I think today is Marion Brown's 180th birthday; my first post here says she was born July 2, 1843. Iain Hutchison's 2002 article says 1844, and I forget why we don't use the same birthdate, but he's probably right. So maybe it's really her 179th birthday. Nonetheless, I will try to mark the occasion somehow. (Not with swine curds.) Maybe I should transcribe another letter here, though! I know it's long overdue, and I still believe it's worth continuing.
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Happy 180th, Marion Brown?
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No, you are correct with 1843, Penny. I'm going back through the mists of time, but I seem to recall that Marion was unsure of her age at one point and she thought it was 1844. She was born before the statutory civil registration of births (and deaths and marriages) and would not have been issued with a birth certificate. But subsequent searching of Old Parish Records found her in the Register of Baptisms of the parish of Crawfordjohn. The entry reads: 'Brown. Marion, Daughter of George Brown and Marion Glencorse, his Wife, in Whitecleugh was born 2nd and baptized 18th July 1843.'
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