John Brown 1852–1919

John BrownAge: 661852–1919

Name: John Brown

Given names: John

Surname: Brown

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Birth	April 23, 1852 49 39 Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 17 Text: The second child of this family named John (the one destined to go to America) was born in Colton mansion April 23, 1852. Note: As listed on gravestone in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Birth of a brother	James Walter Brown September 4, 1858 (Age 6) Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Death of a father	Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. July 4, 1869 (Age 17) Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Occupation	art student 1871 (Age 18) Dolbar
Death of a mother	Jane “Jeanie” Spowart July 28, 1874 (Age 22) St. Andrew, Edinburgh Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 28
Religious marriage	Nony Johnston — View family August 8, 1878 (Age 26) Christ's Church, Higher Bebingrton, Cheshire, England
Birth of a son #1	Walter Brown June 21, 1879 (Age 27) Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Birth of a son #2	Gordon Brown March 18, 1881 (Age 28) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Source: FamilySearch.org Text: father John Brown mother Nony Johnston
Birth of a son #3	James Murray Brown October 7, 1882 (Age 30) Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland ColtonHouse.jpg
Occupation	Proprietor of Lands 1882 (Age 29) Dunfermline, County Fife, Scotland Note: Occupation listed on birth certificate for son.
Death of a son	Walter Brown April 4, 1884 (Age 31) Colton, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Birth of a daughter #4	Jeanie Gordon Brown September 7, 1886 (Age 34) Scotland Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 28 Text: The first daughter born to John and Nony was Jeanie Gordon Brown, on September 7, 1886.
Birth of a daughter #5	Eleanor “Nony” Brown September 3, 1889 (Age 37) Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 28
Death of a wife	Nony Johnston September 11, 1889 (Age 37) Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 30
Christening of a daughter	Eleanor “Nony” Brown February 13, 1892 (Age 39) Morpeth, Northumberland, England Source: FamilySearch.org Text: Eleanor Brown parent John Brown, Eleanor
Immigration	1894 (Age 41) Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 37, p. 44 Text: p. 37 John Brown gave over Colton Mansion House to let, in 1894. ...He left his children in school and with a trusted staff of servants and he embarked for Florida, with ample cash funds at hand from the loans he had made. p. 44 There was an outbreak of disease among cattle, and the government came in and decimated his dairy herd in a national effort to prevent the spread of the cattle disease. Mr. Brown was greatly displeased at this turn of events and it was this, he told his sons, that decided his pulling up stakes at home to find a different place for farming.
Property	purchased land September 26, 1894 (Age 42) Hypoluxo, Florida Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 41
Death of a sister	Jemima Janet Spowart Brown March 19, 1897 (Age 44) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Source: West Fife Mines Publication: www.users_zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/lifepits/starter/west/k-l.htm Citation details: Lethans (early) collieries, Saline Note: Mrs. jemima Janet Spowart Fraser (nee Brown), wife of Mr William Fraser, former coalmaster, Lethans Colliery, died on 19th March 1897, of pneumonia, while living at Park Avenue, Dunfermline. She left 5,380 pounds in her will which included mortgage bonds of 'the Rio Tinto Company, ltd."
Occupation	vegetable farmer 1897 (Age 44) Hypoluxo, Florida Employer: Scotia farm Note: The Florida East Coast Railway reached West Palm Beach on June 22, 1894. Fort Lauderdale was reached March 3, 1895.
Marriage	Isabel Creighton Beaty — View family 1901 (Age 48) Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 61 Text: John Brown, Esq., of Colton, Dunfermline, and of Hypoluxo, Florida, married a second time in the summer of 1901.
Residence	October 1902 (Age 50) Hypoluxo, Florida
Death of a daughter	Eleanor “Nony” Brown 1905 (Age 52) United States Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 67 Text: When death came it was recorded in the school's periodical: "Our deepest sympathy is offered to Miss Jean Brown who lost her sister, Miss Nony, on March 7th. Two years ago Miss Nony was for a short time a pupil at St. Joseph's. We loved her then for her patience in suffering, and grieve now for her early death."
Marriage of a child	James Murray Brown — Harriet Wilkinson — View family Type: Religious marriage June 26, 1907 (Age 55) Hypoluxo, Florida Source: Palm Beach Post archives Citation details: "Pioneer florida Resident Dies," Jan. 24, 1952, p. 26 Text: Mrs. Harriet W. Brown, 79, Hypoluxo, a Florida resident since 1890, died last night at a local hospital after a long illness. She was the daughter of the now late Hamilton H. and Nannie Irick Wilkinson, Richmond, Va., where she was born June 10, 1872. The family moved to Rockledge in 1890, and to Hypoluxo in 1900. On June 26, 1907, she married James Brown at Hypoluxo where the family has resided since. ...Survivors include the husband, and a nephew, Howard E. Dimick, Palm Beach.
