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Record #2734
Name :
: Daniel Flower BROWN (1870 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 30 May 1870

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Bristol
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 19 Apr 1885
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sardinian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Bristol Emigration Society
Notes(Some records state he arrived on the SS Scandinavian).

The family story passed down to me said Dan ran away from home to Canada at the age of 14 or 15 (1884/85.) Here he supposedly became a member of the Canadian Mounties, or the North West Mounted Police as it was called then. After this it was said he lived with Red Indians, whether as a captif we don't know and had his face marked in their fashion. He joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a bare back rider and lassoo artist and travelled to the UK with the show, visiting family in Bristol while the show was there in 1891.

Dan's elder sister, my great grandmother, had died tragically barely 2 months before his visit, leaving a distraught husband and 5 young children. Whether Dan knew this I don't know. He was never seen again after this visit.

I have discovered Dan's father, Daniel Brown, died when he was 3 months old, leaving his mother with 5 young children, the eldest being 10 and Dan being the youngest

Dan did not runaway as believed but seems to have been a pupil at the Clifton Industrial School for boys in Bristol, travelling with a party of boys from the school to Canada in 1885. What happened after that I have been unable to find out. He is not recorded as being a Canadian Mountie and the only information The Buffalo Bill Historical Museum has about him is that which my late mother gave them.

Dan's siblings remained in the UK. Whether they knew the truth of his departure to Canada I don't know.

Despite much searching of web sites over the last few years, both in Canada, USA and England I have been unable to find any trace of Dan at all. I have read books on Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and joined mailing lists, all to no avail. I have wondered if he changed his name. If so then I may never find him. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-01-11 19:21:12 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-17 14:37:52 /

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3010 ABBIS, Matilda1880ENG, STS, Stoke Upon Trent Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
3014 ABBOTT, Adelaide1872ENG, LAN, Manchester Jul 1876 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3048 ABBOTT, Walter1871ENG,     May 1885 : Sardinian CAN Lord Archibald Douglas  
3070 ABELL, George1870ENG,     Apr 1886 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3083 ABLETT, Grace1885ENG,     May 1889 : Sardinian CAN Washwell House  
3099 ABRAM, Catherine Louise1882ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8486 ABRAM, Maria Elizabeth1884ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8487 ABRAM, Zillah Ellen1886ENG, KEN, Deptford Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3102 ABRAMS, Frank1883ENG,     Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3106 ABSALOM, Richard1874ENG, SRY, Cobham Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Unknown  
23729 ADAMS, Elizabeth J1877ENG,     Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
23727 ADAMS, Grace1867ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
23734 ADAMS, Ruth1872ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
19730 ADAMS, William1876ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
7354 ADDISON, Annie Louise1879ENG, SRY, Newington Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7355 ADDISON, Emily Josephine1880ENG, SRY, Newington Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
9833 ADLINGTON, George Richard1880ENG, LND, Limehouse Nov 1891 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7340 ADLINGTON, Percival Stanley1883ENG, LND, Limehouse Nov 1891 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
22727 AGAAS, George1886ENG,     Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
20826 AGENT, Alfred1880ENG, KEN, Woolwich Aug 1892 : Sardinian CAN Rev. William J. Pady  
8537 ALDEN, James Robert1872ENG, LND, Poplar Aug 1884 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
18223 ALDRIDGE, Alfred 1876ENG,     Apr 1890 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
21624 ALFORD, George1879ENG,     Apr 1891 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
8823 ALLCOCK, Edith1882ENG,     Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
23759 ALLEN, Kate1873ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
13211 ALLEN, William1883ENG,     Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
3079 ALLENDER, Samuel1874ENG,     Apr 1888 : Sardinian CAN Quarriers  
10954 ALLPORT, Daisy Dot1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
13111 ALLSOP, Ernest1885ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1896 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Protection Society  
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