Brown, Stephen^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36]}

1860 - 1939  (79 years)

• Name	Brown, Stephen  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41]
  Birth	Abt. 1860	Frant, Sussex, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37, 40, 41]
  	By some accounts: Kent, England
  Baptism	25 Mar 1860	Frant, Sussex, England   [16, 17, 24, 25, 32]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Tunbridge Wells, Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England   [9, 10]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1871	Seal, Kent, England   [5, 6]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1891	St Nicholas, Surrey, England   [3, 4]
  	Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1901	Clewer, Berkshire, England   [7, 8]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Arrival	1907	Canada   [12, 13, 14, 15, 31]
  Arrival	1908	Canada   [28, 29]
  Residence	1 Jun 1911	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [12, 13]
  	Religion: Protestant; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada   [14, 15]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1 Jun 1931	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada   [28, 29]
  	Religion: United Church; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Income
  Death	10 Sep 1939	Saanich, British Columbia, Canada   [2, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 37]
  	BC Death Registration #1939-09-561716 as "Stephen Brown", estimated age at death: 79 years (Saanich); BC Archives Mfilm #B13166; GSU Mfilm #1953626
  Burial	13 Sep 1939	Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada   [31, 32, 33]
  Person ID	I402116918519	Rick Dondo's Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Brown, John,   b. Abt 1830, Speldhurst, Kent, England
  Mother	Purcey, Esther,   b. 1827, Riverhead, Kent, England
  Marriage	17 May 1851	Speldhurst, Kent, England
  Family ID	F6747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Excell, Fanny,   b. 1862, Deptford, Kent, England d. 3 Jan 1928, Seattle, King, Washington, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1885	Stoke Next Guildford, Surrey, England   [11, 31, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43]
  	Type: Spousal
  	In the St John the Evangelist church
  Children	1. Brown, Harold Purcey "Donald",   b. Abt. 1886, Guildford, Surrey, England d. 17 Nov 1965, Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. Brown, Elsie,   b. 17 Jun 1888, Guildford, Surrey, England d. 19 May 1973, Dade County, Florida, USA (Age 84 years)   3. Brown, Kathleen Margaret,   b. 1 Oct 1889, Guildford, Surrey, England d. 2 Dec 1976, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 87 years)   4. Brown, Maurice Leslie,   b. Abt. Jul 1895, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 23 Nov 1980, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 85 years)   5. Brown, Private Ronald Christopher,   b. 14 Nov 1895, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England d. 3 Jun 1916, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium (Age 20 years)   6. Brown, Elsie,   b. 1898, England   7. Brown, Reginald
  Family ID	F2862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Meal, Margaret Catherine,   b. Abt. Dec 1873, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 21 Jun 1943, Saanich, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1930	Los Angeles, California, USA   [20, 44, 45]
  	Type: Spousal
  Family ID	F2863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2026

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - Abt. 1860 - Frant, Sussex, England Baptism - 25 Mar 1860 - Frant, Sussex, England Marriage - Type: Spousal - 27 Apr 1885 - Stoke next Guildford, Surrey, England Residence - 1891 - St Nicholas, Surrey, England Residence - 1901 - Clewer, Berkshire, England Arrival - 1907 - Canada Arrival - 1908 - Canada Residence - 1 Jun 1911 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Residence - 1 Jun 1921 - Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Marriage - Type: Spousal - 21 Jun 1930 - Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - 1 Jun 1931 - Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Death - 10 Sep 1939 - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada Burial - 13 Sep 1939 - Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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