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Jessie Brown 1862–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Sep 1862

Birth Location: Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 14 Sep 1917

Death Location: Kowai Pass, Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: William Brown

Mother: Eliza Burridge

Spouse(s): Frederick Johnstone

Children(s): Frederick Johnstone, Roderick Johnstone, Jessie Johnstone, Arthur Johnstone, Jessie Johnstone, Ivy Johnstone, Helen Johnstone

The story of Jessie Brown began in 1862 in Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia. Jessie Brown married Frederick Thomas Johnstone, and had children including Arthur Sydney Johnstone, Frederick Thomas Alexander Johnstone, Helen Johnstone, Ivy Lillian Johnstone, Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone, Jessie Johnstone, Roderick Sydney Johnstone. Jessie Brown passed away in 1917 in Kowai Pass, Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Jessie Brown began in 1862 in Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia.
  • Jessie Brown married Frederick Thomas Johnstone, and had children including Arthur Sydney Johnstone, Frederick Thomas Alexander Johnstone, Helen Johnstone, Ivy Lillian Johnstone, Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone, Jessie Johnstone, Roderick Sydney Johnstone.
  • Jessie Brown passed away in 1917 in Kowai Pass, Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Brown
1837–1907
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Eliza Burridge
1840–
Birth Location: Lewes, Sussex, England
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Spouses(s)

Frederick Johnstone
1851–1892
Birth Location: Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
FJ

Children(s)

Frederick Johnstone
1880–1921
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
FJ
Roderick Johnstone
1883–1883
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
RJ
Jessie Johnstone
1883–1883
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Arthur Johnstone
1885–1965
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
AJ
Jessie Johnstone
1888–1967
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
JJ
Ivy Johnstone
1890–1963
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
IJ
Helen Johnstone
1892–1983
Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
HJ

Jessie Brown's Ancestors

Self
Jessie Brown
1862–1917
Birth Place: Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
Parents
William Thompson Brown
1837–1907
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Eliza Burridge
1840–
Lewes, Sussex, England
Grandparents
George Brown
1800–1880
Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet Whyte
1800–1874
Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
James Burridge
1810–1879
Portsea, Hampshire, England
Martha Patterson
1808–1854
Brighton, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Allan Brown
1765–
Agnes Young
1769–
Robert Whyte
1760–
Jane Cameron
1762–
James Burridge
1789–1851
Mary Bishop
1790–1861
Keziah Goldsmith
1780–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Whyte
1725–
Janet Westwater
1729–
William Goldsmith
1748–
Elizabeth Midmore
1752–1810

Jessie Brown's Descendants

1.
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Jessie Brown (22 Sep 1862–14 Sep 1917) m. Frederick (Thomas) Johnstone (ABT 1851–7 Aug 1892)
  1. 1. Frederick (Thomas Alexander) Johnstone 1880–1921 m. Ada (Eva) Gidley 1895–1971
    1. 1. Ivy (Alexandra) Johnstone 1917–2007 m. James (John) Thomson 1918–1987
  2. 2. Roderick (Sydney) Johnstone 1883–1883
  3. 3. Jessie Johnstone 1883–1883
  4. 4. Arthur (Sydney) Johnstone 1885–1965 m. Emily (Beatrice) Taylor 1885–1955
    1. 1. Kathleen (Beatrice) Johnstone 1912–1978 m. Peter (Hoey) Swan 1909–1970
    2. 2. Adele (Madeline) Johnstone 1915–1993 m. Alan Ellery 1911–
    3. 3. Arthur (Shirley) Johnstone 1917–1991 m. Constance (Edna) Marsh 1907–1987
    4. 4. Roderick (Thomas) Johnstone 1918– m. Rita (May) Bryenton 1918–
    5. 5. Peter (Rossmore) Johnstone 1925–1995 m. Patricia (Noeline) Cornish 1927–1995
    6. 6. Donald (Lewis) Johnstone 1933–1999
  5. 5. Jessie (Beatrice Ella) Johnstone 1888–1967 m. Percival (James) Chapman 1884–1965
    1. 1. Frances (Lillian) Chapman 1912–1992 m. Campbell Gread 1910–1998
      1. 1. Robert ((Bob) William Maurice) Gread 1947–1973
      2. 2. Anne (Frances) Gread 1936–2017 m. Michael (Ian Causer) Ladd 1932–2019
      3. 3. Ian (Campbell) Gread 1938–1996
      4. 4. Christine (Jean) Gread 1949–2020
    2. 2. Jessie (Helen) Chapman 1910–1989 m. Norman (Victor Lawrence) Church 1909–1989
      1. 1. Victor (John Henry) Church 1930–1976 m. Margaret Link 1932–1975
      2. 2. Patricia (Josephine) Church 1933–1936
      3. 3. Roger (Charles) Church 1936–1978
      4. 4. Kathryn (Elizabeth) Church 1948–1993
    3. 3. Frederick (Percival James) Chapman 1916–1919
    4. 4. Herbert (James Marriot) Chapman 1917–1943
    5. 5. Sydney (Alfred) Chapman 1921–1991 m. Ada (Elizabeth) Dohrmann 1919–
    6. 6. Ivy (Doreen) Chapman 1923–2011 m. John Brooker 1922–2012
    7. 7. Beatrice (Nora) Chapman 1925–2007
      1. 1. David (Arthur) Green 1949–1974
    8. 8. Allan (Ewart) Chapman 1926–1997 m. Bernice (Patricia) Egan 1926–2006
      1. 1. Stephen (John) Chapman 1951–1951
    9. 9. Trevor (Lloyd) Chapman 1933–1991
  6. 6. Ivy (Lillian) Johnstone 1890–1963 m. Laurence (Robert) Shuttleworth 1885–1958
    1. 1. Samuel (Frederick) Shuttleworth 1909–1998 m. Margaret (Bennett) McMillan 1912–1981 m. Veronica Sheehan 1911–
    2. 2. Laurence (Arthur) Shuttleworth 1911–1959
    3. 3. Robert (Oswald) Shuttleworth 1913–1984 m. Hazel (Jean) Stephens 1916–
    4. 4. James (Llewellyn) Shuttleworth 1914–1944
    5. 5. Thomas (Rex) Shuttleworth 1918–1918
  7. 7. Helen Johnstone 1892–1983 m. Arthur (Lionel) Stewart 1878–1961
    1. 1. Arthur (James) Stewart 1916–1939
    2. 2. Myra (Agnes Lillian) Stewart 1919–1999 m. Keith (Herbert) Jarman 1922–2011

Jessie Brown's Timeline

3 Records

1862
22 Sep 1862
Birth of Jessie Brown in Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
1917
11 Sep 1917
Age 55
Death of Jessie Brown in Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1917
14 Sep 1917
Age 55
Burial of Jessie Brown in Kowai Pass, Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand
Kowai Pass, Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1862
    Event Place: Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Birth Index
    [2] Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917, The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1917
    Event Place: Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 14 Sep 1917
    Event Place: Kowai Pass, Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand
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