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Charles Davy Brown

Male 1834 - 1921  (86 years)


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  • Name Charles Davy Brown 
    Born 26 Sep 1834  Hemingstone, , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203238887 
    Immigration 1856  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Immigration 1856  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Anglican 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Wesleyan Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Anglican 
    Occupation 1901  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Anglican 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-202731 
    Died 26 Jun 1921  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I202731  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Rev. Thomas Brown,   b. 30 May 1799, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1884, Hemingstone, , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Fredericka Sarah Davy,   b. 1801, Combs Stowmarket, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889, Hemingstone, , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F191416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann Warnes,   b. 2 Apr 1840, , Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1922, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1872  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Everard Brown,   b. 3 Jul 1873, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 93 years)
     2. Louisa Catharine Brown,   b. 29 Jul 1875, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Caroline Elizabeth Brown,   b. 16 Dec 1876, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1942  (Age 65 years)
     4. George Davy Brown,   b. 13 Jul 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1961, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Ethel Margaret Brown,   b. 8 Sep 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 65 years)
     6. Anna Mabel "Mabel" Brown,   b. 17 May 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966, , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     7. Frederica Sarah Brown,   b. 11 Aug 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1977  (Age 94 years)
     8. Henrietta Jane "Jane" Brown,   b. 12 Sep 1884, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     9. Thomas Gaskarth Brown,   b. 12 Jan 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1932, Nith Grove, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F188598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Military matters engaged the attention of Haysville in early days. Mr. Charles D. Brown, one of our highly respected citizens, who for the past 58 years has been Superintendent of Christ Church Sunday-school, was interested as an officer and was largely instrumental in recruiting a good company. During the Fenian Raid many Haysville men were on duty at the border.

      Fourth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, Waterloo Historical Society 1916

      ________________________________

      These are all inscriptions inside the church: Brass desk:

      To the glory of God and in grateful memory of
      Charles Davy Brown/ at rest June 26th 1921
      aged 86 years
      a faithful member of Christ Church Haysville
      and for 64 years Supt. of the S. S.
      This desk and endowment fund is presented by
      former pupils friends and relatives       .

      St. James Angilican Church, Huron Rd., Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario

      Brown, Charles Davy. - Although Mr. Brown cannot be numbered among those who came to the Parish in its earlier days, yet his eminent services to the Church compel us to break the rule which we laid down for our guidance in selecting names for brief biographies and which was that they should be the heads of the families of 1852. The subject of our sketch was born at Hemingstone Rectory, Suffolk, England, and was one of the twelve children of the Rev. Thomas Brown, B. A., J. P., for sixty years rector of the Parish. He came to Canada in 1856 on the paddle steamer "Canada" of the Cunard Line, landing first at Boston, where he and his brother, now the Rev. Frederick, of England, who accompanied him, were energetically canvassed for votes by the henchmen of the two candidates for the Presidency of the United States at the time, Mr. Buchanan and Mr, Fremont. They at once set out for Galt, Ontario, as previously arranged, and where they entered as farm pupils with Mr. Wm. Tye. In 1858 Mr. Brown purchased the farm now owned by Mr. Ferdinand Schramm and where he and Frederick remained until 1864, when they purchased the farm of 300 acres from Mr. Daniel Tye. Mr. Frederick Brown sold his 150 acres and entered as a candidate for the Priesthood, while Charles D. kept the remaining half known as Nith Grove where he still resides. In 1872 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Warnes, a talented young English lady. Mr. Brown has always been an active worker in the cause of religion and started the first Sunday School at Haysville, a union one, but which afterwards became the Church of England Sunday School of Christ Church and in which he has for the past fifty-five years held the position of Superintendent. In addition to this Mr. Brown has always taken his share of the Church work proper, having been warden for many years with brief intervals and frequently acted as delegate to the Synod. In 1864 he went to England bearing a letter from Bishop Cronyn authorizing him to raise funds for the beginning of a small endowment for the Parish. During this trip which was at the time of the American Civil War, Mr. Brown quite frequently met, at shooting parties, a Mrs. Captain Lake and her sister, Miss Carrol of Carrolton, Baltimore, both nieces of the great Southern General Robert E. Lee, and at that time visiting in England. Mr. Brown is still active in the cause of the Church and a highly respected member of the Parish.

      Church of England, An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Wilmot 1828-1913, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, New Hamburg, Canada by Charles James Fox, Sep 1913

      ________________

      CHARLES DAVY BROWN

      Charles Davy Brown, one of the foremost and most highly respected citizens of Wilmot Township, passed away at his home Nith Grove Farm, south of Haysville, on Sunday evening last, at the ripe old age of eighty- six years.

      He had just returned from worship in Christ church, Haysville, and his duties in connection with the Church of England Sunday school of which he had been superintendent for the past sixty years. He complained of weakness and passed away very suddenly.

      The late Charles D. Brown was a son of Rev. Thomas Brown, rector of Hemingstone Parish, Suffolk, England. He, with his brother, afterwards. Rev. Frederick Brown, came to Canada by the Cunard Line on the paddle wheel "The Canada" in the year 1852. They lived in Galt for two years. They came to Haysville when it was a thriving village with a population of several hundred and purchased the farm now owned by Mr. Schramm. They lived on the property for four years. They purchased 300 acres from the late Daniel Tye. C. D. Brown was married to Elizabeth A. Warnes of Bolwick Hall, Norwich, England in Christ church, Haysville on October 11, 1872. Besides Mrs. Brown, who survives, there is a family of nine children. Everard of St. Paul, Mrs. Spielman of Montreal, Mrs. Field of Chilliwack, B.C., Mrs. Steel of Brampton, Mrs. Grissette of Blair, Mrs. Falls of Chicago, George of Calgary, Miss Carry and Thomas at home.

      The late Mr. Brown took a very prominent part in all work for the best improvement of the community. He was for many years assistant secretary of the South Waterloo Farmers' Institute. He was untiring in his efforts on behalf of the church. Some years ago while in England he received a fund of money from his many friends to form an endowment fund which was invsted with the Synod of Huron and it has since provided a substantial income to the Anglican churches, St. James, Wilmot and Christ church, Haysville.

      The sympathy of a very wide circle of friends is extended to Mrs. Brown and family.

      The Chronicle Telegraph 7 Jul 1921, p. 4

  • Sources 
    1. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 12.

    2. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 2.

    3. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 3.

    4. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 55.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 51.

    6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 5 Page 26.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203238887/charles-davy-brown.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Sep 1834 - Hemingstone, , Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1856 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1856 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Oct 1872 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Jun 1921 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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