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Agnes Mc Gown

1806–
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life of Agnes

When Agnes Mc Gown was born on 11 March 1806, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James McGowan, was 38 and her mother, Mary Pollock, was 30. She married Thomas Brown about 1825, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years.

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Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

Agnes Mc Gown

1806–

Thomas Brown

1804–

Marriage: about 1825

Mary Brown

1829–

Margeret Brown

1830–

Agnes Brown

1833–

Agnes Brown

1835–

Alexander Brown

1837–

Sarah Brown

1838–

Helen Brown

1839–

William L. Brown

1840–

Elizabeth Hanna Brown

1841–

James Brown

1844–

Jessie Lochore Brown

1845–

John Brown

1847–

Mary Brown

1849–

Spouse & Children

Agnes Mc Gown

Female1806–Female

Thomas Brown
Male1804–Male

MARRIAGE
about 1825
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

children

(13)

Mary Brown

Female1829–Female

Margeret Brown

Female1830–Female

Agnes Brown

Female1833–Female

Agnes Brown

Female1835–Female

Alexander Brown

Male1837–Male

+8 More Children

Parents & Siblings

James McGowan
Male1767–1830Male
Mary Pollock
Female1775–1806Female

siblings

(6)

Male1790–1861Male

Male1793–Male

Male1798–Male

Male1799–Male

Female1802–1849Female

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1811 · The Tron Riot

Age 5

The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.

1815

Age 9

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1838 · Jenners Department Store Opens its doors

Age 32

Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner as a department store for the community. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1892 but, with a new design in mind, the store was reopened in 1895 with new features. It was named Harrods of the North after it was given Royal Warrant in 1911 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on its 150th anniversary. It was sold to the House of Fraser in 2005, which in 2008, made much needed improvements to the store.

Name Meaning

Gown

Agnes

1 Vietnamese: unexplained.2 Shortened form of any of the many Scottish and Irish surnames formed with Gaelic mac ‘son of’.

Sources (3)

Agness Broan in household of Thomas Broan, "Scotland Census, 1841"
Agnes Lochore Brown, "Scotland Census, 1861"
Agness Brown in household of Thomas Brown, "Scotland Census, 1841"

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