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Family Photos

• Merritt Farm & Home built by Gilbert Merritt (156 KB)
  The home was built by Gilbert Merritt. It has many bedrooms upstairs. The livingroom faces the Saint John River (largest river in N.B. Canada). There are several acres and in the middle of the river is an island of which Merritt's own several acres.
• Merritt & Slipp Cemetery, Queenstown (480 KB)
  The Merritt & Slipp Cemetery is located on the property owned by Miles Merritt b. 1871. It is located off the main road in Queenstown.
• Robert Aaron C. Brown father of Carol Brown Parker (129 KB)
  The picture was taken in England while Dad was on leave from the second world war. Dad was 17 when he joined & he served the full 5 years.This was taken abt age 22-23. He sent the picture to my mother, they were engaged to be married.
• Elizabeth Jane Drummond (as a child) Brown (818 KB)
  The picture is of the gatehouse of Powfoulis Estate of Lady Diana Dawson. On the left is Robert Drummond, Elizabeth Jane Drummond (my grandmother)her parents Robert Drummond and Jane C Wilson at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Her father was the gate-keeper & head gardener and her mother was the head cook of the estate. They lived in the gatehouse. Grandma Brown was a First World War bride marrying Charles Herbert Brown after her ship docked at New York City, USA. Then they travelled to my grandfathers home in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada where my father Robert Aaron Charles Brown & seven siblings were born.
• Charles Herbert Brown & Elizabeth Drummond (89 KB)
  Charles Herbert Brown and Elizabeth Drummond, my grandparents. Charles is the oldest son of Aaron Charles Brown and father of my dad, Robert Aaron Charles Brown. As you can see my grandfather liked to get his picture taken.
• Aaron C. Brown & Sarah L. Kitchen ggrandparents (844 KB)
  Aaron Charles Brown was born to John E Brown and Abigail (last name unknown) Jan 1848 Toledeo,Ohio then his family moved to Jackson County,Ingham County and he to Livingston County Michigan before he left for Canada in 1883-1888. He was in Galt, Ontario by 1888 and married Sarah Louisa Kitchen in Hamilton, Ontario in 1890. He had left behind a wife and 6 children in Livingston, Michigan. Sarah Louisa Kitchen was the daughter of William Kitchen of Kilbride, Halton County & Hannah Melvina Stickle of Sydney Twp, Hastings County, Ontario
• Alex Kerr & Alice Kitchen, Sarah & Malvina Kitchen (944 KB)
  Tope left-ALEXANDER KERR & ALICE KITCHEN (sister of my ggrandmother Sarah Louisa Kitchen) Top right- Alexander Kerr and wife Alice Kitchen as a young couple who lived in Puslinch,Ontario. Bottom picture left Sarah Louisa Kitchen my ggrandmother, child Kathryn Brown mother behind her Florence Brown wife of Henry (Harold)Brown. Far right my gggrandmother Hannah (Malvina) B. Stickle wife & widow of William Kitchen. At this point she is married to second husband Joseph O. Stephenson. They were married in 1899 Brampton, Ontario. He was a school teacher and had a farm in Flamborough West, Wentworth County, Ontario.
• John E Brown & 2nd wife Anna Mariah Andrews (203 KB)
  Greatgreatgrandfather John E Brown with his 2nd wife Anna (Abigail, first wife was my line).
• Ernest O. Kitchen & Lottie Finkbeiner wedding (1129 KB)
  Top Picture: Ernest O. Kitchen & Charlotte (Lottie)Finkbeiner, Dennis McCarathy & Martha Finkbeiner. Middle & Bottom Picture: Fred Finkbeiner, Dennis McCarthy, Martha Finkbeiner, Nellie McCarthy, D.M. chambers, Ernest O. Kitchen, Lottie, Finkbeiner, Lucinda Finkbeiner
• Wilford Van Wart & his wife Elvira Jane Fox (153 KB)
  Greatgrandparents of Alden R Parker (Wilford Van Wart & Elvira Jane Fox.
• Gilbert Merritt & his wife Sarah Carpenter Merritt (101 KB)
  Greatgrandparents of Alden R.Parker. Gilbert Merritt and his wife Sarah Carpenter. Gilbert was born in 1839 (there a several Gilbert's in this tree.
• Thelma, Eileen, Bernice & Doris Shearing (217 KB)
  Cecil Shearing & Eva (Edith) Jane Hunter Jansen were the parents of Thelma, Eileen, Bernice & Doris Shearing. The empty chair was for my mother who was adopted at age 3. Her mother promised my adoptive grandparents she would not tell who adopted Doris, my mother. The sisters & Eileen's two daughters looked for my mother all their lives. I finally found them in 2000! I had my mother's picture scanned into the empty chair.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• All-in-One Tree of John Brown (PDF Format)


• Ancestor Tree of Franklin Adna Brown (PDF Format)


• Ancestor Fan Tree of Carlton Brown (PDF Format)


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Lester H. Brown (View PDF)

Related Links

• Brown Genealogy Society, DNA Study & Links