Hello Sheena and Jacquie, I will indeed point out to Bob that by not finding the death of baby Ann Milne Brown in 1886, has for sure thrown the family tree the Agency put together into question. I also feel that the death certificate of Jean Leary (nee Montgomery) may have the answers to all the questions. I am not sure where the story that Ann the mother of Eva immigrated to Canada came from. Maybe, again through the Agency. I will send off some more questions to Bob and also inform him about the new information and the mystery that this information has now created. I note that Eva Christian Brown referred to the girl she grew up with in Musselburgh as her sister and her name was Annie ???. This set bells going off in my head, maybe, just maybe Annie Montgomery (nee ????) was in fact Eva's half sister, and that Annie is named after her mother, the mysterious Ann Milne Brown, who sometime after the birth of Eva married and maybe even to the man who fathered Eva, or someone else altogether. Again, also the man of this household Eva grew up in may have been in action in the 1st WW and did not return. We at least know his surname Montgomery and he was from Musselburgh. I don't think that the lady who called herself Ann Milne Brown in 1910 when registering the birth of her daughter Eva, would be so crafty as to steal the identity of a dead child, claim that this child's father was her father (a Butcher's Assistant) and give the address of the Brown family at 86 Grove Street, Edinburgh. There is an answer to all of this, if only we could see it. Then we also have Ron Brown, who is also on this List, his Grand Aunt, Annie Milne Brown born 1906, was the daughter of John Brown and Janet Scott, they married in South Leith. There must be a connection here, as previously mentioned in another email to Ann Milne who married John Brown on 21st March 1861 in Edinburgh. If anything new comes up, for sure I will let you know. I will now send off this information to Bob and wait for his reaction. Regards, Janice Belrose - Sydney Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Ireland" <ireland@pavilion.co.uk> To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] John Brown and Mary Knowles > Ann Milne BROWN could easily have been born to John BROWN & Mary KNOWLES > after the 1891 census, presumably without the "Milne" recorded on her > birth > registration or someone would have noticed it by now. > While Eva Christian BROWN's mother may have lied on the birth registration > because she didn't want to be connected to an illegitimate birth, given > that > the baby was illegitimate, it would seem a bit pointless. > I think the possibility that Eva was brought up by Ann's sister Mary is > worth considering. > As to no reference to a father, WWI started before Eva was very old, so > the > man of the house would likely be away and possibly never returned. > I agree that the work of the Agency was pathetic! > Please do tell us what it says on Jean LEARY nee MONTGOMERY's death > certificate! > Best wishes, > Sheena Ireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >