Sunday 16 June 2013

William BROWN Circa 1842 - 1889

William was born in Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland about 1843 to Thomas Brown, a labourer and his wife Anne, nee Erskine. He married Annie Rigby on the 16th of July 1887 at the house of Mr Ford at Pembroke, Wanaka. His profession given was Settler and he was a bachelor. Pembroke was his present residence, but usual was Head of Lake Wanaka. He was probably mining for gold there. The officiating Minister was Robert Morrison and witnesses were William Hagan, a miner at Mt Criffel and Janet McDougall, daughter of Mr McDougall of Pembroke.

William had been residing in Makarora for 16 years when he married Annie Rigby in 1887, but died two years later, of a stroke at Cromwell Hospital, New Zealand.

Wigtownshire is the southwest corner of Scotland and the Mull of Galloway is the southernmost point of Scotland.

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