and renamed two of the children after the event. John Watson Brown died and they had another John the following year. Their first born, James, also died and another son called James was born in 1838. Their children born or baptized in Kingsbarns, Fife were:

• James Brown who was born just under two years before they married. Must have died before 1838.
• Ann Dougal Brown also born several weeks before their marriage in 1835.
• John Watson Brown died in first year

The children who were born or baptized in Culsalmond, Aberdeen were:

• Margaret Brown
• James Brown
• John Brown

In the 1861 census, James (age 65), Day Labourer, was the head of household in Lower St Northside Eastward, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Fife. ann may have died between 1851 and 1861 and no children were living at home.^[3] In the 1871 census, James (age 78), Retired Ploughman, was living on his own in West And Lower St North Side, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Fife.^[4]

Death

James died on 6 September 1874 at Cellardyke Road, Kilrenny, Fife. He was 79 years old and died of heart disease. John, his son, was informant but he was not present when he died. The death of registered on 9 September 1874.^[5]

Research Notes

Although it was suggested James had been married twice, there is no evidence of this.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch Record: XBNT-X86: 11 February 2020), James Brown, 1794: accessed 3 May 2024.
2. ↑ Marriage, "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910", Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013, Ancestry au Record 60144 #1501315 (accessed 3 May 2024), James Brown marriage to Anne Innes on 14 Jun 1835 in Rayne, Aberdeen, Scotland.
3. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Kilrenny; ED: 1; Page: 19; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1861_57; Registration Number: 438; Household schedule number: 109; Roll: CSSCT1861_57
   Ancestry au Record 1080 #1740864 (accessed 3 May 2024)
   James Brown (65), Day Labourer, head of household in Lower St Northside Eastward, Cellardyke in Kilrenny registration district. Born in Kingsbarns, Fifeshire.
4. ↑ 1871 Census, "1871 Scotland Census", Parish: Kilrenny; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1871_75; Registration Number: 438; Household schedule number: 61; Roll: CSSCT1871_75, Ancestry au Record 1104 #2694625 (accessed 3 May 2024), James Brown (78), Retired Ploughman, head of household in West And Lower St North Side, Cellardyke in Kilrenny registration district. Born in Kingsbarns, Fife.
5. ↑ Death, Scotland Statutory Death Records, [database online], National Records of Scotland, Scotlandspeople, (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 3 May 2024), James Brown, 6 September 1874, Kilrenny, Fife; citing Parish: 438, Reference Number: 22.