William Brown was born in Enniskillen in 1885. He was the son of Austin Brown and Eliza Foster. He married Etta Brooks in Petrolia in 1920.
Jack gave up overseas drilling some time in the 1920s or 1930s and settled down in Wyoming, Lambton County. He and Etta lived in Mrs. Patterson's house (Etta's elderley Aunt). After Jack's death in 1941, Etta went to California where she married a minister.[1]
1891 census, Enniskillen Township, Lambton County, Division 2, pages 44-45, National Archives of Canada with parents Joseph and Eliza Brown; William age 4 Ont. Ont. Ireland
1901 census Concession 12, lot 7 Enniskillen Township, Division E14, page 6, with parents Joseph and Eliza Brown; William male w son single 9 Nov 1886 14 Ont. r English Canadian Methodist
Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DH-WVR ), William John Brown and Etta Elizabeth Brooks, 25 Aug 1920; citing registration , Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,257,540.
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