Occupation	fruit and truck farmer 1910 (Age 57) Boynton Twp., Palm Beach County, Florida Source: 1910 census
Property	plans to build handsome home June 22, 1910 (Age 58) Scotia Farm, Hypoluxo Source: Miami News Citation details: June 24, 1910, p. 1 Text: Boynton, June 22 Mr. John Brown is making preparations to build a handsome home at his "Scotia Farm" plantation where he now lives, near the lake at Hypoluxo.
Marriage	Mrs. Roba Northrop — View family December 2, 1915 (Age 63) Florida Source: Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 156 Text: i give devise and bequeath to my wife Roba Northrop Brown, in accordance with a marriage contract or settlement ...eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1915. Source: FamilySearch.org Citation details: Florida marriages, 1837-1974 Text: John Brown Roba Northorp [sic] 2 Dec 1915
Death	1919 (Age 66) Palm Beach County, FL
Burial	1919 (on the date of death) West Palm Beach, Florida Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Jane “Jeanie” Spowart Christina Graham Brown John Brown Harriet Johan Murray Brown Jane Waddell Brown Jemima Janet Spowart Brown Helen Brown John Brown James Walter Brown Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. Birth: August 27, 1802 — South Leith, Edinburgh Death: July 4, 1869 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. Christina Graham Brown John Brown Harriet Johan Murray Brown Jane Waddell Brown Jemima Janet Spowart Brown Helen Brown John Brown James Walter Brown Jane “Jeanie” Spowart Birth: about 1813 — Death: July 28, 1874 — St. Andrew, Edinburgh
	Marriage: March 23, 1840 — Springbank, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
20 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Daniel McLean James McLean Jane Waddel Spowart Brown McLean Isabella Peddie McLean Jessie Wilhelmina McLean Walter Brown McLean Daniel James McLean George John McLean Christina Graham McLean David William McLean Christina Graham Brown Birth: November 12, 1841 39 28 — Duke Street, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
21 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline John Brown Birth: August 7, 1843 40 30 — Death: January 31, 1851 —
21 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse John Wilson MD Harriet Johan Murray Brown Birth: April 28, 1845 42 32 — Venturefair
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Jane Waddell Brown Birth: 1847 44 34 — Venturefair
20 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse William Fraser Jemima Janet Spowart Brown Birth: August 27, 1848 46 35 — Venturefair Death: March 19, 1897 — Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
23 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Helen Brown Birth: July 18, 1850 47 37 — Venturefair Death: April 25, 1851 —
21 months	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Nony Johnston Walter Brown Gordon Brown James Murray Brown Jeanie Gordon Brown Eleanor “Nony” Brown Family with spouse Isabel Creighton Beaty Family with spouse Mrs. Roba Northrop John Brown Birth: April 23, 1852 49 39 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Death: 1919 — Palm Beach County, FL
6 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline James Walter Brown Birth: September 4, 1858 56 45 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Nony Johnston Walter Brown Gordon Brown James Murray Brown Jeanie Gordon Brown Eleanor “Nony” Brown Family with spouse Isabel Creighton Beaty Family with spouse Mrs. Roba Northrop John Brown Birth: April 23, 1852 49 39 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Death: 1919 — Palm Beach County, FL
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse John Brown Walter Brown Gordon Brown James Murray Brown Jeanie Gordon Brown Eleanor “Nony” Brown Nony Johnston Birth: November 13, 1848 33 23 — Ponte d'Uchoa, Pernambuco, Brazil Death: September 11, 1889 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
	Marriage: August 8, 1878 — Christ's Church, Higher Bebingrton, Cheshire, England
10 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Walter Brown Birth: June 21, 1879 27 30 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Death: April 4, 1884 — Colton, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
21 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Gordon Brown Birth: March 18, 1881 28 32 — Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
19 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Harriet Wilkinson Family with spouse Florence Maud Corbin James Murray Brown Birth: October 7, 1882 30 33 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Death: April 11, 1971 — Palm Beach or Boynton Beach, Florida
4 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Jeanie Gordon Brown Birth: September 7, 1886 34 37 — Scotland Death: 1960 —
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Eleanor “Nony” Brown Birth: September 3, 1889 37 40 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Death: 1905 — United States

