Brown, William (1874-1952)
Early years
William was born in 1874 at Sunderland, Co Durham to parents William and Caroline. William worked as a shipwright. William was brought up within a Primitive Methodist family, which included six sons. Four became Methodist ministers and a fifth entered the Congregational ministry.
William was brought up in the PM Church at Williamson Terrace. For many years he was Sunday School Secretary and Organist. After being a local preacher for some years, William spent a time as Lay Agent in the Liverpool District.
Ministry
His obituary records that through all his life William had a virile faith and a capacity to express it, especially when circumstances were unfavourable. He was content with life’s simple joys and found Nature a great companion. Above all he was a man of God, and in God’s service his varied gifts found there full expression. An able preacher, a careful administrator, and a faithful pastor, he was respected for his integrity and valued for the warm friendship he extended to his people.
Family
William married Gertrude Ellen Juffs (1876-1952) in the summer of 1905 at Clitheroe, Lancashire. – The 1927 PM magazine sketch identified three children.
- Gertrude Doreen (b1910)
- William E (b1914)
- Frederick
William died on 31 July 1952 in the Shardlow Registration District, Derbyshire.
Circuits
- 1901 Wallingford
- 1902 Lowick
- 1904 Clitheroe
- 1905 Lowick
- 1908 Clay Cross
- 1911 Bolsover
- 1916 Market Drayton
- 1918 Derby III
- 1921 Hetton
- 1926 Ripley Notts Rd
- 1934 Derby Dairy House Rd
- 1936 Derby South
- 1937 Leek
- 1941 Sandbach
- 1946 Derby (Sup)
References
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1927/806
Methodist Minutes 1953/121
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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