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Descendants of Alexander Brown

Descendants of Alexander Brown

The following family information comes from a CD compiled by Renee Genovese and donated to the Lowell Public Library (Information in itlalics was added after the CD was made):

    Generation No. 1

    ALEXANDER BROWN was born abt. 1759 in Paisley, Scotland, and died in Schenectady, New York.

    Generation No. 2

    Children of ALEXANDER BROWN

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    JOHN BROWN 15 Apr 1778 01 Jul 1871 1)

    2)
    1) MARY FERGUSON
    (1781-12 Aug 1825)
    2)
    AGNES BROWN ca. 1790 20 Aug 1862 1819 ALEXANDER FISHER
    (died 07 Apr 1866)

    Generation 3

    Children of JOHN BROWN and MARY FERGUSON

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    MATTHEW ROBERT BROWN Abt. 1808 01 Mar 1886 -- BARBARY ANN BRADSHAW
    (Abt. 1818-17 Feb 1889)
    ELISABETH BROWN Nov 1815 1908 1) 15 Feb 1837

    2) 1850
    1) ANDREW GREGG BRADSHAW
    (22 May 1812-10 Feb 1844)
    2) ROBERT BRADSHAW JR.
    (03 Oct 1822-20 Oct 1859)
    WILLIAM BROWN 05 Dec 1821 08 Jun 1907 22 May 1851 MARY J. WALLACE
    (Aug. 1830-01 Jan 1914)
    JOHN JR. BROWN 03 Apr 1812 -- -- --
    ALEXANDER FERGUSON BROWN 24 Aug 1804 21 Oct 1849 01 Mar 1835 ELIZA ANN BARRINGER
    (11 Dec 1811-27 Feb 1883)
    GEORGE BROWN 1805 -- -- --
    COLIN FERGUSON BROWN -- -- -- --
    MAY BROWN -- -- -- --

    Children of AGNES BROWN and ALEXANDER FISHER

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    WILLIAM FISHER 09 Jun 1826 -- 22 May 1854 NANCY BRYANT
    (25 Sep 1825-24 Jul 1913)
    JOHN FISHER 1832 -- 07 Nov 1859 JOANNA WILLEY
    THOMAS FISHER Jun 1827 -- -- MARY EVA BROWN
    (Oct 1837-13 Jan 1917)
    ISABELLA FISHER 1834 -- -- CHARLES BENNETT
    ELIZA JANE FISHER 1822 -- --
    MARY FISHER 09 Sep 1829 22 Nov 1860 20 Jun 1848 DANIEL GREGG
    (19 Dec 1825-24 Mar 1892)

    Generation No. 4

    Children of MATTHEW BROWN and BARBARY BRADSHAW

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    GEORGE BROWN Dec 1837 -- -- --
    JOHN FURGERSON BROWN 03 Jan 1844 -- 24 May 1876 CARRIE CRAWFORD
    MARY BROWN 28 Dec 1852 -- -- --
    COLAN ALEXANDER BROWN 24 Apr 1857 -- -- --
    BABY BROWN 03 Jul 1840 -- -- --

    Child of ELISABETH BROWN and ANDREW BRADSHAW

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    HANNAH ANN (ALLA) BRADSHAW Jun 1841 09 Jan 1923 17 Dec 1862 ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN CULLINGS
    (03 Nov 1839-27 Jun 1908)

    Child of ELISABETH BROWN and ROBERT BRADSHAW

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    MARY ELISABETH BRADSHAW 29 Aug 1852 Feb 1937 26 Apr 1876 GEORGE LYLE MALLOCH
    (14 Jul 1850-Dec 1943))

    Children of WILLIAM BROWN and MARY WALLACE

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    RUBY J BROWN Oct 1866 -- -- --
    MARION G. BROWN Sep 1852 21 Aug 1907 29 Dec 1877 HENRY G. BLISS
    (b. 1851)
    EDITH M BROWN Jan 1856 Aft. 1930 Mrs.. 1883 JAY JAMES CRAWFORD
    (22 Dec 1856-28 Apr 1925)
    MATHEW JOHN BROWN 31 Oct 1857 Aft. 1930 31 Mar 1887 MARY ADELINE CRAWFORD
    (Nov 1865-14 Apr 1921)
    WILLIAM JR BROWN 1865 -- -- SALLIE
    ALICE BROWN 14 Dec 1859 20 Jan 1861 -- --

    Children of ALEXANDER BROWN and ELIZA BARRINGER

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    GEORGE BROWN 05 May 1849 21 Jun 1878 1869 MARGARET TURNER
    (1854-1931)
    JOHN BROWN 07 Oct 1840 09 Nov 1924 1) 13 Jul 1871

