Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156040744/john-brown: accessed April 28, 2024), memorial page for Rev John Brown (1866–20 Dec 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156040744, citing Drumheller Cemetery, Drumheller, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by dianthus120 (contributor 48483556).
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Name: Rev. John Brown
Age: 80 yrs
Birth: near Belfast, Ireland
Death: 20 Dec 1946, Drumheller, Alberta
Residence: Drumheller, Alberta; 2 yrs
Previous residence:
- homestead, Verdant Valley district, Alberta; 1909 - 1944
In Drumheller Valley: pioneer resident In Alberta: since 1907
Education:
- attended D.L. Moodie Bible School; Mount Harman, Massachusetts, USA
- 1900 graduate, arts, Hastings College, Nebraska, USA
- 1903 graduate, Princeton theological seminary
- 1903 ordained to the ministry, Presbyterian church; Port Arthur, Ontario
Occupation:
- served in a mission field, Rainy River district, New Ontario
- served in various fields, Mantioba and Saskatchewan
- stationed at Airdrie, Alberta; 2 yrs
- in the early days, he was the only ordained Protestant minister in the Drumheller Valley area
- he preached at the homes of settlers, and then in schoolhouses; Munson, Rosedale and Drumheller, Alberta
- preached in the Livingstone, Verdant Valley and Cassell Hill schools
Survived by:
- wife, Violet
- daughter, Mrs. Sheldon (Margaret) Zinn; Clive, Alberta
- daughter, Mrs. E.G. (Bertha) McCracken; Calgary, Alberta
- son, Hugh; Calgary, Alberta
- son, William; Drumheller, Alberta
- son, Arthur; Drumheller, Alberta
- brother, Thomas; Drumheller, Alberta
- brother, William; Belfast, Ireland
Funeral service: 23 Dec 1946, Knox United Church, Drumheller, Alberta Interment: Drumheller cemetery
Reference: "Services Held For District Old-Timer, Rev. John Brown", The Drumheller Mail, 26 Dec 1946; page 1. PaperOfRecord.com. Web.
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That's him. It is his father James Brown born in Boardmills, Ireland that gets murky. We think dob is 22Aug1832 but that isn't certain. He married a Margaret Trimble, that we know. Difficulty finding burial and land info though I have all his children.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156040744/john_brown also Reference: "Services Held For District Old-Timer, Rev. John Brown", The Drumheller Mail, 26 Dec 1946; page 1. PaperOfRecord.com. Web.