-----Original Message----- From: Rikki via Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 8:44 AM To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: [NMB] George Brown Rikki Did your George Brown die 19 January 1925 in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland - Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium and was married to Catherine Cameron died 7 February 1943 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland - Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium. I have been unable to find his birth and wonder if Newcastle Tyne and Wear Northumberland is the right place? Dear Listers, My current brick-wall is my maternal grandfather, George Brown. By calculation from census returns and his gravestone, he was born in 1852. He lived and worked in Scotland, living mostly in Leith. All census returns except one state he was born in England - the one exception mentions Newcastle as the place of birth. His parents were Joseph Brown and Sarah Clark. Joseph was a marine engineer and it is possible that his pregnant wife was with him and happened to give birth while they were in Newcastle. I have bought copies of birth certificates for George Brown in the Newcastle area for 1850 to 1855 - none has the right parents (despite stating on the order that I knew the parents to be Joseph and Sarah, I was still sent 'wrong' ones). I have also trawled the equivalent years for Scotland with no more joy. Can anyone suggest where else I might look to find this birth? It is the last part of this man's existance that I cannot prove on paper. Many thanks, Rikki. .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4257/8912 - Release Date: 01/11/15

Many thanks for all the responses to this request. I am sure that he was born on Tyneside because of some family tradition but mostly because of the marine work of his father. I have looked around the surrounding places as well - I simply stated Newcastle as that was what was recorded in the census. Younger siblings were born in other UK ports and one in Brazil. Rikki