Hello to the Browning list, which I have just joined. My interest is in contacting descendants of John Browning and his wife Isabella Bruce - see below. I am descended from Isabella's brother, William Bruce. The data on John and Isabella below is about all I have got. I have traced all other descendants of David Bruce and Christina Munro [plus most others of David's family and it would be great to find the Brownings. Isabella emigrated first to NZ from Scotland in 1862 with two of her brothers. In 1865 she married John Browning in NZ and they had one child born in NZ. Her parents and the remainder of her family, except two brothers who had emigrated to their relatives' estates in Florida [Robert and William Forbes], emigrated to NZ in 1865. Isabella, John and their daughter then left NZ, I think in 1866, and settled in or near Durban, South Africa. At least one further child was born there. Between 1885 and 1921 the Brownings, or their descendants, were beneficiaries of the disposal of the Forbes estates in Florida. The records of these payments indicate the Brownings were in Auckland NZ in 1891, but otherwise were always stated to have been in Durban. So, I would be very pleased to make contact with any descendants of these Brownings. Descendants of David Bruce 1 David Bruce b: 1796 in Caithness, Scotland d: 28 September 1869 in Te Awamutu, NZ +Christina Munro b: 1809 in Caithness, Scotland d: 22 October 1882 in Te Awamutu, NZ 2 Alexander Bruce b: 1 March 1842 in Caithness, Scotland d: 8 August 1916 in Florida, USA 2 Elizabeth Bruce b: in Caithness, Scotland 2 John Bruce b: in Caithness, Scotland 2 Margaret Bruce b: September 1846 in Caithness, Scotland d: 17 March 1918, NZ +Richard Bell b: 28 February 1842 d: 15 April 1916, NZ 2 Isabella Bruce b: 1832 +John Browning m: 1865 in New Zealand 3 Christina Munro Browning b: Abt. 1866 in New Zealand +William Sutherland . 3 John Browning b: in South Africa +Clarice Vera Unknown 2 Christina Bruce b: 1834 2 Hector Bruce b: 4 October 1835 in Caithness, Scotland d: Abt. 1913 in USA 2 Donald Bruce b: 1838 in Caithness, Scotland d: 1866 Quincy, Florida 2 William Bruce b: 27 November 1839 in Caithness, Scotland d: 8 February 1907 in Te Awamutu, NZ 2 Janet Bruce b: Abt. 1849 d: 23 September 1918 2 Robert Bruce b: Abt. 1853 in Caithness, Scotland d: 8 July 1894 Regards, Dave Collins [email protected]