Jane Welsh Montgomery
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Name Jane Welsh Montgomery Birth Abt 1832 New York, USA
Gender Female Death 9 Dec 1911 Newcastle, , Nbl, England
Burial Tongland Ch, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Person ID I12346 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 30 Jan 2005
Father Montgomery d. Dead Family ID F4018 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family James Brown, b. 1817, Argrennan, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
d. 20 May 1880, Argrennan, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
(Age 63 years) Marriage 1849 Tongland, Kirkcudbright, , Scotland
Children > 1. Robert Brown, b. 16 Feb 1853, , Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland 
> 2. Hugh Montgomery Brown, b. 7 Jun 1854, , Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
d. 5 Aug 1929, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England
(Age 75 years)3. Jane Brown, b. 8 Aug 1855, Argrennan, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
bur. Ryton on Tyne 
4. Thomas Brown, b. 20 Feb 1857, , Tongland, Kirkcudbright, Scotland 
5. Margaret Brown, b. 27 May 1859, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, , Scotland
d. 21 Apr 1923, Newcastle, , Northumberland, England
(Age 63 years)6. James Brown, b. 27 Jun 1861, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, , Scotland 
7. Brown, b. 24 Apr 1863, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, , Scotland 
8. Charles Vintine Brown, b. 9 Apr 1868, Tongland, Kirkcudbright, , Scotland 
Family ID F4016 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Notes - !CENSUS: 1851, 1861 Scotland; Tongland; Argrennan
!DEATH: Newcastle on Tyne; 1911
According to Betty Gerdes (Bertha Brown), Jane and her brother Andrew were raised by their uncle, after the death of their mother. This may have been Hugh. Betty thought her father, Hugh Montgomery Brown was named after Hugh. However, on further consideration, and based on some comments by one Jennie Mundell of Castle-Douglas, who worked for Hugh, it may have been the family of William Montgomery of Hermitage. (Hugh may have taken over running things on the death of William in 1832.) Andrew was known as Big Andrew in the household to distinguish him from his uncle's son, who was known as Wee Andrew.
The Scottish census(1851 & 61) show that Jane was born in the USA,"New York". Information on the Tongland gravestone says Jane died at age 80; Death Certificate says death at age 80; 1851 & 1861 Census show her to be born in 1832. Place of death, 15 Cromwell St, Newcastle/Tyne.
Death cause: senile decay, heart failure; informant M.Brown, grandaughter
- !CENSUS: 1851, 1861 Scotland; Tongland; Argrennan
