George Brown (abt. 1810)

Born about 1810 in England

This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.

Biography

George Brown was born in England in about 1810. In 1851 he was living at Watten Mains with his wife and children. He described himself as a farmer of 865 acres employing 46 labourers. Living with the family were Frances Purves, George and Mary's niece; Isabella McAdie, a house servant; Catherine Brims, a house servant; Adam Gunn, a farm labourer; John Steven, a farm labourer; John Bremner, a farm labourer; David Henderson, a farm labourer; Alexander McAllan, a farm labourer; James Henderson, a farm labourer; George Sinclair, a farm labourer; Henry Chalmers, a farm labourer; Roderick Gunn, a farm labourer; Violet Henderson, a house servant; Jean Ryrie, a farm servant; Wilhelmina Chalmers, a farm servant; and Jean Gunn, a farm servant. It is likely that John Grant was the farm steward on the property.

By 1861 George was a farmer of 514 acres in Watten. He was possibly widowed by then as Mary is not shown as residing with the family; he was living at Watten House with some of his children and servants.

George was named as the father of William Brown on the latter's 1853 birth and baptism record.

Sources

• 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Watten; ED: 1; Page: 1; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_9; Year: 1851.
• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBML-BRM : 2 January 2015), William Brown, 14 Nov 1853; citing WATTEN,CAITHNESS,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,557.
• 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Watten; ED: 4; Page: 18; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1861_6, accessed via Ancestry.com, 16 January 2018.