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Personal data Frances Brown 

• She was born on September 22, 1776.
• She died in the year 1845, she was 68 years old.
• A child of John Brown and Jean Mayne

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Notes about Frances Brown

NOTE: From the following she had the name of Frances Allen Brown. Iwonder where the "Allen" came from? Her brother Allan?Found at:http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/campbell_archibald.htm_________________________________________________________Canadian HistoryArchibald Hamilton CampbellOf Toronto and born on 12th August, 1819, at Carbrook,Stirlingshire, Scotland, the country seat of his father, JohnCampbell, W.S., who was born in 1770, and who was the greatgrandson and representative in the male line of John Campbell ofEaster Shian and Garrows, in the County of Perth, grandson ofJohn Campbell of Edramuckie Castle, on Loch Tay. Mr. Campbell ofCarbrook married, in 1794, Francis Allen Brown, grand-daughterof William Mayne, of Powis and Logie, Counties of Perth andClackmanan, the great-grandson of William Mayne of Pile, wholived in the time of Mary and James VI., was succeeded by hisson John, born 1586, and who died in 1696, at the age of 110.(Vide Burke's Extinct Peerages, art. Mayne.) Our subject waseducated at the Edinburgh Academy and the University ofEdinburgh, at both of which the studies were chiefly classical.He always was fond of out-door sports and athletic exercises,and in studies of natural philosophy and mechanics. On leavingthe University he adopted banking as a profession, butsubsequently took up the study of Scotch law. In 1845 he came toCanada, and on the copper mining excitement breaking out, becameconnected with a mining enterprise on Lake Huron, which, likeother similar ventures, was unsuccessful. Being offered the postof manager in a bank in Montreal he returned thither in 1851. In1856 he was married, at Hillingdon church, near Uxbridge,England, to Louisa, youngest daughter of Henry Fisher, Esq., ofHillhead, Dunkeld. In the same year he removed to Kingston, thehead office of the bank, and resided there till 1854, when,having become interested in a large lumbering concern in theCounty of Peterborough, he retired from the bank, and has sincedevoted himself to that business. In 1874 having sold the millsand timber limits, he removed from Peterborough to Toronto,where he now resides, and carried on the business of the MuskokaMill and Lumber Company. When residing in Montreal, the Oregandispute appearing likely to lead to a war with the UnitedStates, he obtained a commission in the Montreal Light Infantry,commanded by Col. Dyde. On leaving the province he retired withthe rank of captain. He is connected with various publiccompanies as a director or president of the board, is also amember of the Board of Trustees of the University and U.C.Colleges; but has not aspired to other public office. In 1840,whilst residing in England, he was initiated in the mysteries ofFreemasonry. He served as W.M. of St. Paul's Lodge, Montreal,and J. in the R.A. Chapter of the same lodge. He has since youthattended the services of the Church of England, which hebelieves to be the best form of church polity, as a monarchy isthe most perfect form of civil government. He has always heldwhat are called evangelical views, and is a member of thediocesan and provincial Synods. He was one of the founders ofthe Church Association, organized for the purpose of putting acheck on ritualism, and now takes a warm interest in WycliffeCollege. His political views have always been stronglyconservative, but he would at any moment sacrifice party tohonest and pure government. He has three sons, the eldest beinga barrister in Toronto, a silver medalist of the Univerisity,and a gold medalist of the Law Society; the second a B.A.,Toronto, studying medicine at Edinburgh University; and thethird, also a B.A. Toronto, is manager of the Muskoka Mills, onthe Georgian Bay. He has also three daughters.__________________________________________________________Other possible references for the Maynes:----------------------------------------"The Maynes of Powis & Logie" a pamphlet by Alexander Morrison(A Learmouth & Son Stirling 1927)"The House of Mayne" by Reve Robert H Main (published privately1939)

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