Brown, Elmir and Terry

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Brown, Elmir and Terry

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        The Brown family has been in North America for several generations and this fonds contains primary materials relating to James Brown Sr (1776- 1855), James Brown Jr (1808-1878), A. P. Brown, Elmir Brown, Terry Brown and representatives of each of these generations. As well, there were connections by marriage to Adam Townley and the Rev. C. E. Thomson. Captain William Gilkison was an ancestor of Elmir Gilkison Brown.

        Albert Percy Brown (1857-1928) d 3 July 1929
        Married Charlotte M. C. Thompson (1864-1953)
        had hardware business in Morden, Manitoba, before coming to Peterborough, c 1908 to partner briefly with William Higgins, and then started his own business, c 1914, when his first two sons were old enough to join in what became the family business. The main family home in Peterborough was 517 Weller Street (four houses east of Walton Street).

        Elmir Gilkison Brown (1893-1980) b 30 May 1893, d 28 June 1980
        Married Dolly Evelyn English (1902-1992) b 42 Nov 1902, d 2 Dec 1992
        worked at Brown’s Hardware, 1914-33, and then by 1935 became a letter carrier and worked for the post office until the 1950s. He was ordained to an Anglican ministry in 1957, serving in the Anglican Diocese of Ontario until he retired and returned to Peterborough. In 1929, Elmir and Dolly were living at 168 Brock Street, apt 3.In 1933, they were living at 515 Weller and running the hardware; by 1935, still living at 515 Weller, Elmir Brown was a letter carrier. After retirement, the Browns had an apartment on London Street, Peterborough.

        The children of the Rev. E. G. Brown were: Terry Brown, Shirley Brown, and Rayma Brown

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