Hello! I am sending this post to Montreal list as well as the Quebec and Eastern Counties list, as I do not know where David Brown resided before or at the time of his marriage to my great-grandmother, Amelia STRACHAN. Hope this is OK. My line comes from Amelia's second husband, Henry BONNETT, but I am interested in filling in all of the family history. I have only recently learned the given name of my great'grandmother's 1st husband, (the mysterious Mr. Brown) from the 1881 Illinois (USA) marriage record of their daughter Sarah E. BROWN, born in Mass, USA in 1860. I am looking for a David BROWN (possibly BRAUN), probably Scottish Presbyterian, who could have been living in Chateauguay Co, QUE before 1860. He may have been born about 1820-1830. David BROWN's wife was the former Amelia STRACHAN / STRAND (she was b. 1830 to Alexander STRACHAN and Ellen SIM, who lived in the Jamestown area near Ormstown. ) After their marriage before 1860 (?), time and place unknown, David and Amelia may have moved to MASS. in the USA, and he later may have served in the American Civil War. Family tradition says that during or shortly after this conflict, he either was killed, died or deserted or simply disappeared and was not heard from again by his wife. (Don't know which county in Mass. to look for them in 1860 census!) This is the only info I have on this mysterious Mr. BROWN. Any info on David BROWN would be vastly appreciated. Joanne in California, USA -----------------------