John Brown

  General Notes:

occupation: timber merchant

  Research Notes:

Tim Hill notes:
John was born circa 1789 Perthshire, Scotland. He was the son of Daniel Brown and Jannet McNab. He was baptised in February 1789 at Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. However, it is not certain that this baptism record pertains to him. On the baptism, his father's name is listed as Donald (the anglicised version of Daniel).
He married Margaret Miller, daughter of John Miller and Margaret (?) at St. Ninian's on Saturday, 3 July 1813 at Stirling. John and Margaret Miller became the parents of Margaret Brown on Thursday, 14 May 1818 at Stirling. At this time his occupation was given as farm labourer.
John and his wife Margaret emmigrated with their six children from Liverpool on 28 February 1839 on the 'Heber'. The ship embarked with 178 emmigrants. The family was brought out by Donald McIntyre of Invermein, one of a number of private Scottish emigrant operators who had settled in Australia - he brought out 57 emigrants on the 'Heber', nearly all country people from the Highlands; shepherds and labourers and their families. After a voyage of nearly 6 months John and his wife Margaret arrived at Botnay Bay on 27 July 1839 with their children. The ship's first port of call had been the Cape of Good Hope, where they embarked a further two passengers. They left the Cape on the 28th of May 1839. The trip was not without tragedy; 5 children died on the voyage.
John, as the father of the bride, attended Agnes Brown and John Cameron's wedding at St. Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church on Thursday, 31 August 1848 at Sydney. John (and presumably his spouse Margaret) lived in October 1848 at Balmain.
There was a John Brown who was a timber merchant in Lane Cove, NSW in 1858 and again 4 years later (who was fined £2 for failing to report as a juror).
John died on 13 February 1863 at Balmain, Sydney. t
John Brown's son Alexander had a funeral notice placed in the paper on 14 February 1863:
" FUNERAL.-The Friends of Mr. ALEXANDER BROWN are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of his late departed father, JOHN The procession to move from his son's residence, St. Andrew's-street, Balmain, THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON, at half-past 2 o'clock. REUBEN THOMAS, undertaker, 141, York street, near the Wesleyan Chapel."

John married Margaret Miller, daughter of John Miller and Unknown, on 3 Jul 1813 in St Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire Scotland UK.¹⁰⁴⁹ (Margaret Miller was born circa 1790 ¹⁰⁴⁹ and died in 1887 in Balmain, Sydney, NSW Australia ¹⁰⁴⁹.)