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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 5 756 Send Message	Sidami	Report	27 Mar 2025 15:39
	I have a marriage for David Brown bn 1885 Scarborough married in 1904 Miggleswick Durham to Emily Frances Watts born 1886 I am trying to find his parents
	Researching: Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 441 Send Message	Maddie	Report	27 Mar 2025 15:50
	????? BROWN, HAROLD DAVID HORSLEY GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 355 1921 David Brown Gender Male Marital Status Married Age 37 Years 1 Month Relation to Head Head Estimated Birth Year 1884 Birth Place Yorkshire, England Residence Date 1921 Residence Street Address 1 Myrtle Gr, Loraine St, Hill Residence Place Sculcoates, Yorkshire (East Riding), England Occupation Crane Driver Occupation Code 950/6 Employer Earles Cement Work Employer Code 053 Place of Work Stoneferry Hull Number of Children Under 16 4 Inhabited Y Parliamentary Division Kingston Upon Hull Pb, East Div. Registration District Sculcoates Registration District Number 521 Sub registration district Southcoates Sub Registration District Number 1 Respondent David Brown Enumeration District Name Kingston Upon Hull Cb Enumeration District 3 Schedule 43 Schedule Type Code E Household Members (Name) Age Relationship David Brown 37 Years 1 Month Head Emily Brown 34 Wife David Brown 14 Years 5 Months Son George Brown 11 Years 5 Months Son Edward Brown 3 Years 7 Months Son Violet Brown 12 Years 11 Months Daughter Cyril Brown 11 Years 10 Months Nephew Olive Brown 6 Niece John Brown 1 Year 8 Months Nephew or BROWN, DAVID NICHOLSON GRO Reference: 1888 M Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 364
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64 487 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:24
	IF he knew his father, the details will be on the marriage certificate.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:24
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	1911 Census For England & Wales 1 Myrtle Grove Stoneferry, Sculcoates, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (East Riding), England First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place David Brown Head Married Male 27 1884 Crane driver Scarborough Yorks Emily Brown Wife Married Female 24 1887 - Wales Bari David Brown Son - Male 4 1907 - Birkenhead Cheshire Violet Brown Daughter - Female 2 1909 - Hull Yorks George Brown Son - Male 1 1910 - Imingham Lincolnshire BROWN, VIOLET WATTS GRO Reference: 1908 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 318 Occasional Copy: A
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64 487 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:27
	Both 1911 and 1921 censuses show him to be older than you say Have you looked for him in censuses pre-dating his marriage?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:30
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	A possibility 1901 - Only result for someone born Scarborough. Possibly not cut out for tailoring if he's a can driver by 1911 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census 21, St Marys Walk, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding), England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Robert Allen Head Married Male 44 1857 Fisherman Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Elizabeth A Allen Wife Married Female 38 1863 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Thompson Allen Son Single Male 19 1882 Journey man bricklayer Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Ezra Allen Son Single Male 12 1889 Errand boy Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Mary H Allen Daughter Single Female 5 1896 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Elizabeth A Allen Daughter Single Female 3 1898 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Lillian Allen Daughter Single Female 0 1901 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Maud E Brown Step daughter Single Female 17 1884 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Harry D Brown Step son Single Male 15 1886 Tailor's apprentice Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Florance Brown Step daughter Single Female 12 1889 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Montagu G Brown Step son Single Male 9 1892 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Joseph Douglass Brother-in-law Single Male 21 1880 Bakers assistant Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64 487 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:46
	There is no birth of a David Brown in Scarborough in 1885 +/- 1yr, so where did you get your info? Have you looked at freebmd????
