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stephen brown
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Australia
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 Posted - 12/08/2011 : 09:49:42
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| gday guys/gals, i am tracing my paternal family tree and have discovered my great grandfather (jack BROWN) is from Fredrikstadt born abt 1883, my grandfather (jack BROWN)was born here in australia in 1909 im sorry i dont have more information but it would be great to find more, many thanks in advance |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2011 : 11:16:51
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Hi,
This is DIS gravminner fra Norge (basically a database of headstone transcriptions and some pictures) the only one with Brown as part of name at Fredrikstad:
2591279 Johan Willy Brown Hanssen 1401 1914 0702 1998 03 08 009 Leie gravlund Fredrikstad
Brown could be a word for word translation of the Norwegian word for the color brown. It might be a "sounds like." Or possibly a completely different name.
Found only one person in the 1900 Norwegian census born in 1883 Fredrikstad with the name Brun. His name was Sigurd, living with his parents and siblings in Kraakstad, Akershus. He also has a sibling of the name Hans (which name is related to Johan, John, which is the origin of Jack the nickname in US) Link if all goes well:
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=2&filnamn=f00212&gardpostnr=353&personpostnr=2253&merk=2253#ovre
Jackie M. |
Edited by - jkmarler on 12/08/2011 11:22:46 |
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stephen brown
Starting member
Australia
11 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 00:48:42
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ok have found naturalisation certificate for John BROWN, here are the details off it
john BROWN
05/08/1885 in Frederikshal (fredrikstadt??) Norway
he was a carpenter
immigrated from Norway to Bristol (England) then onto Rockhampton (Australia) arriving here 07/1906
he had 3 boys (all born in Australia)
hope this can find him please, many thanks to all |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 01:20:49
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Hi,
Great bit of info...
Unfortunately the Norwegian digital archive appears to be down today and the parish registers for baptismal records covering Fredrickstad & Fredrikhald are there,
Will look at www.familysearch.org {Did look in Norwegian Baptisms, found 4 entries answering to jon brun 1885 and none had the birthdate given above.]
Jackie M. |
Edited by - jkmarler on 14/08/2011 02:25:50 |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
6495 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 13:06:42
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3 records for John "Jack" Brown (1885 - 1917) served in WWI see Ancestry.
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 18:39:22
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| One of the records refers to a WWI enlistment for John Brown from Nassua New York and is probably not relelevant. But the other two refer to John "Jack" Brown born abt March 1885 in Norway. This is a part of a family tree belonging to a Paul Carroll of Australia. Unfortunately he does not list any further information about Jack' s Norwegian background. There are some interesting documents about the military life of John "Jack" Brown attached to the family tree. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 19:50:08
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Hi L,
The scanned document: what country is it from?
Jackie |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 20:56:26
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Two documents from the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
A copy of WWI Service Record
And a photo of what appears to a military medallion
And a photo of the Belgian cemetary where John "Jack" Brown is buried.
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 21:50:46
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Hi,
Since the date Jack Brown moved to England isn't known, I did check for John Brown b. 1885 Norway in the England & Wales census for 1901 and it found none.
Jackie M |
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