Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » John Ebenezer BROWN (1845-1918)

Personal data John Ebenezer BROWN 


Household of John Ebenezer BROWN

He is married to Hannah Louisa HART.

They got married in the year 1877 at Cape Town, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Violet BROWN  -< 1918
  2. Lennox Fyfe BROWN  1880-1961
  3. Athol Dudgeon BROWN  1882-???? 
  4. Catherine Mary BROWN  1883-1920 
  5. Colin Cranstoun BROWN  1884-1953 
  7. Joan Marillier BROWN  1888-???? 


Notes about John Ebenezer BROWN

He was Bank Manager with the Standard Bank of South Africa. He lived in Cradock,
Cape of Good Hope. He is reference number 6677. The descendants of John Ebenezer
Brown and his wife, Hannah Louisa HART, William BROWN and his wife Alison live on the
Farm 'Glen Avon'. Bill's brother Keith lives on the other half of the farm. I understand they are
run as two separate enterprises. Bill and Alison live at 'The Retreat' and Keith in 'The Orchard'.
Their mother Doreen, who is 81 lives in 'The Old House' 'Glen Avon', Somerset East. The
three houses (a cottage which is now the B & B let, the 'Old House' and 'The Retreat' were all
built by Robert HART himself.

«b»DEATH NOTICE:
«/b»MOOC 6/9/1122 R1866
Name of Deceased: John Ebenezer BROWN
Place of Birth: Haddington, Scotland
Names of Parents: Henry and Kathleen BROWN
Age of Deceased: 73 years 3 months
Occupation: Standard Bank Manager
Place of Death: 'Glen Avon', Somerset East
Married:
Name of Surviving Spouse: Hannah Louisa BROWN (born HART)
Place of Last Marriage: Somerset East
Date of Death: 7 June 1918
Place of Death: 'Glen Avon', Somerset East
Names of Children:
Lennox Fyfe BROWN
Athol Dudgeon BROWN
Colin Cranston BROWN
Kathleen Mary BROWN m Robert Louis BRINKWORTH
Margaret Alison BROWN
Joan Marillier BROWN
Movable Property? Yes
Signed by Hannah L. BROWN surviving spouse.

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Birthday February 25, 1845

  • The temperature on February 25, 1845 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder sneeuw . Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1845: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 11 » Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
    • March 13 » Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
    • May 30 » The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
    • July 19 » Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
    • September 23 » The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
    • December 29 » In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

Day of death June 7, 1918

  • The temperature on June 7, 1918 was between 4.5 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
    • July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
    • July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
    • October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
    • October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
    • December 1 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.


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