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:46
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	?? Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Jun 1895 (>99%) Allen Robert Scarbro' 9d 605 Baker Robert Scarbro' 9d 605 Brown Elizabeth Ann Scarbro' 9d 605 Thompson Ann Scarbro' 9d 605 ?? Deaths Dec 1893 (>99%) Brown George 38 Scarbro' 9d 290
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10 058 Send Message	Abby	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:53
	Name David Brown Sex Male Age 3 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1888 Birthplace Yorkshire, England Marital Status Single Relationship to Head of Household Son Event Type Census Event Date 1891 Event Place Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original) Scarborough, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (North Riding), England Enumeration District 5 Registration District Scarborough Household Identifier 5757009 Line Number 2 Page Number 46 Piece/Folio 3964/ 65 Registration Number RG12 David Brown's Extended Family Close All Arthur Brown Son M 0 days Yorkshire, England Arthur Brown person details Name Arthur Brown Sex Male Age 0 days Birth Year (Estimated) 1891 Birthplace Yorkshire, England Marital Status Single Relationship to Head of Household Son Event Type Census Event Date 1891 Event Place Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original) Scarborough, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (North Riding), England Enumeration District 5 Registration District Scarborough Household Identifier 5757009 Line Number 2 Page Number 46 Piece/Folio 3964/ 65 Registration Number RG12 Charlotte Darby Aunt F 72 years Yorkshire, England Charlotte Darby person details Name Charlotte Darby Sex Female Age 72 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1819 Birthplace Yorkshire, England Marital Status Married Relationship to Head of Household Aunt Event Type Census Event Date 1891 Event Place Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original) Scarborough, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (North Riding), England Enumeration District 5 Registration District Scarborough Household Identifier 5757009 Line Number 2 Page Number 46 Piece/Folio 3964/ 65 Registration Number RG12
	Researching: Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64 487 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	27 Mar 2025 16:58
	That one ( born 1888) was in Southampton in 1921 Edited 28/3 1921 Census Of England & Wales 44, Norfolk Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England David Brown Head Male 1888 33 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Secondary Schoolmaster The Endowed Schools Governes, Southampton Gertrude Brown Wife Female 1889 32 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Home Duties Marriages Sep 1911 (>99%) Brown David Scarbro 9d 749 Simpson Gertrude Scarbro 9d 749
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 17:01
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	If correct family - Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Jun 1881 (>99%) Brown Peter Scarbro' 9d 507 <<<<<<<< DOUGLASS Elizabeth Ann Scarbro' 9d 507 <<<<<< DRAYTON George Scarbro' 9d 507 LEPPINGTON Ann Scarborough 9d 507 ? Deaths Dec 1889 (>99%) BROWN Peter 34 Scarbro' Elizabeth Ann Brown md Robert Allen 1895 (already posted)
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 17:01
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	?? 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census 91, Long West Gate, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding), England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Ann E Brown Head Widow Female 27 1864 Charwoman Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Maude Brown Daughter - Female 7 1884 Scholar Scarborough Harry Brown Son - Male 5 1886 Scholar Scarborough Florence Brown Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Scarborough
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64 487 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	27 Mar 2025 17:02
	ONLY the marriage cert will give an accurate answer (as long as he told the truth) He may not have been a 'Brown' at birth
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 17:04
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: BROWN, MAUD ELIZABETH DOUGLAS GRO Reference: 1883 D Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 348 Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: ALLEN, ELIZABETH ANN DOUGLASS GRO Reference: 1897 S Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 407
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 441 Send Message	Maddie	Report	27 Mar 2025 17:11
	????? William Country England Last name Brown Volume 9D Marriage quarter 2 Volume as transcribed 9D Marriage year 1890 Page number 561 Registration month - Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 MarriageFinder™ William Brown married one of these people Ellen Horsley, Eliza Lacey Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records District Scarborough Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce District number - Collections from Great Britain, England County Yorkshire © brightsolid online publishing ltd or John George Country England Last name Brown Volume 9D Marriage quarter 1 Volume as transcribed 9D Marriage year 1885 Page number 475 Registration month - Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 MarriageFinder™ John George Brown married one of these people Elizabeth Nicholson, Eliza Fowler Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records District Scarborough
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	greyghost	Report	27 Mar 2025 17:13
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10 812 Send Message	Again, if correct family - Peter Brown(e) a lodger with the Douglas family 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census 4, Swan Hill Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding), England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place E Ann Douglas Head Widow Female 42 1839 Lodging house keeper Scalby, Yorkshire, England S Jane Douglas Daughter Single Female 19 1862 Domestic servt Scarborough, Yorkshire, England E A Douglas Daughter Single Female 18 1863 Domestic servt Scarborough, Yorkshire, England M H Douglas Daughter Single Female 14 1867 Domestic servt Scarborough, Yorkshire, England G W Douglas Son Single Male 6 1875 Scholar Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Joseph Douglas Son Single Male 1 1880 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Peter Browne Lodger Single Male 22 1859 Fisherman Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 441 Send Message	Maddie	Report	28 Mar 2025 13:38
