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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Ayrshire => Topic started by: Agnes14 on Saturday 14 June 08 08:48 BST (UK)
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Can anyone help with the family of Joseph Brown? He was an ironstone miner born 1859 Dalry. Parents Hugh Brown & Jane Thornton. He lived and worked for a while in Rankinston and appears to have built a house there. He later sold it and moved to Ayr. Would like to find out a bit more about Joseph, if anyone can help.
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Hi Agnes,
Dont know if you have this already :)
1861 in Dairy
Parish Dairy, ED 7 Line 6 Year 1861
Hugh Brown head age 29 b Gervan Ayrshire occ iron miner
Jane wife age 33 b Ireland
George son age 11 b Dairy
Agnes dau age 6 b Dairy
William son age 4 b Dairy
Joseph son age 2 b Dairy
Address No 19 Min Vil of Linn
Sue
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And 1871
Parish Dairy / ED 10 / Line 15 / Year 1871
Hugh head age 42 occ ironstone miner
Jane wife age 45
Agnes dau age 16 occ Mill worker
William son age 14 occ git worker
Joseph son age 12 occ Dit worker
Mary A dau age 9
Hilda dau age 8
Hugh son age 4
All b Dairy except Hugh and Jane
Address Holmhead
Sue
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Thanks, I don't have these census years. We're trying to find out how a miner could manage to build a bungalow in Rankinston, he sold it and moved to Ayr after a while but it's been a wee bit of an enigma. Miners weren't well paid, certainly not enough to build a house.
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Joseph was my great great great grandfather. Some of his family are still in Rankinston. I've just came home from talking to his grandson who is now in his mid 90s.
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My grandmother was a widow thanks to WW1 and she married Alexander Brown, b 1871 in Saltcoats. They lived in Rankinston but I don't think there is any connection though.
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When I was talking to his Josephs grandson last night, he mentioned that his grandpa Brown was from Dalry and that it was he who built Sceneryhill cottage at the top side of Rankinston. So, I decided to look into it for him. Josephs wife was an Ingram, and the Ingram name is still used in the family as a middle name.