Van Hees Family History
Joseph Brown
1800 - 1875 (75 years)-
Name Joseph Brown [1] Born 12 Jun 1800 Leicester, Leicestershire, England 
[2] Gender Male Residence 1810 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Obituary states he was raised in Hamilton, Scotland. The family also spent some time in nearby Dalserf between 1830-1842 as noted in son John's obituary. Residence 1834 Nottingham, England Occupation 1841 Shoemaker Died 16 Oct 1875 Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin [2] Buried Neillsville City Cemetery, Pine Valley, WI Notes - Obituary - Clark County Press, Neillsville WI, 23 Oct 1875, page 5:
Brown - Oct 16th, 1875, of congestion of the brain. Joseph Brown, aged 75 years, 4 months. Deceased was born June 12, 1800 in Leicester England of Scotch (sic) parents; raised in Hamilton, Scotland; returned to England in 1822, and came with his family to the state of New York in 1843; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845, and resided in West Bend, Washington County, until coming to Clark County in 1871.
Married Ann Black in London, Middlesex County on 3 Aug 1828. Family resided in Nottingham at Cross Street (1835 birth of Elizabeth,1841 UK Census). The family arrived in New York Aug 24,1842 from Liverpool England aboard the SS Europe. Listed on the manifest are Joseph age 42; Ann age 36; John age 13; Elizabeth age 7; Thomas age 5; Sarah as infant. The ship's master was Samuel Barker. They shared the voyage, which lasted about nine weeks, with 199 additional immigrants.
They settled in Buffalo NY where Joseph was a shoemaker. His son John helped his father in the business and became a shoemaker himself. The business was located at 441 Michigan Street.
The family moved to Milwaukee, WI in 1848, and settled in Addison Township, Washington County, WI by1850. In1860 they are living in West Bend, Washington County, WI. In 1871 Joseph and his wife removed to Weston WI to spend their last days on the farm of their daughter Mary Jane Brown Smith.
Person ID I81 vanhees Last Modified 20 Nov 2019
Father Unknown Brown, b. Abt 1770, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Relationship Natural Family ID F895 Group Sheet
Family Ann Black, b. 10 Jan 1805, Denton, Lincolnshire, England , d. 18 Dec 1882, Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin (Age 77 years) Married 3 Aug 1828 Middlesex, England [3] Children + 1. John Robert Brown, b. Sep 1831, London, England , d. 17 Jul 1904, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 72 years)+ 2. Elizabeth Brown, b. 1835, Nottingham, England , d. 5 Jun 1905, Maywood, Cook, Ill (Age 70 years)+ 3. Thomas Brown, b. 25 Sep 1838, Nottingham, England , d. 10 Jun 1879, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA (Age 40 years)4. Sarah Ann Brown, b. 7 Jul 1840, Nottingham, England , d. 25 Dec 1927, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years)+ 5. Mary Jane Brown, b. 18 Dec 1846, Buffalo, NY , d. 21 Nov 1920, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, USA (Age 73 years)+ 6. George William Brown, b. Feb 1850, Wisconsin , d. Aft 1923 (Age ~ 74 years)7. Maxwell Joseph Brown, b. 18 Jun 1852, West Bend, Washington, Wisconsin, USA , d. 11 Feb 1935, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, USA (Age 82 years)Last Modified 20 Nov 2019 Family ID F58 Group Sheet
- Obituary - Clark County Press, Neillsville WI, 23 Oct 1875, page 5:
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Born - 12 Jun 1800 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England 
Married - 3 Aug 1828 - Middlesex, England 
Residence - 1834 - Nottingham, England 
Died - 16 Oct 1875 - Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin 
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Mary Jane Brown Smith reminisces on the early days in Clark County WI
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Sources - [S5] 1860 Census West Bend, WI.
- [S275] Obituary of Joseph Brown.
- [S375] Parish of St. Mary-Le-Bone (County of Middlesex, England), "Marriages 1828", Page 104, item 400 (Reliability: 4).
Joseph Brown, Bachelor, of this Parish and Ann Black, Spinster, of this Parish were Married in this Church by Banns this third day of August in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, By me George M. Musgrave, Curate. This Marriage was solemnized between us: Joseph Brown and Ann Black. In the Presence of: John Dickinson and Sarah Dickinson.
- [S5] 1860 Census West Bend, WI.