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	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Nony Johnston Walter Brown Gordon Brown James Murray Brown Jeanie Gordon Brown Eleanor “Nony” Brown Family with spouse Isabel Creighton Beaty Family with spouse Mrs. Roba Northrop John Brown Birth: April 23, 1852 49 39 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Death: 1919 — Palm Beach County, FL
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse John Brown Isabel Creighton Beaty Birth: 1874 — Scotland
	Marriage: 1901 —

Family with Mrs. Roba Northrop - View family

	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse Nony Johnston Walter Brown Gordon Brown James Murray Brown Jeanie Gordon Brown Eleanor “Nony” Brown Family with spouse Isabel Creighton Beaty Family with spouse Mrs. Roba Northrop John Brown Birth: April 23, 1852 49 39 — Colton House, Dunfermline, Scotland Death: 1919 — Palm Beach County, FL
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Timeline Family with spouse John Brown Mrs. Roba Northrop
	Marriage: December 2, 1915 — Florida

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Birth	Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 17 Text: The second child of this family named John (the one destined to go to America) was born in Colton mansion April 23, 1852.
Immigration	Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 37, p. 44 Text: p. 37 John Brown gave over Colton Mansion House to let, in 1894. ...He left his children in school and with a trusted staff of servants and he embarked for Florida, with ample cash funds at hand from the loans he had made. p. 44 There was an outbreak of disease among cattle, and the government came in and decimated his dairy herd in a national effort to prevent the spread of the cattle disease. Mr. Brown was greatly displeased at this turn of events and it was this, he told his sons, that decided his pulling up stakes at home to find a different place for farming.
Property	Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 41
Marriage	Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 61 Text: John Brown, Esq., of Colton, Dunfermline, and of Hypoluxo, Florida, married a second time in the summer of 1901.
Occupation	1910 census
Property	Miami News Citation details: June 24, 1910, p. 1 Text: Boynton, June 22 Mr. John Brown is making preparations to build a handsome home at his "Scotia Farm" plantation where he now lives, near the lake at Hypoluxo.
Marriage	Story of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978. Citation details: p. 156 Text: i give devise and bequeath to my wife Roba Northrop Brown, in accordance with a marriage contract or settlement ...eighteenth day of December, A. D. 1915.
Marriage	FamilySearch.org Citation details: Florida marriages, 1837-1974 Text: John Brown Roba Northorp [sic] 2 Dec 1915

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Birth	As listed on gravestone in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Occupation	Occupation listed on birth certificate for son.
Occupation	The Florida East Coast Railway reached West Palm Beach on June 22, 1894. Fort Lauderdale was reached March 3, 1895.

Family with parents
father Parents Capt John Brown Johan Murray	Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. 1802–1869
mother Parents James Spowart	Jane “Jeanie” Spowart 1813–1874
elder sister Family Daniel McLean James McLean Jane Waddel Spowart Brown McLean Isabella Peddie McLean Jessie Wilhelmina McLean Walter Brown McLean Daniel James McLean George John McLean Christina Graham McLean David William McLean	Christina Graham Brown 1841–
elder brother Family (none)	John Brown 1843–1851
elder sister Family John Wilson MD	Harriet Johan Murray Brown 1845–
elder sister Family (none)	Jane Waddell Brown 1847–
elder sister Family William Fraser	Jemima Janet Spowart Brown 1848–1897
elder sister Family (none)	Helen Brown 1850–1851
Family Nony Johnston Walter Brown Gordon Brown James Murray Brown Jeanie Gordon Brown Eleanor “Nony” Brown Isabel Creighton Beaty Mrs. Roba Northrop	John Brown 1852–1919
younger brother Family (none)	James Walter Brown 1858–
Family with Nony Johnston
Parents Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. Jane “Jeanie” Spowart	John Brown 1852–1919
wife Parents Samuel Power Johnston Jane Gordon “Jenny” Paterson	Nony Johnston 1848–1889
son Family (none)	Walter Brown 1879–1884
son Family (none)	Gordon Brown 1881–
son Family Harriet Wilkinson Florence Maud Corbin	James Murray Brown 1882–1971
daughter Family (none)	Jeanie Gordon Brown 1886–1960
daughter Family (none)	Eleanor “Nony” Brown 1889–1905
Family with Isabel Creighton Beaty
Parents Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. Jane “Jeanie” Spowart	John Brown 1852–1919
wife Parents (unknown)	Isabel Creighton Beaty 1874–
Family with Mrs. Roba Northrop
Parents Walter “Wat” Brown W.S. Jane “Jeanie” Spowart	John Brown 1852–1919
wife Parents (unknown)	Mrs. Roba Northrop –

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