Person: BROWN, Reverend B.W. (c.1842- after 1911)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Reverend Benjamin William BROWN

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

Baptist minister and occasional lantern lecturer

Main period of activity

1900s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

c.1842

born at

Kent Island, Maryland, U.S.A.

1901

resident

41 Kempster Street, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England

1901

~58

lecturer

[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Platt Bridge, Lancashire, England, 1901 - 1902)

31 March 1901

~59

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/3723.62.16
– occupation “Evangelist”

1911

resident

15 Garfield Road, Wimbledon, London, England

2 April 1911

~69

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/3490
– occupation “Home Missionary”

in or after 1911

~68+

died at

unknown location

Notes

Many thanks to Paul Frecker and The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography for help with identifying this person; a short biography and portrait of Reverend Brown appear at http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Mr-and-Mrs-Brown-and-family-126634.htm.

Lucerna ID 6000147

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 3 May 2021

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Person: BROWN, Reverend B.W. (c.1842- after 1911)