    2) 13 Nov 1888
    3) 10 Oct 1890

    1) ALMIRA L CLARK
    (b. 1848)
    2) MYRTLE E ASHTON
    3) JENNIE E NORTHRUP
    (b. Apr 1859)
    MARY EVA BROWN Oct 1837 13 Jan 1917 -- THOMAS FISHER
    (b. Jun 1827)
    WILLIAM BARRINGER BROWN 17* Jun 1843 26 Dec 1929* 13 Nov 1877 CAROLINE MATILDA SIGLER
    (24 Feb 1855-23 Jul 1921)
    ANNA BROWN 06 Feb 1847 05 Jun 1908 10 Aug 1870 WILLIAM C NICOLSON
    (b. Sep 1845)
    BROWN 07 May 1836 -- -- --
    BROWN 07 May 1836 -- -- --
* NOTES
  • Although this family tree puts William Barringer Brown's birth date as June 17, 1843, the book Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical © 1882, page 603, puts it as June 18, 1843.
  • This family tree lists William Barringer Brown's death date as Dec. 26, 1929, but an article in the Jan. 1, 1925, issue of the Lowell Tribune indicates he died in Dec. 1924.

    Children of WILLIAM FISHER and NANCY BRYANT

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    DAVID ALEXANDER FISHER 13 Mar 1855 -- 07 Jun 1876 ELIZABETH LIBBIE BLISS
    (b. 27 Apr 1853)
    AREBELLA FISHER 21 Sep 1857 17 Jun 1946 29 Nov 1876 CHARLES W HAYWARD
    (b. 19 Feb 1849)
    IDA E FISHER 07 Mar 1860 -- -- --
    MARY J FISHER 04 Mar 1864 26 Feb 1878 -- --
    RACHEL AGNES FISHER 22 May 1866 14 Aug 1866 -- --

    Child of JOHN FISHER and JOANNA WILLEY

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    GEORGE WILLEY FISHER -- -- -- --

    Children of MARY FISHER and DANIEL GREGG

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    WILLIAM ALEXANDER GREGG 30 May 1852 -- 24 Jan 1883 HELEN R SNYDER
    (b. 04 Feb 1853)
    MARY E GREGG 11 Sep 1854 17 Jul 1857 -- --

    Generation No. 4

    Children of HANNAH BRADSHAW and ARCHIBALD CULLINGS

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    CLARENCE ALVA CULLINGS 06 Nov 1864 -- -- MINNIE THORTON
    ARTHUR B CULLINGS 19 Jul 1866 -- -- CARRIE LIDDLE
    EMMETTE HAYES CULLINGS 31 Oct 1876 -- -- FLORA M SHARP
    EVAN HORATIC CULLINGS 01 Nov 1876 d. Mar 1963 -- EVELYN CAPEN

    Children of MARY BRADSHAW and GEORGE MALLOCH

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    * EARL LESLIE MALLOCH 05 Sep 1877 01 Jan 1957 25 Sep 1901 DELLA SWEET
    (23 May 1879-11 Jun 1967)
    VERNA MALLOCH 30 Mar 1884 24 May 1884 -- --
    NEIL B. MALLOCH 21 Aug 1893 14 Oct 1918 15 Mar 1915 ELLA E FREDERICK
    (08 Feb 1884-Jan 1965)

    * NOTE -- Updated information from Joanne Eckert-Krugelstein listed the following:

    • Earl Mallock and Della Sweet had two children -- Jasper and Mary Mallock
    • Mary Malloch married Franz Felix Krugelstein and they had one son, Harry Paul Krugelstein.
    • Harry Paul Krugelstein married Joanne Eckert and they had one daughter, Alica Ingrid Krugelstein.

    Children of MARION BROWN and HENRY BLISS

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    MILDRED L BLISS 20 Sep 1878 Nov 1966 -- --
    OSBORN BROWN BLISS 21 Jun 1880 05 Mar 1959 16 Jun 1912 DORA MAY OVERMAN
    (15 Nov 1886-1979)
    RAYMOND BLISS 25 Jun 1882 -- -- --
    MARY L BLISS Jun 1890 -- -- --

    Children of EDITH BROWN and JAY CRAWFORD

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    MABEL B CRAWFORD 12 Apr 1886 Jun 1975 16 Jun 1910 WILLIAM J. LOWE
    ( 07 Oct 1883-Oct 1969)
    EARL JAY CRAWFORD 30 Jun 1888 -- 01 Jun 1911 MAUDE S PANNENBORG
    CLARENCE ROY CRAWFORD 17 Apr 1894 Jul 1977 -- --
    MARION LOUISE CRAWFORD Mar 1897 -- -- --

