William Brown

1805 - Bef 1871  (< 65 years)

• Name	William Brown
  Born	1805	Knottingley
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Jan 1806	St Botolph, Knottingley   [1]
  Occupation	Mariner
  Died	Bef 1871
  Person ID	I56189	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Brown
  Mother	Sarah
  Family ID	F17938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Tummons,   b. 1814, Knottingley
  Married	24 Dec 1842	St George, Hanover Square, London   [2]
  Children	1. Robert Tummons Brown,   b. Abt Feb 1844, Knottingley ,   d. Abt Nov 1844, Knottingley  (Age 0 years)   2. John Tummons Brown,   b. 1845, Knottingley ,   d. Abt Feb 1916, Hull  (Age 71 years)   3. William Tummons Brown,   b. 1846, Knottingley ,   d. Abt Aug 1847, Knottingley  (Age 1 years)   4. Sarah Hannah Brown,   b. 1849, Knottingley   5. William Brown,   b. 1851, Knottingley
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F17937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Baptism also recorded on the same day ay St Giles, Pontefract. Assumed to have been in the coastal trade, sailing to London in 1842 with his wife-to-be aboard, marrying in Hanover Sqaure on Christmas Eve (fathers' names and occupations matching, brother Joseph Brown witness.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S373592] West Yorkshire CofE Births and Baptisms (Ancestry). [S010069] MC.