Rachel Brown

1853 - 1890  (37 years)

• Name	Rachel Brown  [1, 2]
  Born	15 May 1853	Derryagh, Milltown Cl, Armagh, Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Race	Irish  [1]
  Residence	1881	Ward 6, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Age: 26; MaritalStatus: Married
  Died	10 Aug 1890	Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Age: 36; Cause Of Death: Softening of Brain
  Person ID	I20742	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Brown,   b. 1812, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. 18 Apr 1893, Tandragee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland  (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruth Smith,   b. 1812, in or near Tandragee, County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 20 Jun 1902, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland  (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1 Jan 1839	Tartaraghan, County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland
  Family ID	F558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William James Brown,   b. 22 Jul 1849, Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland ,   d. 28 Dec 1907, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1873	Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland
  Children	1. Sarah Elizabeth Brown,   b. 28 Sep 1878, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Robert James Brown,   b. 17 Aug 1880, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1956, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   3. William Brown,   b. 1883, Ireland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F6973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rachel's marriage record indicates that she was 20 years old at the time of her marriage to William James Brown on 7 Nov 1873 in Tandragee, Armagh, Ireland. She is recorded as the daughter of Robert Brown, a baker, in Tandragee. Rachel's cause of death is described as "softening of the brain." Victorian medical journals use this as a broad term to describe a variety of brain ailments from general paralysis to mental disability.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1881; Census Place: Ward 6, Hamilton City, Ontario; Roll: C_13257; Page: 58; Family No: 284. Record for Rachel Brown https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1577&h=3465049&indiv=try [S5] 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: MS935; Reel: 59. Record for Rachel Brown https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8946&h=1736409&indiv=try