d/o Thomas S Brown (1810-1890) and Elizabeth Hall (1811-1865

Janet Brown came from a large well-documented family. "My ancestry on my Mother's side can be traced back seven or eight generations to a Stephen Brown who left London, Eng., sometime in the seventeenth Century. After a lingering illness Mother passed beyond Feb. 23rd 1899." (Rev. JDM)
She wrote poetry, (NB2375RF) and was of a "bright, happy disposition, with quite a streak of humour. She lived for her family, entering with fullest sympathy into all of their trouble. She was a genuine Christian and was most careful of our religious training. Her reaction to life was a very positive one…her blacks were black and her whites were dazzling." Rev. JDM "Ancestry" 1933
The Indian village was at one side of their new home a mile or two distant and the nearest Hotel to the Indians was at Burgoyne, a mile or two at the other side. The road between the two ran in front of their house. The Indians would frequently come in on their way to and from Burgoyne. I have heard Mother (Janet) tell of seizing Joe, my eldest Brother, then a mere child, and hiding behind the stooks (of hay) from the Indians. They never molested them, however once being very hungry they began to pick out the meat Mother was frying for dinner and started to eat it. They stopped however, when she began to scold them.
Father and Mother attended the Presbyterian Church at Burgoyne. Mother had been brought up a Baptist but united with the Presbyterian Church after her marriage. She however had such convictions regarding believers Baptism that she wouldn't have anything to do with the christening of the children. Father was an Elder in the Church and had the first four or five of the family christened.