First Generation

1. William BROWN , son of James BROWN (1812- ) and Mary Ann Gault or GALT (1815- ), was born on 1 July 1854 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was christened on 30 July 1854 in Muirkirk. He appeared in the census in 1861 in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1861 he was resident in Dykehead, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He appeared in the census in 1871 in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland. In 1871 he was resident in Cobbinshaw Oil Work Cottage, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland. He married Roseanna SKILLEN on 17 November 1871 in Main Street, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He appeared in the census in 1881 in Stonehouse. In 1881 he was resident in Lockhart Street 17, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Roseanna SKILLEN , daughter of William SKILLING (1811?-1884) and Ann SKILLING (1809?-1899), was born in 1846 (approx.) in Belfast, Ireland. She appeared in the census in 1861 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1861 she was resident in West Thornlie Street 53, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She appeared in the census in 1881 in Stonehouse. In 1881 she was resident in Lockhart Street 17. She died in Unresearched or unknown? She and William BROWN had the following children:

Second Generation

2. James BROWN , son of William BROWN and Roseanna SKILLEN, was born in 1878 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He appeared in the census in 1881 in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1881 he was resident in Lockhart Street 17, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

3. William BROWN , son of William BROWN and Roseanna SKILLEN, was born in 1880 in Wishaw. He appeared in the census in 1881 in Stonehouse. In 1881 he was resident in Lockhart Street 17.