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Just had a look at the birth cert of Laura as she was born in Scotland which makes things a whole lot easier!

Laura Brown
born 22nd November 1904
District: Bothwell
Father: Robert Henry Brown, foreign missionary
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Brown, maiden name Brown (Married 3rd Feb 1904 Durham)
Sarah Brown (Grandmother) was informant
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Doris parent's marriage:

First name(s) ROBERT HENRY
Last name BROWN
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1904
Spouse: MARY ELIZABETH BROWN
District STOCKTON
County Durham
Country England
Volume 10A Page 114

Ahhh, looks like Doris' Mum died in Canada- perhaps why Doris and Laura were sent to their Grandparents. This is them in 1916:

1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Name: R H Brown
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 40
Est. Birth Year: 1876
Birthplace: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1906
Home in 1916: 02E, Edmonton West, Alberta
Address: 12229, 109 Avenue, Edmonton
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish)
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Household Members:

Name Age
R H Brown 40
Eva Taylor 35 Lodger
Laura Brown 11 England
Doris Brown 10 Africa

Gatelady, re your message to share my tree- I am not related to this family.

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Wow, , Thank you so much AustinQ, xx

wow,so much info, , I will not close this info till I have looked into it, Is skeletons in the cupboard stuff, did not think there was a marriage between Doris and my Grandfather Amos ?

Hi, just a mo, let me catch up here, am thanking for your info, info that We did not know about, please keep this open for now .

AustinQ, thank you so much for all this info, I cannot take this in all at once, you are correct that I have part of this family on Ancestry, thank you so much x

Thank you Dea, you are spot on, thank you AustinQ, you are brilliant, but, Doris Pinkey Nunn ,According to her daughter Doris ( my dad half sister ) was supposed to travel on the TITANIC, but did not board for some reason ?

AustinQ, thank you so much, am going to get round to putting this info on my Ancestry and genes tree, meanwhile Hope you do not mind, but am relaying info to my cousin Mandie Nunn whom I am sure you have seen on my Ancestry tree, a very big thank you from myself (Pam Barnes nee Nunn ) and Mandie x
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