So when I first started this obsession over 20 years ago I was very naive and didnt really keep many records of sources etc. It was quite by chance I made contact with somebody that started to help fill in some of my gaps for me. They said they were in a pub and remembers a conversation about Catherine Brown being adopted (I did say quite by chance) Lo and behold she does show up on the census as adopted child. In my mind I assumed she had been borne out of wedlock to Mary Henderson as Mary married David Raeside so all along I had it in my mind that Catherine Brown was born before she hooked up with David Raeside and thats why she was given for adoption although I still dont know if thats an official or just a friends adoption. Any way I have been adding bits and pieces to my tree and some of my dna matches lead to this section of the family. I have been following the hints and all along I had the Mary Henderson all wrong.....She was first married to David Raeside and had children with him then when he died 2 years later she then had Catherine Brown b 1870. The father Peter Brown was 24 years older than Mary Henderson so I am now thinking that Catherine must have been an accident and that she didnt expect Peter Brown to stand by her. But he did and they had at least 2 more sons which they kept. There was still lead in the old pencil. I have yet to find the date of the marriage of Mary and Peter Brown. I wonder how long after Catherine was borne did they marry. Also Peter Brown had been married and widowed and had children from his previous.
Feel rather sad for Catherine after coming to this conclusion.
Any thoughts on this one?
Feel rather sad for Catherine after coming to this conclusion.
Any thoughts on this one?
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