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14th January 19, 02:48 AM
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Details of his birthplace may be on his Canadian marriage certificate.
My great grandfather emigrated to Australia in 1853 and married in Victoria in 1855. His marriage certificate gives the couple's Scottish birthplaces and their parent's names. My great, great grandmother was also a Brown and hailed from Montrose in, then, Forfarshire.
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15th January 19, 08:59 PM
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Brown is a sept of Clan Douglas, which is mostly the southwest of Scotland, somewhere about Dumfries, south of Glasgow, and the central lowlands (see Douglas, UK). That knowledge might be of some use.
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16th January 19, 02:52 PM
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 Originally Posted by KiltedSergeant
Brown is a sept of Clan Douglas, which is mostly the southwest of Scotland, somewhere about Dumfries, south of Glasgow, and the central lowlands (see Douglas, UK). That knowledge might be of some use.
It is also claimed to be a sept of Clans MacMillan, MacDonald and Lamont, which is of no help at all unless you can trace your forebears to a particular location. Furthermore, the concept of clan septs is rather fanciful - see link:
http://www.clans-families.org/clan-septs.html
Last edited by Bruce Scott; 16th January 19 at 03:45 PM.
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