Walter “Wat” Brown W.S.Age: 6618021869

Name
Walter “Wat” Brown W.S.
Given names
Walter
Surname
Brown
Name suffix
W.S.
Nickname
Wat
Birth August 27, 1802
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 16
MarriageJane “Jeanie” SpowartView family
March 23, 1840 (Age 37)
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.
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.
Occupation
lawyer

Employer: Brown and Shiels
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 16
Text:
Walter Brown became a Writer to the Signet July 6, 1826.
Religion
New Abbey Church
1840 (Age 37)
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 19
Text:
He and Jane worshipped at the Abbey Church, called the New Abbey Church, after restoration in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Birth of a daughter
#1
Christina Graham Brown
November 12, 1841 (Age 39)
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 17
Text:
Their first child, Christina Graham Brown, was born there November 12, 1841.
Birth of a son
#2
John Brown
August 7, 1843 (Age 40)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Harriet Johan Murray Brown
April 28, 1845 (Age 42)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Jane Waddell Brown
1847 (Age 44)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Jemima Janet Spowart Brown
August 27, 1848 (Age 46)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Helen Brown
July 18, 1850 (Age 47)
Death of a sonJohn Brown
January 31, 1851 (Age 48)

Burial of a sonJohn Brown
February 5, 1851 (Age 48)
Cemetery: old cemetery of Dunfermline Abbey
Death of a daughterHelen Brown
April 25, 1851 (Age 48)

Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 17
Birth of a son
#7
John Brown
April 23, 1852 (Age 49)
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.
Residence 1857 (Age 54)
Publication: Dunfermline: W. Blackwood, 1859
Citation details: P. 119
Text:
Town and Parish of Dunfermline The following is a list of the Landowners in 1857: ...Walter Brown of Colton; ...
Birth of a son
#8
James Walter Brown
September 4, 1858 (Age 56)
Marriage of a childJohn Wilson MDHarriet Johan Murray BrownView family
August 15, 1867 (Age 64)
Publication: London: John Churchill and Sons, 1867
Citation details: p. 217
Text:
Marriages at Colton House, Fifeshire, ...John Wilson, M.D. West George street, Glasgow, to Harriet Joan Murray, second daughter of Walter Brown, Esq. W.S. of Colton.
Death July 4, 1869 (Age 66)
Property
278 acres
1873 (3 years after death)
Publication: Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, 1874
Citation details: p. 76
Text:
Brown, Trustees of Walter Colton, Dunfermline 278 acres Gross annual value 404 13
Title
Writer to the Signet

Family with parents - View family
father
mother
Family with Jane “Jeanie” Spowart - View family
wife
 
Marriage: March 23, 1840Springbank, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
20 months
daughter
21 months
son
21 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
20 months
daughter
23 months
daughter
21 months
son
6 years
son

BirthStory of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 16
MarriageStory 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.
MarriageHistory 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.
OccupationStory of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 16
Text:
Walter Brown became a Writer to the Signet July 6, 1826.
ReligionStory of a Nun: Jeanie Gordon Brown
Publication: St. Augustine, FLorida: Villa Flora Press, 1978.
Citation details: p. 19
Text:
He and Jane worshipped at the Abbey Church, called the New Abbey Church, after restoration in the middle of the nineteenth century.
ResidenceHistorical and statistical account of Dunfermline
Publication: Dunfermline: W. Blackwood, 1859
Citation details: P. 119
Text:
Town and Parish of Dunfermline The following is a list of the Landowners in 1857: ...Walter Brown of Colton; ...
PropertyScotland. Owners of lands and heritages, 17 & 18 Vict. Cap. 91, 1872-73
Publication: Edinburgh: Murray and Gibb, 1874
Citation details: p. 76
Text:
Brown, Trustees of Walter Colton, Dunfermline 278 acres Gross annual value 404 13
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Citation details: Marriage of John Brown and Nony Johnston