Hiram William Brown

1862 - Bef 1911  (< 48 years)

• Name	Hiram William Brown
  Born	27 Jan 1862	Tranmere, Wirral
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Apr 1862	St Peter, Liverpool   [1]
  Occupation	Waterman, mariner, labourer
  Died	Bef 1911
  Person ID	I29133	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	William Jackson Brown,   b. 1840, Warrington
  Mother	Mary Anderson,   b. 1842, Liverpool ,   d. 1872, Tranmere, Wirral  (Age 30 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1860	St Peter, Liverpool
  Family ID	F09038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Mellor,   b. 1865, Widnes
  Married	3 Aug 1885	St Nicholas, Liverpool   [2]
  Notes	Abode at time of 1885 marriage: 'On board boat in George's Dock'.
  Children	1. Ann Brown,   b. 1886, Birkenhead   2. Hiram William Brown,   b. 1888, Birkenhead   3. Sarah Brown,   b. 1890, Birkenhead ,   d. 1890, Birkenhead  (Age 0 years)   4. William Jackson Brown,   b. 1892, Birkenhead
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F09041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Louisa Mary Smorley,   b. 20 Mar 1863, Islington, London
  Married	28 Aug 1894	St Paul, Clerkenwell, London   [2]
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F17694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Clara Atkins,   b. 1872, Buckingham
  Married	28 Feb 1898	Johannesburg Register Office   [3]
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F17692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Apparently married bigamously at least twice: in 1894, London, to Louisa Smorley while wife Sarah was still alive in Birkenhead; and in 1898, Johannesburg, to Clara Atkins. Birth date mistranscribed as Jan 17 in Liverpool Baptism Records (Ancestry). Birthplace given as Stockport in 1898 marriage record.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010056] Parish record. [S010069] MC. [S010062] Family records.