Husband Robert Scott Cree Brown [11972]
Born: 23 Dec 1881 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand 1
Christened:
Died: 27 May 1934 - Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand 1
Cause of Death: Robert Cree Brown continued as a consulting engineer but died in a tragic accident at the age of 52 when his coat became entangled in a diesel engine that was under test.
Buried: - Northern Cemetery, Dunedin North, Otago, New Zealand 1
FamilySearch ID: GYB6-FH5
Marriage: 1916 - New Zealand
Events
• Biography: http://www.cree.name/archives/Jessie2006.pdf. JESSIE'S SEA DIARY OF 1861-2
by Jessie Scott Brown
Biographies, page 27-28
Brown, Robert Scott Cree (1881-1934). Third and last child of William and Jessie Brown. An engineering graduate of Canterbury University College, Robert worked in municipal water supply and drainage before furthering his experience as a railway engineer in Scotland. He then became Professor of Engineering at Poona, India where he served for thirteen years. He married Kathleen More Glasgow in 1891 while on leave in New Zealand. They had two children in India, Alison in 1918 and Johnston in 1920, and two after their return to New Zealand, Morvern in 1926 and Fiona in 1927. Robert Cree Brown continued as a consulting engineer but died in a tragic accident at the age of 52 when his coat became entangled in a diesel engine that was under test.
• He worked as a Consulting Engineer on an unknown date.
Wife Kathleen More Glasgow [11973]
Born: 28 Feb 1891 - New Zealand 2
Christened:
Died: 1986 - New Zealand 2
Buried:
FamilySearch ID: GSPC-RSQ
Children
1 F Alison Cree Brown [10362]
Born: 5 Jan 1918 - Poona, India
Christened:
Died: 4 Nov 1995 - Takapuna, New Zealand
Buried:
FamilySearch ID: LR5R-LBX
Spouse: Colin Keith Becroft [10361] (1916-2000)
Marr: Jun 1941 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand