Mary Aileen Brown
1870 - 1941 (71 years)
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Name Mary Aileen Brown [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Born 27 Feb 1870 Armagh, Northern Ireland 
[4, 5] Gender Female Birth 1871 Ireland [2] Birth 1876 CO Armagh Ire [3] Birth 1877 Ireland [6] Birth Feb 1878 Ireland [1] other 1888 [6] Residence 1891 Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada [2] Arrival 1892 [1] Name Mary Aileen Brown [4] Name Minnie Brown [6] Name Minnie Brown Residence 1901 Hamilton (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 3, Hamilton (City/Cité), Ontario, Canada [6] Residence 1911 Hamilton West, Ontario [1] Died 2 Nov 1941 Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada [4] - Age: 62
Person ID I2063 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 9 Apr 2025
Father John Brown, b. 19 Oct 1846, Derryagh, Milltown Cl, Armagh, Ireland , d. 1 Jul 1914, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Sarah Cooke, b. 20 Apr 1854, Ireland , d. 18 Mar 1919, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Married 26 Sep 1867 Milton, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland [7] Family ID F619 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Robert Kells, b. 1880, Ireland , d. 2 Apr 1934, Whitby, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada (Age 54 years) Married 8 Nov 1905 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada [3] Last Modified 9 Apr 2025 Family ID F2384 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 George Edmond Sturgess, b. 20 Jan 1861, Whitby Ontario , d. 3 Sep 1942, Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) Married Aft 1934 Ontario, Canada Last Modified 9 Apr 2025 Family ID F5447 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - In later census records Minnie records her birth as 1877, however the ship's passenger list in 1888 records her as the oldest child in the family at 17 years old. The 1891 census supports this. It is not until 1900 and later that Minnie begins recording her age as much younger. It is believed that the earlier census records reflect a more accurate record and that in later census records she was "less truthful" about her real age. Minnie's marriage record gives her name as Mary Aileen Brown. In 1911 she is shown as Minnie Kells, married, but living with her parents and no sign of her husband. Neither Minnie nor her husband Robert have been found in the 1921 census. There is no record of Minnie and Robert having any children. In fact, there is no record of them ever having lived together after their marriage. They remain a bit of a mystery. Robert Kells' death informant was his wife, Mrs. R. Kells -- assuming this is the same Robert Kells.
Her death record in 1941 in Whitby, Ontario (the same location as the death of her first husband) shows her as the wife of George Sturgess. She is recorded as Marie Aileen Sturgess, daughter of John Brown and Sarah Cooke.
- In later census records Minnie records her birth as 1877, however the ship's passenger list in 1888 records her as the oldest child in the family at 17 years old. The 1891 census supports this. It is not until 1900 and later that Minnie begins recording her age as much younger. It is believed that the earlier census records reflect a more accurate record and that in later census records she was "less truthful" about her real age. Minnie's marriage record gives her name as Mary Aileen Brown. In 1911 she is shown as Minnie Kells, married, but living with her parents and no sign of her husband. Neither Minnie nor her husband Robert have been found in the 1921 census. There is no record of Minnie and Robert having any children. In fact, there is no record of them ever having lived together after their marriage. They remain a bit of a mystery. Robert Kells' death informant was his wife, Mrs. R. Kells -- assuming this is the same Robert Kells.
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Sources - [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for John Brown - [S148] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Database online.
Record for John Brown - [S42] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Robert Kells - [S84] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS 935; Series: M023469; Reel: 670.
Record for Mary Aileen Sturgess
https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8946&h=24579248&indiv=try - [S240] Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2011;).
Record for Mary Browne
https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2533&h=1386302&indiv=try - [S146] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for John Brown - [S243] Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Sarah Cooke
https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9904&h=1102936&indiv=try
- [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.