Jacob Brown

1849 - 1868  (19 years)

• Name	Jacob Brown
  Born	1849	, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Misfortune	1868	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	drowned
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-73784
  Died	6 Jul 1868	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: drowned
  Person ID	I73784	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Augustus William "August" Brown,   b. 27 Mar 1826, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Fredricka Graul,   b. 30 Jul 1826, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 84 years)
  Family ID	F34852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 8 Jul 1868. Brown, Jacob died 6 Jul 1868 Drowned in Hespeler, while bathing in the Speed River; aged 18. Son of August Brown, shoemaker, Branchton. He had been employed in one of the woollen factories in Hespeler for about a week. A non-swimmer, he drowned about two yards from shore. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 4 Page 36.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1849 - , Germany Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - drowned - 1868 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: drowned - 6 Jul 1868 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth