Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Francis Erichsen "Frank" Erichsen-Brown

Male 1878 - 1967  (88 years)


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  • Name Francis Erichsen "Frank" Erichsen-Brown 
    Born 29 Aug 1878  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Name Francis Erichsen "Frank" Brown 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-101390 
    Died 26 Mar 1967  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I101390  Generations
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2025 

    Father Dr. John Price "Price" Brown,   b. 1844, Manchester, , Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1938, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Agnes Cranston Graham,   b. CALC 13 Aug 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 9 May 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F39500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel Russell "Big Isa",   b. 6 May 1882, Chatham, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Price Erichsen-Brown,   b. 18 Apr 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1997, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2025 
    Family ID F54787  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ERICHSEN-BROWN Frank-At his home, 620 Avenue Road on Mon. Mar. 27 1967, Frank Erichsen-Brown. Q.C., husband of the late Isa MacCurdy, father of J. Price Erichsen-Brown and Isabel LeBourdais of Toronto, Frances Rocksborough Smith of Vancouver, and the late Gwethalyn Graham. Funeral was private.

      The Toronto Star Fri, Mar 31, 1967 Page 34

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      Funeral Held In Toronto For Lawyer

      TORONTO (CP) Private - funeral services were held Wednesday for Frank Erichsen- Brown, 89, a retired Toronto lawyer and father of author Isabel Le Bourdais. He died Monday.

      Mr. Erichsen Brown attended Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in 1903. He practised in Galt for a short time and established an office in Toronto in 1908.

      He served as a director of the City Dairy and was a member of the board of governors of the Crown Life Insurance Co. for 40 years.

      He is survived by one son. J. Prince Erichsen-Brown, also a lawyer, and two daughters, Mrs. LeBourdais, author of The Trial of Steven Truscott, and Frances Rocksborough Smith of Vancouver.

      Another daughter, Gwethalyn Graham, author of two Gover nor General's Award winning novels, Swiss Sonata and Earth and High Heaven, died in 1965.

      The Kingston Whig-Standard Thu, Mar 30, 1967 Page 15

  • Sources 
    1. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 68.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Aug 1878 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Mar 1967 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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