Captain Francis John Brown

Other Events:

• Business: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; F. J. Brown and Son
• Name: F. J. Brown
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60412
• Immigration: 1865
• Occupation: 1871, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; merchant
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?

Notes:

He was a sea captain, trained in New Bruswick, served on a lake steamer, but preferred the sea. He spent many years in the east and gathering "gifts of rare beauty from many lands" which his son sold in his jewelery story. He retired to Galt.


Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [snippet from original text in book]

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F.J. Brown & Son

Jewellers and wholesale dealers in Japanese Goods and Curios. Captain Brown, the senior member of the firm, is at present employed by the Japanese Steamship Company. The business here is conducted by Mr. Brown, junior, an expert in his special line. As an optician he stands high. Captain Brown has the honor of being the only Canadian receiving at the hands of the Emperor of Japan the order of "The Sacred Treasury."


Jubilee Souvenir of Galt, 1897

Francis — Hannah Moore Heiter. Hannah was born 1 May 1846, , England; died 29 Mar 1947; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Francis James Brown was born 10 May 1869, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 31 Aug 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Marianne Jane Brown was born 6 Aug 1871, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 25 Aug 1957; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Emma Louisa Brown was born 19 Jan 1874, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 5 May 1958; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. George Pritchard Brown was born 2 Dec 1876, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 1966; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Charles Pyne Brown was born 7 Jun 1879, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 4 Aug 1974; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Bertha A. Brown was born 8 Jan 1885, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 3 Feb 1977; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.