General merchant.
Born at Dundee, Scotland on 14 October 1854, son of Thomas Brown, he was educated in the public schools of Broughty Ferry after which he worked for ten years in a manufactory. In 1880 he emigrated to Canada and settled at Russell and started a general store there two years later. In 1897, he sold the business and moved to Neepawa and purchased the firm of Davidson & Company.
He was married to Maggie Kinnard (1854-?) of Dundee, Scotland with whom he had seven children: Jane Brown (1877-?), Maggie Brown (1879-?, wife of W. A. Blennerhasset), Jessie Brown (1881-?), Ethel Brown (1883-?, wife of A. E. McCorvie), John “Jack” Brown (1885-?), Douglas Brown (1886-?), and Dorothy Brown (1892-?). He was a member of AF & AM.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brown Building (440 Mountain Avenue, Neepawa)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 June 2021
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