Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. + Jane “Jeanie” Spowart

8 children
Christina Graham Brown
Birth: November 12, 1841 39 28 — Duke Street, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
John Brown
Birth: August 7, 1843 40 30 —
Death: January 31, 1851 —
Harriet Johan Murray Brown
Birth: April 28, 1845 42 32 — Venturefair
Jane Waddell Brown
Birth: 1847 44 34 — Venturefair
Jemima Janet Spowart Brown
Birth: August 27, 1848 46 35 — Venturefair
Death: March 19, 1897 — Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Helen Brown
Birth: July 18, 1850 47 37 — Venturefair
Death: April 25, 1851 —
John Brown
Birth: April 23, 1852 49 39 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland
Death: 1919 — Palm Beach County, FL
James Walter Brown
Birth: September 4, 1858 56 45 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents Grandparents
Walter “Wat” Brown W.S.
Birth: August 27, 1802 — South Leith, Edinburgh
Death: July 4, 1869 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Capt John Brown
Johan Murray

Jane “Jeanie” Spowart
Birth: about 1813 —
Death: July 28, 1874 — St. Andrew, Edinburgh
James Spowart
Death: 1850 —
Family group information
Marriage March 23, 1840
Springbank, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 17
Text:
Walter married Jane Spowart of Springbank, Dunfermline, March 23, 1840. They were married in the bride's home. Marriages, South Leith, 692-2/24.
Source: History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet
Publication: Printed for the Society at the University Press, 1890.
Citation details: p. 26
Text:
Brown, Walter, of Colton. 6th July 1826. Apprentice to John Russell.--Only son of Captain John Brown, of the ship Wellington, of Leith. Born 1802. Died 4th July 1869. Mar. 23d March 1840, Jane, second daughter of James Spowart of Springbank.
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