George Brown

George Brown, a law clerk, lived at No. 1 between 1881 and 1887.¹ He was born at Monimail, Fife on 22 December 1844, son of John Brown and Isabella Yule.² He was employed by Messrs. Dundas and Wilson, a legal firm with offices at 16 Charlotte Square. He was an elder in the Free Church at Juniper Green and later the session clerk.³ Ill health prevented him working for several years before he died on 29 October 1908 at Juniper Green, Edinburgh.⁴

He married Margaret Buttercase on 15 August 1879 at Monimail, Fife.⁵ She was born at Collessie, Fife on 07 February 1851, daughter of Robert Buttercase, a farmer at Daftmill, and Isabella Dingwall.⁶ She died at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Quebec, Canada on 23 September 1927.⁷

Their first child, Isabella Brown was born at Comely Bank, Edinburgh on 4 June 1880,⁸ before the family moved to Malta Terrace, but died there in 1881.⁹ Their second daughter, Elizabeth Margaret Brown, was born at No. 1 Malta Terrace on 20 April 1882.¹⁰ She died at the age of 4 in 1886.¹¹

George Brown and Margaret Buttercase had a son after the family left Malta Terrace. Eric John Stanley Brown, born at Colinton on 30 July 1887.¹² He emigrated to North America, lived in both Canada and the USA, worked in the insurance business, married twice and died on 18 June 1961 in Quebec, Canada.¹³

1. PO Directories 1882-83 to 1886-87.
2. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Monimail, Fife. 22 December 1844. BROWN, George. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
3. Obituaries. Midlothian Advertiser. 07 November 1908. ‘The Late Mr George Brown.’ p. 5, col. 5. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
4. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 23 December 1908. BROWN, George. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
5. Births (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 04 June 1880. BROWN, Isabella Dingwall Saville. 685/1 1165. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
6. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Collessie, Fife. 25 February 1851. BUTTERCASE, Margaret.  Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
7. Death announcements. The Scotsman. 28 September 1927. BROWN, Margaret Buttercase. p. 18, col. 8. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
8. Births (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 04 June 1880. BROWN, Isabella Dingwall Saville. 685/1 1165. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
9. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1881. BROWN, Isabella D.S. 685/1 411. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
10. Birth announcements. The Scotsman. 21 April 1882. BROWN, Mrs George. p. 8, col. 7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
11. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Cameron, Fife. 1886. BROWN, Elizabeth Margaret. 412/ 06. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 22 January 2024.
12. Monumental inscriptions. Canada. Cimetière Mont-Royal, Quebec. 18 June 1961. BROWN, Eric Stanley. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108097632/eric-john_stanley-brown: accessed 22 January 2024.
13. Monumental inscriptions. Canada. Op. cit.