Duncan Brown (1808–1873)
Our Rutherglen correspondent writing under date 31st ult., says : — The District Coroner passed through this morning on his way to Wahgunyah to hold an inquest on the body of the late Mr Duncan Brown, who was found drowned near the residence of his son, Mr Glenbervie Brown. Mr Duncan Brown was one of the earliest settlers of Wahgunyah. I hear this evening that the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased gentleman was accidentally drowned whilst bathing. It appears he has not been seen alive since Tuesday last, but there was nothing strange about his absence, as he sometimes stops with one son and then goes off to visit another without saying where he is going; but upon making enquiries the sons found he was missing, and a search was made, when his body was found floating in the lagoon, his clothes on the bank, and his stockings put carefully in his boots. It is only about two years since he was nearly murdered by a Chinaman, and no doubt would have been only for the courage of his daughters.
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Additional Resources
- the Duncan family arrived in Sydney in 1839 aboard the Glenbervie before moving to Melbourne, Argus (Melbourne), 12 February 1908, p 4
- was one of the men on the jury that held the inquest on the body of bushranger Dan Morgan, Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic), 11 April 1865, p 3
- has been seriously assulted in his home by Wee Cow, Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic), 5 June 1869, p 3
- report on Wee Cow's trial for wounding, with intent to murder, Brown, Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic), 8 June 1869, p 3
- the jury is unable to agree on a verdict, Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic), 16 October 1869, p 1s
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Brown, Duncan
- Brown, Margaret (wife)
- Jamieson, Maria Christina (daughter)
- Gallagher, Mary (daughter)
- Willis, Janet (daughter)
- Brown, Margaret (daughter)
- Swan, Agnes (daughter)
- Brown, Donald (son)
- Brown, Archibald (son)
- Brown, Duncan (son)
- Brown, Glenbervie (son)
- Brown, John (son)
- Brown, Alexander (son)
- Brown, May (daughter-in-law)
- Brown, Mary Ann (daughter-in-law)
- Brown, Jessie (daughter-in-law)
- Brown, Sarah (daughter-in-law)
- Jamieson, Neil (son-in-law)
- Gallagher, Alexander (son-in-law)
- Willis, George Hamilton (son-in-law)
- Swan, John (son-in-law)
- Macgregor, Margaret Mitchell (granddaughter)
- Goslett, Margaret (granddaughter)
- Brown, Maria Christina (granddaughter)
- Brown, Mary (granddaughter)
- Brown, Euphemia Graham (granddaughter)
- Brown, Susan Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Sloman, Mary Louisa (granddaughter)
- Brown, Margaret Sarah (granddaughter)
- Brown, Maria Rose (granddaughter)
- Brown, Mary Ann (granddaughter)
- Brown, Annie Hiskins (granddaughter)
- Brown, Lillian Belcher (granddaughter)
- Brown, Daisy Mitchell (granddaughter)
- Brown, Ethel Maud (granddaughter)
- Brown, Florence Mildred (granddaughter)
- Brown, John (grandson)
- Brown, Archibald (grandson)
- Jamieson, William (grandson)
- Brown, Duncan (grandson)
- Brown, James (grandson)
- Brown, Eden Roe (grandson)
- Brown, Donald (grandson)
- Brown, Glenbervie Beechworth (grandson)
- Brown, John Wright (grandson)
- Brown, Glenbervie Mitchell (grandson)
- Brown, Glenbervie (grandson)
- Brown, Albert Asher (grandson)
Citation details
'Brown, Duncan (1808–1873)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-duncan-23636/text32608, accessed 19 April 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
10 March,
1808
Dunoon and Kilmun,
Argyll,
Scotland
Death
28 January,
1873
(aged 64)
Rutherglen,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
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