    Children of MATHEW BROWN and MARY CRAWFORD

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    JOSEPH EARL BROWN 11 Feb 1888 Dec 1972 22 Jun 1916 AVIS BRYANT
    (24 Sep 1888-22 Feb 1975
    HARRY BROWN Feb 1890 09 Aug 1914 -- --
    WILLIAM JAY BROWN 14 Dec 1891 -- 05 Feb 1918 NELLIE BAITTY
    JOHN C BROWN 15 Sep 1893 -- -- --
    RUBY ADALINE BROWN 19 Nov 1894 Mar 1981 -- --
    BESSIE M BROWN 15 Aug 1898 27 Oct 1979 02 Feb 1924 HARRY ADOLPH CLAUSSEN
    (07 Mar 1898-20 Jan 1967)
    KENNETH L BROWN 15 Jul 1896 Nov 1972 -- --
    MARY H BROWN 1902 -- -- HIRAM J. JOHNSON
    RUTH E BROWN -- -- -- --

    Children of GEORGE BROWN and MARGARET TURNER

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    ALEXANDER F BROWN Apr 1870 1949 -- MARGARET BROWN
    WILLIAM BROWN 1873 -- -- --
    HERBERT J BROWN 11 Mar 1876 1955 -- --

    Children of JOHN BROWN and ALMIRA CLARK

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    NEIL BROWN May 1872 -- 19 Jun 1895 MABEL G HOLTON
    (b. Nov. 1870)
    MARY ALICE BROWN Aug 1876 -- -- --
    EARL ALEXANDER BROWN 1875 -- -- --
    GRACE ALMIRA BROWN Dec 1883 -- -- E S DAVIES

    Children of WILLIAM BROWN and CAROLINE SIGLER

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    MABEL BROWN 17 Aug 1878 -- -- DANIEL B STRALEY
    (b. 1887)
    BESSIE BROWN 19 Mar 1881 -- ROBERT A KROST
    (b. 1880)
    BERNICE BROWN 05 Jul 1883 Nov 1964 25 Oct 1906 EZRA EDWOOD GEISEL
    (b. 09 Feb 1876)
    MARGARET EVA BROWN 07 Nov 1885 -- -- OTTO GLEN FIFIELD
    (09 Nov 1885-Jan 1963)
    WALTER BARRINGER BROWN 27 May 1891 15 Jun 1907 -- --

    Children of ANNA BROWN and WILLIAM NICHOLSON

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    CLAUDE CROZIER NICHOLSON 01 Apr 1874 -- -- --
    HARRY B NICHOLSON Apr 1871 -- -- --
    PEARL L NICHOLSON Oct 1878 -- -- --

    Children of DAVID FISHER and ELIZABETH BLISS

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    KENNETH W FISHER 06 Apr 1886 -- 02 Sep 1911 EDITH DONOHUE
    (b. 1888)
    WINFRED B FISHER 11 Jun 1887 Jun 1970 11 Jun 1904 LILLY B. VALKIE
    (b. 1885)
    GEMM B FISHER 16 Jan 1878 28 Jul 1878 -- --

    Children of AREBELLA FISHER and CHARLES HAYWARD

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    ALFRED W HAYWARD 03 Jan 1878 -- -- KATHRYN MULLEN
    ARTHUR FISHER HAYWARD 06 Oct 1881 15 Jun 1898 -- --
    IDA MAY HAYWARD 25 Jul 1883 -- -- BROOKS B BRENTNER
    EARL GRANT HAYWARD 23 Jul 1885 -- -- FREDRICA DOROTHY MEYER
    ARABELLA ARTHA HAYWARD 14 May 1898 -- -- --

    Children of WILLIAM GREGG and HELEN SNYDER

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    RAYMOND GREGG 18 Nov 1883 11 Feb 1886 -- --
    MARY E GREGG 05 Jan 1886 -- -- --
    JESSIE M GREGG 15 Jun 1889 -- -- --
    GEORGE WILLIAM GREGG 10 Mar 1891 -- -- --

    Generation No. 5

    Children of CLARENCE CULLINGS and MINNIE THORTON

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    RUBY CULLINGS -- -- -- DANIEL JONES
    MELBA PEARL CULLINGS -- -- -- --
    CHRYSTEAN CULLINGS -- -- 04 Jun 1922 WALTER P FOWLER
    KATHERINE CULLINGS -- -- Nov 1920 NEIL KOERTS
    ROBERT E CULLINGS -- -- -- --
    CLYDE CULLINGS -- -- -- --

    Child of ARTHUR CULLINGS and CARRIE LIDDLE

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    CORA CULLINGS -- -- 08 Nov 1919 CLINTON W SAGER

    Children of EMMETTE CULLINGS and FLORA SHARP

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    EVAN CULLINGS -- -- -- --
    ROBERTA CULLINGS -- -- -- --

