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THE ANCESTRY OF GORDON BROWN
1 James Gordon Brown
b 20 Feb 1951, Giffnock, Renfrewshire
Parents
2 John Ebenezer Brown, Church of Scotland
minister
b 26 Oct 1914, Largo, Fife
d 7 Dec 1998, Insch, Aberdeenshire
m 24 Apr 1947, High Church, Hilton, Aberdeen
3 Jessie Elizabeth Souter
b 2 Jul 1918, Insch
d 19 Sep 2004, Aberdeen
Grandparents
4 Ebenezer Brown, farmer
b 9 Sep 1879, Ballingry,
Fife
d 4 Jan 1960, Collessie,
Fife
m 30 Sep 1910, Auchterderran,
Fife
5 Rachel Mitchell Mavor
b 20 May 1874, Dysart, Fife
d 18 Oct 1934, Kettle, Fife
6 John Henderson Souter, timber merchant
b 19 Apr 1881, Kearn, Aberdeenshire
d 21 May 1929, Insch
m 1 Sep 1906, Rothney,
Aberdeenshire
7 Jessie Riach Manson
b 16 Jul 1878, Forgue, Aberdeenshire
d 7 Oct 1960, Insch
Great-grandparents
8 John Brown of Ballingry,
farmer
b 6 Aug 1840, Auchtertool,
Fife
d 18 Sep 1918, Cardenden, Fife
m 21 Nov 1873, Brigghills,
Fife
9 Mary Brown
b 6 Dec 1845, Auchtertool
d 4 Dec 1908, Auchterderran
10
James Mavor of Dysart, builder
b 19 Aug 1846, Dysart
d 21 Nov 1898, Dysart
m 26 Nov 1869, Burntisland, Fife
11
Jane Robertson
b 1 Feb 1842, Burntisland
d 4 Nov 1880, Dysart
12
James Souter of Auchindoir and Kearn,
Aberdeenshire, mason
b Auchindoir and Kearn, bap
3 Mar 1837, Auchindoir and Kearn
d 23 Feb 1919, Insch
m 12 May 1860, Cottown of Druminnor, Aberdeenshire
13
Elizabeth Craig
b ca 1838, Insch
d 28 Mar 1923, Insch
14
Francis Troup Manson of Insch, mason
b ca 1847, Inverkeithny,
Banffshire
d 11 Feb 1917, Insch
m 24 Nov 1866, Forgue
15
Barbara Topp
b 19 Oct 1846, Forgue, Aberdeenshire
d 2 Feb 1931, Insch
Great-great-grandparents
16
John Brown of Auchtertool, ploughman
b 4 Apr 1804, Ballingry
d 15 Dec 1859, Auchtertool
m 11 Nov 1835, Auchtertool
17
Elizabeth Collier
b 14 Apr 1808, Kinglassie,
Fife
d 18 Dec 1889, Auchterderran
18
Alexander Brown of Auchterderran, agricultural
labourer
b 18 Feb 1804, Auchterderran
d 9 Mar 1884, Lochgelly, Fife
m 20 Mar 1843, Auchtertool
19
Janet Waddell
b 16 Mar 1824, bap 3 Apr 1824, Auchtertool
d 21 Apr 1889, Kirkcaldy, Fife
20
David Mavor of Dysart, mason
b 10 Sep 1807, Dysart
d 15 Nov 1877, Dysart
m ca 16 May 1829, Dysart
21
Rachel Mitchell
b 29 Apr 1808, Dundee, Forfarshire
d 30 Mar 1886, Dysart
22
David Robertson of Burntisland, carter
b ca 1806, Burntisland
d 29 Mar 1861, Burntisland
m ca Dec 1831, Burntisland
23
Isabella Crambie
b 28 Oct 1808, Auchtertool
d 27 Dec 1881, Dysart
24
William Souter of Auchindoir and Kearn,
carpenter
b Kennethmont,
Aberdeenshire, bap 1 Jun 1801, Kennethmont
d 8 Jan 1886, Auchindoir
m 18 Jun 1822, Clatt, Aberdeenshire
25
Margaret Booth
b Clatt, bap 12 May 1796, Clatt
d 29 Mar 1870, Kearn
26
Robert Craig of Insch, labourer
b Culsalmond,
Aberdeenshire, bap 6 Dec 1777, Culsalmond
d 8 Dec 1855, Insch
m 27 Aug 1822, Auchterless,
Aberdeenshire
27
Mary Gordon
b ca 1801, Forgue
d 17 May 1877, Insch
28
Alexander James Manson of Banff, doctor of medicine
b Scarborough, Yorkshire, bap 12 Feb 1811, Scarborough
d 30 Apr 1891, Banff
Not married to Jessie Guthrie Cruickshank
29
Jessie Guthrie Cruickshank
b Inverkeithny, bap 5
Nov 1829, Inverkeithny
d 4 Jan 1901, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire
30
William Topp of Forgue, farmer
b Forgue, bap 6 Oct 1814, Forgue
d 11 May 1903, Auchterless
m 3 Dec 1839, Monquhitter,
Aberdeenshire
31
Margaret Webster
b Turriff, Aberdeenshire, bap
19 Apr 1809, Turriff
d 1 Apr 1871, Forgue
Source
Edward
J. Davies, “The Ancestry of Gordon Brown”, Genealogists’ Magazine,
29(2007-09):399-404