Philip BROWN (1838-1919) m Mary CORNFOOT - Looking for Philip's ancestors

[Boardies]

Hello,

I am looking for the siblings and ancestors of Philip BROWN (a unique name I know)!!!  I have tracked him down in the 1881 census but so far have been unable to find him from an earlier period.

Philip and his family eventually moved to Australia, and that is where he passed away, but I am interested in knowing where he came from.

I would LOVE some assistance.

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1881 Census

9 Newton Street
St George
Edinburgh
Midlothian
Scotland

Philip BROWN, 42, Joiner, born Earlsferry, Fifeshire
Mary, wife, 42, born Earlsferry, Fifeshire
James, son, 20, Joiner, born Edinburgh, Midlothian
Betsy, daughter, 15, Scholar, born Edinburgh, Midlothian
Philip, son, 13, Scholar, born Edinburgh, Midlothian
Mary J., daughter, 5, born Edinburgh, Midlothian
Elizabeth E., daughter, 11 months, born Edinburgh, Midlothian

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Thanks, Boardies from Australia

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

but I am interested in knowing where he came from

I suspect you mean his parentage etc as you already have his birthplace

As he married after 1855 - have you checked his marriage certificate as it will give details of his parents including his mothers maiden name

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

[CaroleW]

If you have access to the censuses - he is on the 1841 census for Kilconquhar Fife b 1838

Earlsferry Main St - all b Fife

John Brown 35 cotton hand loom weaver
Jean 30
John 10
Elizabeth 8
Philip   3
Jean   1
Kilconquhar ED 1A Page  7 Line 550
 
There is a submitted entry birth and christening entry on the IGI which means somebody else is researching the same family

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

[Boardies]

Thank you Carole.

I haven't seen that site before (add it to my list of sites now), and I found the records you were referring to.

Now this may sound like a "dumb" question, so please excuse me if it is a dumb question - but how do you know the record you found in the 1841 census is for the same "Philip Brown" that I found in the 1881 census given the name is so very, very common.

Boardies

[CaroleW]

Hi

It's not a dumb question. 

He was actually the only Philip Brown in Fife.  The 1881 shows his birthplace as Earlsferry and he was living in Earlsferry in 1841

[Boardies]

Hi Carole,

In relation to the question of the marriage of Philip and Mary, and looking for his parents that way, this is the information that had been given to me:

Mary Cornfoot, married Phillip Brown 12th November 1858, at Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.......


Boardies

[CaroleW]

The 1851 for Kilconquhar shows 3 more siblings born after 1841

James 7  David 5 and John 1

All family are shown as b Earlsferry

Kilconquhar ED 6 Page  8 Line 8

[CaroleW]

Extracted record on the IGI

PHILIP BROWN    Spouse:  MARY CORNFOOT  Family
Marriage:  12 NOV 1858   Kilconquhar, Fife

[NorrieG]

I am looking for the siblings and ancestors of Philip BROWN (a unique name I know)!!!  I have tracked him down in the 1881 census but so far have been unable to find him from an earlier period.

Philip and his family eventually moved to Australia, and that is where he passed away, but I am interested in knowing where he came from.

Hi Boardies this is an Inscription from Kilconquhar Cemetery
could this be yours?
Erected by the Family in Remembrance  John BROWN their Father who died at Elie  June 1889
and Jane Brown his mother who died at Elie 24.5.1875 age 74?
Also John their brother drowned  at sea
And Thomas their Brother died at Melbourne  age 45
Also William & Philip their brothers died in Australia
Also Jane their sister died at Elie 13.6.1918 age 78

Norrie G