    Children of EARL MALLOCH and DELLA SWEET

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    JASPER NELSON MALLOCH 03 Nov 1908 16 Nov 1980 29 Aug 1930 LOIS CHARLOTTE MERCHANT
    (06 Mar 1905-18 Apr 1986)
    MARY MALLOCH 06 Jun 1914 07 Nov 1995 -- --

    Children of OSBORN BLISS and DORA OVERMAN

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    RALPH HENRY BLISS -- -- 21 Nov 1948 MARY RACHEL GRINDLE
    (b. 22 Jan 1928)
    MARGARET RUTH BLISS 08 May 1918 -- 23 Feb 1941 BRUCE LEE SATTERTHWAITE
    (b. 04 Oct 1917)
    MIRIAM LOUISE BLISS 28 Jun 1913 -- -- --
    DORA ELLEN BLISS 31 Jan 1916 -- -- --

    Children of JOSEPH BROWN and AVIS BRYANT

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    JOSEPH BRYANT BROWN 16 Apr 1917 18 Aug 1995 -- --
    WILFORD H BROWN 26 Sep 1918 19 Aug 1944 -- --
    WARREN A BROWN 05 Sep 1920 -- -- --

    Children of BESSIE BROWN and HARRY CLAUSSEN

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    JOHN P CLAUSSEN 1925 -- -- --
    JUNIOR CLAUSSEN Feb 1929 -- -- --
    HARRY J. CLAUSSEN 01 Oct 1928 04 Oct 1996 -- --

    Child of NEIL BROWN and MABEL HOLTON

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    JOHN H BROWN Jul 1896 -- -- --

    Children of BESSIE BROWN and ROBERT KROST

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    ROBERT KROST 1909 -- -- --
    ELIZABETH KROST 1912 -- -- --
    OLIVE KROST 1920 -- -- --

    Children of BERNICE BROWN and EZRA GEISEL

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    WILLIAM BARRINGER GEISEL 10 Jul 1908 Sep 1976 -- CLARA MARDOVIN
    (20 Aug 1910-30 Jun 1995)
    JOHN GEISEL 17 Aug 1912 03 Feb 1991 -- --
    VIRGINIA J GEISEL 1914 -- -- --

    Children of MARGARET BROWN and OTTO FIFIELD

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    ELWOOD FIFIELD 13 Feb 1912 Sep 1979 -- --
    CAROLINE H FIFIELD 1914 -- -- --
    WILLIAM H FIFIELD 1916 -- -- --
    RICHARD FIFIELD 1923 -- -- --

    Children of WINFRED FISHER and LILLY VALKIE

    NAME BORN DIED MARRIED SPOUSE
    DAVID W FISHER 1906 -- -- FLORENCE C FISHER
    (b. 1910)
    CHARLOTTE FISHER 1907 -- -- --
    GILBERT FISHER 08 Nov 1908 -- -- --
    PHILIP H FISHER 20 Jan 1920 -- -- --
    FISHER 21 May 1917 -- -- --

The following comes from Lake County, Indiana, 1884: An Account of the Semi-Centennial Celebration by T.H. Ball, pages 422-423:

    FAMILY RECORDS

    BROWN

    1. Alexander Brown, of Scotland, had a son, John Brown, and a daughter, Agnes, who married Alexander Fisher. He came to this country in 1805.

    2. John Brown, -- a name that is historic in England and America -- had six sons, Alexander, George, Mathew, John, Colin, and Wililam; and two daughters, May and Eliza.

    3. Alexander Brown was born August 25, 1804, was married March 1, 1835, came to South East Grove in 1849, and died October 21, 1849. He had three sons and two daughters. The daughters are Mrs. T. Fisher and Mrs. W. Nicholson, both having homes in Crown Point.

    4. John Brown was born October 7, 1840, was married to Miss Almira L. Clark, July 13, 1871. They have three children now living: Neil, May and Grace.

    4. William Barringer Brown was born June 17, 1843. He was married, November 13, 1877, to Miss Carrie Sigler, of Hebron, They have three daughters, Mabel, Bessie, and Bernice.

    4. George Brown was born May 5, 1849, was married to Miss Turner in 1869, and died June 21, 1878. He left three sons, Alexander, William, and Herbert.

    3. John Brown, of South East Grove, was born in the state of New York, April 3, 1812, and came to this county in 1840. He has not been married. He has his home at Mrs. Crawford's, near the Grove.

    3. William Brown, who came to this county in 1843, was born December 1, 1821, and was married in May, 1851, to Miss Mary J. Wallace. They have three daughters, Miriam, now Mrs. H.G. Bliss, Edith M., now Mrs. Jay Crawford, and Miss Ruby J., who is attending school at Crown Point; and two sons, Mathew J. Brown, a young man of much energy and activity in farming and business life, and William Brown, who is yet quite young, very promising in his young manhood. The two sons and Miss Ruby still make their home with their father and mother.


Last updated on July 10, 2008.

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