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BROWN possibly from Kilkenny or Laios

My husband descends from Mary Brown born between 1828 and 1838. Emigrated to Canada around 1840. Here's what I know. Father's name was John. He died before 1861. Family settled in St. Calixte de Kilkenny, Quebec. Siblings, all born in Ireland, were Alexander J. Brown b. abt 1825 d.15 Mar 1860 Quebec; Elizabeth b. 4 June 1827 d. 5 Nov 1906 Quebec; Florence b. 12 July 1836 d.21 Nov. 1909 Ontario; Margaret b. poss. abt 1833 d. poss. NY 1882 They were Protestant.

The reason I think they were from the area of Kilkenny or Laios is that there is a record of a wedding of a Tempey Brown who married Brereton Allen in that area and then settled among our Browns in Canada. There is also a nearby family headed by Samuel Brown b. abt. 1788 in which family members witnessed weddings, baptisms etc of our family. I think this Samuel may have been the brother of our John, head of Mary's family.

This seems pretty hopeless, but maybe somebody will recognize this combination of names.

joyweave

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The Tithe Applotment list shows a Samuel in Laois in 1823:
Brown Samuel Clonash Rosenallis Queen's 1823
Have you looked at RootsIreland.ie for church baptism and marriage records for this family?
If you haven't looked at obituaries and headstones for the Browns, perhaps they might mention place of origin.
Good luck.

glanvil3@aol.com

Thank you, Patricia.

I have never found any obituaries or tombstones that gave place of origin for this family. 

I have had difficulty seeking baptism records because they were Protestant and as I understand it many of those records were destroyed. I usually start my searches with Mary's sister Florence because her name is less common and I have a good idea of her birthdate. But so far no luck. I've tried to find Tempey (Temperance) as well since I know she was there at the time of marriage, but no luck. 

I will keep plugging along at it.

Joy

joyweave

Joyweave.

I have Brereton Allen in my family tree All born in Co laois but none married to but none married to Tempey Brown.

isaaclangfordd…

Thank you. I've seen more than one Brereton Allen in Griffiths Valuation. It seems to have been a family name stemming from the Brereton surname. I think they were of Hugonot descent. That's the reason I mentioned Laois  (misspelled). The wedding itself was in Kildare or Kilkenny. I'd need to look it up again to be sure. I should have said that above.

Of course, I have not proved a relationship between our Mary Brown and Tempey either. Though Tempey did live in the midst of our Browns in Quebec which makes it a strong probability.

joyweave

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