	re greyghosts post at 1701 BROWN, FLORENCE DOUGLASS GRO Reference: 1888 D Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 361 BROWN, MAUD ELIZABETH DOUGLAS GRO Reference: 1883 D Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 348 BROWN, HARRY DOUGLASS DOUGLASS GRO Reference: 1886 J Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 371 ???????????????????????? Elizabeth Ann Douglas Gender Female Age 18 Birth Date 1863 Marriage Date 17 Apr 1881 Marriage Place Scarborough, York, England Father Joseph Douglas Spouse Peter Brown FHL Film Number 1702747 Reference ID p226 item451 maybe correct Elizabeth Ann Douglass Gender F (Female) Birth Date 1863 Birth Place Scarborough, Yorkshire (Scarborough), North Yorkshire (Yorkshire), England, United Kingdom Marriage Date 1881 Marriage Place Scarborough, Yorkshire (Scarborough), North Yorkshire (Yorkshire), England, United Kingdom Marriage 2 Date 1895 Marriage 2 Place Scarborough, Yorkshire (Scarborough), North Yorkshire (Yorkshire), England, United Kingdom Spouse Peter Brown Robert Allen Child Elizabeth Ann Allen Lillian Allen Mary Hannah Allen Florence Brown Harry Douglass Brown Maud Elizabeth Brown Montague George Brown View on Geneanet https://gw.geneanet.org/jemima3?n=douglass&oc=&p=elizabeth+ann Elizabeth Ann Douglass Registration Year 1881 [1881] Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Registration District Scarborough Inferred County Yorkshire North Riding Volume 9d Page 507 Records on Page (Name) Peter Brown Elizabeth Ann Douglass Peter County Yorkshire Last name Brown Volume 9D Sex Male Page 267 Birth year 1855 Country England Age 34 Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Death quarter 4 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Death year 1889 Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials District Scarborough 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census 3, Marrys Passage, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding), England View original record Household members (6 people) First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Charles Brown Head Married Male 49 1812 Mariner Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Catherine Brown Wife Married Female 30 1831 - Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales Hannah Brown Daughter - Female 12 1849 Scholar Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales John Brown Son - Male 10 1851 Scholar Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Peter Brown Son - Male 5 1856 Scholar Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Charles E Brown Son - Male 0 1861 Scholar Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 441 Send Message	Maddie	Report	28 Mar 2025 14:21
	BROWN, HAROLD DAVID HORSLEY GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 355 ????? Annie Horsley Registration Year 1880 [1880] Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District Scarborough Inferred County Yorkshire North Riding Volume 9d Page 645 Records on Page (Name) Fanny Barnett Tom Brown William Fawcett Annie Horsley - 1901 Name Harold Brown Age 15 Estimated Birth Year abt 1886 Relation to Head Son Gender Male Father Tom Brown Mother Annie Brown Birth Place Filey, Yorkshire, England Civil parish Filey Search Photos View blank form Ecclesiastical parish Filey St Oswald Town Filey County/Island Yorkshire Country England Registration District Scarborough Sub-registration district Filey ED, institution, or vessel 4 Neighbors Piece 4528 Folio 55 Page number 4 Household schedule number 20 Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Tom Brown 46 Head Annie Brown 41 Wife Arthur Horsley Brown 19 Son Blanch Brown 16 Daughter Harold Brown 15 Son Philip Brown 19 Son Donald Brown 8 Son Hilda Brown 4 Daughter Francis Bayliss 16 Visitor Emily Rickaby 12 BROWN, ARTHUR HORSELEY HORSELEY GRO Reference: 1881 J Quarter in SCARBOROUGH Volume 09D Page 356
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 441 Send Message	Maddie	Report	28 Mar 2025 14:53
	1911 Census For England & Wales 5 Rutland St Filey Yks, Filey, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding), England View original record Household members (4 people) First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Tom Brown Head Married Male 56 1855 House painter Rudston Yorks Annie Brown Wife Married Female 52 1859 Lodging house keeper Driffield Yorks Harold Brown Son Single Male 25 1886 Joint manager Filey Yorks Hilda Brown Daughter Single Female 14 1897 - Filey Yorks Name Tom Brown Gender Male Marital Status Married Age 66 Years 7 Months Relation to Head Head Estimated Birth Year 1854 Birth Place Yorkshire, England Residence Date 1921 Residence Street Address 54 West Avenue, Giley Residence Place Filey, Yorkshire (North Riding), England Occupation Painter Occupation Code 592/6 Employer Hy Willis Painters Employer Code 465 Place of Work At Home Number of Children Under 16 1 Inhabited Y Parliamentary Division East Riding of Yorkshire Pc, Buckrose Div. Registration District Scarborough Registration District Number 527 Sub registration district Filey Sub Registration District Number 1 Respondent Mr Brown Enumeration District Name Filey Ud Enumeration District 3 Schedule 283 Schedule Type Code E Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Tom Brown 66 Years 7 Months Head Annie Brown 62 Years 3 Months Wife Philip Charles Brown 30 Years 9 Months Son Blanche Margaret Brown 37 Years 2 Months Daughter James Harold Brown 3 Years 3 Months Grandson Jessie Whitaker 43 Years 5 Months Visitor Dorothy Macaulay 18 Years 6 Months Visitor Elsie Foxley 28 Years 6 Months Visitor Hilda Nendick 22 Years 6 Months Visitor Patrick Noall Tom Mother's first name(s) Margaret Last name Brown County Yorkshire (East Riding) Birth year 1855 Country England Birth date 28 Nov 1855 Archive East Riding Archives & Local Studies Service Baptism year 1857 Archive reference PE 142/6 Baptism date 17 Sep 1857 Page 48 Baptism place Filey Record set Yorkshire Baptisms Denomination Anglican Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Father's first name(s) David
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 64 487 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	28 Mar 2025 15:27
	Name Emily F Brown Death Age 78 Birth Date abt 1886 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District Holderness Inferred County Yorkshire East Riding Volume 2a Page 58 There is a lengthy obituary in the Hull Daily Mail dated 2nd October 1964 Her husband was still alive,although an invalid. 1939 Register Q Gate, Filling Station, Queensgate, Beverley, Beverley R.D., Yorkshire (East Riding), England David Brown 31 May 1885 Male Steam Crane Driver Married 110 1 Francis Brown 04 Jun 1887 Female Partner Petrol Filling Steam Married 110 2 George Brown 05 Dec 1909 Male Transport Driver Married 110 3

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