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William BrownAge: 73 years18431916

Name
William Brown
Given names
William
Surname
Brown
Birth about 1843
Note: Had a piggery, farm, land, buildings and dairy business.
MarriageMargaret McLEANView this family
6 January 1868 (Age 25 years)
Note: Source: 1868 marriages in the County of Wemyfs in the County of Fife No. 7
Birth of a daughter
#1
Catherine Brown
11 April 1870 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Margaret Brown
27 February 1872 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Paul Brown
27 March 1874 (Age 31 years)
Note: He (like his father) was known to be a fiery preacher, but disliked intensely his job as a coalminer…
Birth of a son
#4
William Brown
about 1875 (Age 32 years)
Note: William was an adventurer and a goldminer. He was not a well educated man but well-travelled and bemoaned the fact that he knew more than the geologists.
Birth of a son
#5
Finlay Brown
13 September 1876 (Age 33 years)
Note: He inherited and built up the piggery, farm, land, buildings and dairy business from his father
Birth of a daughter
#6
Jane MacLean Brown
27 March 1881 (Age 38 years)
Note: Known also as Jeannie
Occupation
Coal Miner

Residence 2 April 1881 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Alexandrina Brown
about 1884 (Age 41 years)
Residence 5 April 1891 (Age 48 years)
Death of a daughterAlexandrina Brown
24 November 1893 (Age 50 years)
Note: Burial: East Weymss Cemetery, Weymss
Marriage of a childJames Paul BrownMargaret Robertson McDONALDView this family
16 December 1898 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childFinlay BrownMargaret Lambett CLARKView this family
12 September 1902 (Age 59 years)
Death 23 December 1916 (Age 73 years)
Note: He probably died of shingles caused from washing in the Burns (streams) each day after returning fro…
Family with Margaret McLEAN - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 6 January 1868Methil, East Wemyss, Fife
2 years
daughter
23 months
daughter
2 years
son
21 months
son
20 months
son
5 years
daughter
Jane MacLean Brown
Birth: 27 March 1881 38 34Carlow Place, Leven, Scoonie, Fife
Death: about 1959New Zealand
4 years
daughter
Alexandrina Brown
Birth: about 1884 41 37Windygates, Methil, East Wemyss, Fife
Death: 24 November 1893Methil, East Wemyss, Fife

Birth
Had a piggery, farm, land, buildings and dairy business. All bar William siblings died of cholera in Methil in 1866.(see statement below) Apparently he also was very ill and kept crying out for water, the doctor, not expecting him to live, instructed his parents to give him as much as he needed, so a pail was placed beside his bed. He drunk continuously and literally \'washed\' the illness out of his system. William was a coalminer, he built Violet, Daisy and Rose cottages on Kennoway Road, Windygates, Fife and the Browns Buildings, including the Dairy on Levens Road, for his family. However, his children were brought up in \"The Burns\', Kennoway, where they had a piggery. William was known as \'Paul\'. The story goes that he acquired his nickname one day while he was preaching from atop his box in Windygates. William was a fiery preacher and would evangelise on the corner of Kennoway and Leven Road each evening. One day someone in the crowd called out to him that he wanted to buy his horse, to which William replied. \"I kinna do business wi\' ye now, as I am about me Father\'s business.\" Hence he earnt his nickname after the apostle Paul. He did not appreciate the gesture, but his wife did and consequently named their next son James Paul. William was not only known for his fiery preaching but also as a gentle family man. As most of his family consisted of women, he is remembered to have said little other than \'Aye lassie aye\'. One small parish which in 1866 chose to ignore all the cholera regulations sent to their inspector by the Board of Supervision was Methil in Fife. Unfortunately, the village became the focus of a very virulent epidemic, and the Board appointed Dr Henry Littlejohn to investigate the causes of the outbreak. His report was later included in the Annual report of the year, which was a further humiliation to the chastened parochial board. - Twenty-second annual report, 1867-8, App. A, No. 10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1139615/pdf/medhist00071-0035.pdf \"The Scotsman\" 14 June, 1867 METHILHILL. - Reduction of Miners\' Wages. - The miners employed at Pirnie Coal Pit, to the west of the village, have received notice that a reduction in their wages is shortly to take place. Since the outbreak of CHOLERA the village has been inhabited chiefly by strangers from all quarters.
Marriage
Source: 1868 marriages in the County of Wemyfs in the County of Fife No. 7 In 1868 on the 6th day of January at Methill, Wemyfs Signed William Brown, Coalminer (batchelor), Age 24, Methilhill Wemyfs, Father James Brown Coalminer, Mother Catherine Brown M.S. Laing Signed M McLean Treasurer Servant (Spinster), Age 22, Leven, Father Finlay McLean Printer / Treasurer, Mother Catherine McLean M.S. Fraser Sign John Morrison - Minister, Witness 1 John W Thomsen, Witness 2 James Brown Registered 1868 January 8th at Buckhaven Registrar Thomas Eilene
Death
He probably died of shingles caused from washing in the Burns (streams) each day after returning from working in the mines. Died at 74 years old. Burial: 23 Dec 1916 - East Weymss Cemetery, Weymss