1 - Brown family (part 1) - scroll down to see pictures below chart
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Below are photos and such information as is known about the persons coloured in red on the above tree . Further pages on this site will provide similar information about issue of some of the above plus other branches of the family.
               


Joseph Henry Brown is standing 4th from the right in the back row. Picture date c1905-10.
Note: - The Football Club History Database shows 'Brandon Social' as a club existing from at least 1939. After WW1 it seems to have been known as 'Brandon Social, 'Brandon Welfare', and 'Brandon Colliery Welfare', and played in the Northern League and Durham League. Was Brandon Rovers the forerunner of this club?

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Joseph Henry Brown (right) with unknown man.

What was the event?

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Joseph Henry Brown (centre) with sons James (left) and Joseph, and believed to be at 7, Woodhorne Road.

More Information about Joseph Henry Brown
1. His father was William Brown.
2. He was issue from his father's 1st marriage
3. His mother was Alice McKay
3. His father's 2nd marriage is said to have been to his housekeeper, Mrs Thursby, from which union was produced one daughter, Ada Brown, about whom there is no further information.

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Joseph Henry Brown with granddaughter Margaret
and dog Rex c1940 		5
Mary Brown nee Tiernan, the wife of Joseph Henry Brown. She was born in 1885 at Tynedock and died May 6th 1967 at South Shields		 6
Mary Brown nee Tiernan with her granddaughter, Mureen Watchman. Mary died at Newbiggin in 1967
     
The marriage certificate for Joseph Henry Brown and Mary Tiernan Picture 7 (certificate)
     

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Four of the children of Mary Tiernan and Joseph Henry Brown appear in this picture. William Brown is standing 2nd from left, John Brown is 3rd from left, and James Brown is on the right. Their sister, Mary, is seated 2nd from the left. Those remaining are Mary's husband, William Watchman, standing left; Gladys, wife of John Brown is far left; Sadie, the 2nd wife of William Brown is 3rd from left; Elaine, wife of James Brown is on far right. The brother missing is Joseph Brown, who appears in picture 3 above Mary Brown appears above with her mother, Mary Brown nee Tiernan in about 1933. Mary Brown in WAF uniform on 31st March 1943.
     
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Here and right: - Mary Brown and Billy Watchman were married on 13th November 1943e
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Mary Watchman, nee Brown, at her home in Newbiggin, on the 1st October 2004.
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A charming portrait of Mary Watchman nee Brown James Brown in Egypt during WW2  
 
This chart shows the family extending from William Brown, the eldest son of Joseph and Mary Brown
     
25 Left - Margaret Brown (later Howe) the elder of the three children of William Brown and May as a baby

Margaret married Bob Howe, Pictured right in his navy days

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Margaret Howe,the elder of the three children of William Brown and May, in a charming portrait with one of her own children Margaret and daughter Dorothy In the background of this picture of Margaret is Billy Watchman and his daughter Maureen
     
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Bob Howe is holding son Vincent; Margaret is holding their daughter Dorothy Margaret Howe at Fairhaven Road, Redhill, Surrey on the 25th August 1989. The occasion was the funeral of Gerald Brown Margaret and Bob with Mary Watchman 4th February 1999
     
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Bob Howe with Vincent and Dorothy Margaret Howe Dorothy and Vincent
     
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Margaret at a party for her and Bob at her daughter Dorothy's house 1.10.2004 Dorothy on the night of the party 1.10.2004 Margaret again on 1.10.04 with nieces Pauline Brown (left) Muriel Moore 1.10.2004
     
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Vincent and son Robert 1.10.2004 Vincent and Julie on their wedding day Margaret and Bob's son Anthony as a boy
     
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Patricia Brown, the second of William and May's children, with much loved dog Lassie, a Christmas gift to Brian Brown (Patricia's younger brother) from Grandfather Edward Williamson Patricia's first husband was Ken McGill, shown here with their son Christopher Patricia's second husband Norman Atthey. Here they are with all of the children. Christopher from the previous picture is front left
     
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Pat with her son, Norman (later to be known by his middle name of Rob) by Norman Atthey Three of Pat's children by her 1st marriage to
Ken McGill, l-r Karen, Christopher and Bryan.
They have baby Norman in the pushchair 		Pat's daughter Kathleen, also by her first marriage, here shown with Amanda, Norman Atthey's Granddaughter by his first marriage.
     
This tree relates to the third of William amd May's children, Joseph Brian Brown, usually known as Brian
     
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May (Mary) Brown's parents, Helen and Edward Williamson.  Helen died quite young (45 years) and is interred at Newbiggin church yard. An 'In Memoriam' Family Bible page mark in the keeping of Brian Brown reads... "In Loving memory of Helen, Beloved Wife of Edward Williamson, who departed this life October 22 1924, Aged 45 Years.". Interred at Newbiggin Church Yard...the following verse completes the page marker..."Oh we miss her and how sadly-bleeding hearts alone can tell, Earth has lost her heaven has found her, Jesus has done all things well". Edward and Helen had three daughters, Sadie who married James Cowan. (they had two sons Eddy and Norman - see Muriel Moore's reminiscence of Eddy below), Florence, who married Bob? (will have to tap into Margaret Howe's memory bank for his name - they had one daughter Helen) and May (Mary) Brown who married William Brown. (Above info from Brian Brown).

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Brian spent a number of years as an engineering officer in the merchant navy, mainly on routes between the UK and Australasia. Here he is in distant climes. Brian advises that the picture shows him when he was 4th Engineer on board the TSS Gothic in Wellington New Zealand.  The Gothic's claim to fame other than being a comfortable ship to sail in and work on was that it was used as 'The Royal Yacht' between the 'Victoria and Albert' and the 'Brittania'. A more formal pose from Brian taken after his first trip to sea in 1959. Brian's first marriage was to New Zealander Sonja Elliotte Tully
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Their son, Mark, was born 14th July 1967 Mark Brown married Michelle Grace McKay on 3rd July 1998 Mark and Michelle's daughter Alecia Grace, born 27th November 1998
     
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Mark and Michelle's daughter Katelyn Emma,
born 14th December 2000		    
     
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Brian Brown married Pauline O'Neil on ? in Liverpool, Pauline's home town. Here they are shortly after at 9 Fairhaven Road, Redhill,Surrey, the home of James and Elaine Brown .
     
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Brian and Pauline have two children, Caroline, born ?, and Carl Joseph, born 7.5.81.
     
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Julie Brown, Carol Brown and Brian Brown at the house of Dorothy Shorey (nee Howe) at Whitley Bay in 19?? Brian pictured same date as left Brian Brown's family: L-R son-in-law Terry, daughter Caroline, son Karl, wife Pauline, and Brian himself.
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Brian's daughter Caroline and her husband Terry. Caroline and Terry's son Stephen Joseph Caroline and an older Stephen Joseph
     
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Pauline aged 60    
     
As shown in the family tree above, Willam Brown married twice  
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William Brown's second wife was Sadie Brown (nee Barber). They were married at the Methodist Church in Chopwell on Saturday 26 July 1975 and lived at 8 Scott Terrace. Chopwell.  Sadie died in 1998 and is survived by two daughters, Merle and Joan, and a son, Duncan.  
     
The above pictures are just a part of a family history; what is needed (apart from more pictures) are reminiscences from those who appear in them or from those who knew them. Whatever can be gathered will be entered here. The same goes for planned further pages that will deal with later generations and other lines of the family.
     
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