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Born 31/01/1851 at Ramsgate, Kent
Died 18/02/1909 and Burried at Aylmer Cemetery
Father: William Henry Brown
Mother: Alethea Hannah Pooley

Married Emily Catherine Jones 21 May 1874 at Quebec City, (Point Levis) P.Q. Children. Flora "Florrie" Alethea Brown  b.17 May 1875 at London, Ontario, d.01 Nov 1923, 1 child. Annie Helen Brown  b.02 Mar 1878 at Muskoka, Ontario, d.ABT 1967, 1 child. Edith Frances Brown  b.06 Jul 1880 at Muskoka, Ontario, 3 Children. Mabel Eliza Brown  b.22 Nov 1881 at Sarnia, Ontario, d.13 May 1966 at Aylmer Cemetery, 4 Children. Ernest George Brown  b.15 Feb 1883 at Sarnia, Ontario, m.25 Aug 1907 at Bayham Township, Elgin Cy, d.11 Dec 1954, 5 Children. Ethel Gertrude Brown  b.22 Jul 1888 at Toronto, Ontario, d.06 Feb 1890,

Notes: 1851 census: William George Brown, age 2 months, living in Ramsgate,Kent with parents, Uncle Richard Brown, 4 servants
1861 census: William George Brown, living in Kingston-on-Thames(southwest of London) with parents, 1 brother, 1 sister; age 5, born Landport, Kent [this is obviously a mistake; the census taker mixed up his info with brother Charles - should be age 10, born Ramsgate, Kent]
1871 census: William George Brown, age 20, living in Islington, London with parents, 1 brother , 1 servant; Single; Occupation: Wine [??]Merchant clerk; born Ramsgate
William was the first of the Browns to come to Canada, arriving July 4, 1873 ;
William George Brown, farmer of London, Province of Ontario, bachelor married Emily Catherine Jones of London, England,spinster at Holy Trinity church, Levis, Quebec, May 21, 1874
1881 Canadian census: William Brown, English, married, age 30, b. England, Occupation Servant , Religion Congregational, living at Moore, Lambton County (near Sarnia) with wife Emily, 3 daughters 1883: son Ernest birth record: William George Brown, carpenter, Sarnia
1891 census: George William Brown, 40, Farmer; Religion Baptist; living at Houghton, Norfolk South with wife Emily, 5 children; b.England
1901 Canadian census: William G. Brown, b. England, immigrated 1873,married, age 50, Baptist , farmer, living at Houghton, South Norfolk with wife Emily, a daughter and 2 sons [this is th e first mention we have seen of son Olaf, born 1897, age 3]
Death Record: William George Brown, born Ramsgate, Kent; living at Lot 32, concession 1, Malahide Township; death certified by Ernest George Brown; cause of death: none given; 1909