distinctive character to the town’s stone architecture. From this George Browne*, who arrived in 1841, was to develop more fully his architectural
its pages, as well as prominent personages including Edward Blake*, George Brown
county. Sargent was elected by acclamation to the House of Assembly for Barrington Township in 1793, and held the position until his retirement in 1818, when he was succeeded by his son William Browne. His
Sawyer and Agnes Brown; m. 18 Nov. 1851 Eliza Jane Baxter, and they had 10 children; d. 9 Dec. 1889 in Kingston, Ont.
After
Browning, and he is important to literary history because he demonstrates that art is not the province of an élite but exists on all levels of culture and society. His importance to folklore study is in
and Mary Jones; m. 25 May 1842 Martha Johnston-Brown in Tardebigge, England, and they had eight daughters and one son; d. 21 May 1892 in Toronto at age 84
that the new Liberal government of George Brown* and Antoine-Aimé Dorion had “not sufficiently defined their policy” and that “only one Minister
Brown* who opposed it. At the by election in early October 1854 necessitated by his accepting office, Spence defeated William McDougall
Brown* of the Globe, and helped form the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada (Free Church). He was elected the first moderator of the new synod and wrote a lengthy and spirited defence
Browne*, Richard John Cooper, and John Cliff – promptly left to pursue work on important building projects in Montreal, Toronto, or Kingston, Edward Staveley chose to make a career for himself in
. Royal letters, charters, and tracts (Laing), 78, 120–3. William Anderson, The Scottish nation (3v., Edinburgh and London, 1880). Richard Brown, A history of the Island of Cape Breton
(Winnipeg), letters from S. J. Brown, 16 April 1923; G. C. Allanson, 8 Feb. 1934; and W. G. Benson, 15 July 1938; testimonies of Julius Standing
cargo from prize vessels grossed £9,938. The firm traded in rum, molasses, and brown sugar with the West Indies, and imported wine and manufactured goods from overseas
colourful city (Hamilton, 1972). Carolyn Hetherington, “An olio of oddities,” Kingston 300: a social snapshot, by Kingstonians (Kingston, 1973), 184–88. M. M. Brown and
. H. Brown
ACC, Diocese of Moosonee Arch. (Schumacher, Ont.), Moose
. Mary Brown (Erin, Ont., 1976).
AO, MS 516. NA, MG 24, A19; 126, 65; RG 5, A1, vols.196–203. Appletons’ cyclopædia (Wilson et
MacNab*, Adam Brown, Sir George William Burton, and Charles John
the group, Ebenezer Robson, Arthur Browning, and White arrived in Victoria in February 1859 and received a warm welcome from local Methodists. Governor James Douglas and other influential citizens