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Robert Gordon Brown
Gretna Fire Brigade 1915 – 1925
Professional fire brigade members
Research Project led by Nigel Compton
Service and Personal details
Name: Robert Gordon Brown
DoB: June 30 1870
Place of birth: High Street, Kirkcudbright
Parents: John and Maxwell nee Middleton
Parental Home: High Street, Kirkcudbright
Siblings: Jessie (1873), Alexander (1875), Agnes (1877), Peter (1878), William (1878), Thomas (1886), David (1888)
Spouse: Phebie Grierson Marshall
Date of Wedding: 28 June 1895 – Greyfriars Manse, Castle Street, Dumfries
Children: John (16 March 1896, died 18 August 1886), Robert Marshall (1897) Alexander Marshall (1899) John (Jock) Marshall (1901) Jessie Thompson Maxwell (1906), Mary Marshall (1909), Isabella Phoebie (1919)
Marital home(s): 33 Millburn Street, Kirkcudbright – 1897 15 Queensbury Square, D’fries, 1899 145 High Street, Dumfries – 1901 38 Queensbury Square, Dumfries, 1911 Flexholm, Leadhills
Employment: Journeyman Tailor
1911 Census: Census shows 6 children, 5 still alive – Living in Leadhills
Date of Death: December 8 1927 Location: Kingston Hospital, Ontario
Gretna details
Name: Robert Gordon Brown
Clock No
Date joining: 1918
Date leaving: 1920/21
Station: Annan Road
Addresses: 17 Annan Road, Gretna – U 1 East, Gretna (shows Robert as tailor)
Rank on start: Fm
Promotion: None identified
Newspapers: None found
Career after Gretna: Tailor in Dumfries, unknown employment in Kingston, Ontario
Addresses after Gretna:
39 Swans Vennel, Dumfries -101 Queen Street, Kingston, Canada
Some of the family moved to 19 Lower University, Kingston after 1927
Additional information
No confirmed military service in Great War for any family members, investigating
No confirmed further details of Robert Marshall Brown
No photographs have yet been located but given the number of family trees this family
appear on, further investigation is underway
RMS Regina
John Brown last address 39 Swans Vennel, Dumfries sailed on Regina (White Star Line) from Greenock to Quebec/ Montreal on 29 May 1926.…
Sarah Burns McCleary
SARAH BURNS MC CLEARY
Date and place of birth : 2 November 1887 Creetown, Scotland
Date and place of Death : 1965 in South Shields District, County Durham
Nationality: British
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Biography: Sarah grew up in Creetown, a small town in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland,
With her four brothers:
John McCleary 1884
Peter McCleary 1885
Nathan McCleary 1889
William McCleary 1890
Parents:
Peter McCleary and Euphemia Joseph were married in Kirkcudbrightshire in 1882
Parents occupation :
Peter worked as a Granite Quarry Labourer Clerk and Euphemia was a Nurse.…
