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Helen Inglis Brown was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, on 20 October 1844.¹

Helen left London for Dunedin on 7 July 1848, on board the 'Bernicia'. Her family group consisted of her father James BROWN (35) [draper; d. 2/5/1899]; Emma née HEPBURN, wife (25) [d. 8/3/1888]; George (5) [draper; d. 20/11/1915]; Helen herself; Emma Hepburn (2) [m. Alexander HERDMAN, accountant and banker; d. 4/8/1917]; and James McNeil (born on voyage) [m. Emily ASHENDON; d. Sydney 17/6/1912].²

She married Thomas Moodie, son of George Moodie and Janet Hutton, at Jas. Brown house, Spring Bank in Dunedin, Otago, on 26 August 1863.^3,4,5

Helen died on 7 April 1907 in Dunedin, Otago, at age 62.^6,7 She was buried on 10 April 1907 at the Northern Cemetery.^8,9

James John Macinnes Brown was born at 135 Campsie St in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 22 September 1900.¹

He sailed on the Ranchi from Penang, Malaya to Plymouth, arriving on the 14 July 1939 - he gave his occupation as 'engineer', and was returning to live at 8 Loanhead Ave, Renfrew. It seems likely he had been commissioning a tin dredge in Malaya prior to his return.²

He married Margaret McLaren McGregor at North Church in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, on 15 September 1939. He described himself as an engineer fitter and she was a telephonist.³

A James J M Brown (aged 42, Engr Mining, Perak, ID 225) is listed in the University of Cambridge Changi civilian internees file (page 223 of 559), which implies he returned to Malaya before war broke out - possibly involved with the delivery of a new dredge - and was imprisoned by the Japanese.^4,5

James died in 1976 in Greenock, Renfrewshire.⁶

John Leonard Brown was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, on 23 July 1898.

He married Noreen Ida Short in Queensland on 1 October 1930.¹

John died in May 1966 in Australia at age 67. He was buried on 20 May 1966 at the Pinnaroo Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs.²

Lennor May Brown was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 20 December 1931.

She married George Royal Cumming, son of George Cumming and Ethel Maud Robinson, in Brisbane, Queensland, on 14 September 1955.

She was widowed at age 72 on the death of her husband George on 10 September 2004.^1,2

Lennor died in 2020 in New South Wales.

Lida Brown was born in New Jersey circa 1903.¹
The siblings Roda and Lida were listed in the 1910 US census at 208 Wesley Ave in Ocean City, Cape May, New Jersey, in the household of their parents, Thomas Wistar Brown and Margaret Muir Coldstream.¹

Lilian Wilton Brown was born in Barnet, Middlesex, on 8 April 1877.^2,1
She was listed in the 1921 census at Oakfield North Park in Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, with her father Henry (a building contractor) and sisers Florence (37, a secretary for her father), Jessie (28) and a servant. Lilian was a Civil Service clerk in the telephone service.³

Lilian's marriage to Stanley Forsaith Hall, son of Alfred Wilberforce Hall and Hephzibah Grace Forsaith, was registered between January 1922 and March 1922 in Eton, Buckinghamshire.^2,4

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 'Green Hedges', 219 Gilham Grove in Deal, Kent, with Stanley Forsaith Hall; he was the retired director of a retail shoe business.⁵

She was widowed at age 79 on the death of her husband Stanley on 27 September 1956.^6,7,8

Lilian's death was registered between January 1962 and March 1962 in Totnes, Devon.⁹

Margaret Brown was born at Union Place in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, on 15 November 1889.¹

Margaret Brown was born in Scotland circa 1838.¹

She married David Millar in Cupar, Fife, in 1871.²

Margaret died in 1900 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire.^1,3

Margaret C Brown was born in Pennsylvania in August 1891.¹
The siblings Margaret, Moses, Frances and William were listed in the 1900 US census at 5255 Tennantown Ave in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the household of their parents, Thomas Wistar Brown and Margaret Muir Coldstream.¹

Margaret Christine Brown was born in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, in 1924.¹

She was the informant of Robert Doig Brown's death at Nthn Infirmary in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 29 May 1955.²

Margaret died in 2009 in Paisley, Renfrewshire.³