Christian Christensen Brown
Insert by Edith Brown: James Brown was the step brother of Andrew Brown. Both are Christian Christensen Brown’s sons. We are from the first wife, Dorthea’s son, Andrew, and James is from the third wife.Christian Christensen came from Denmark to the USA sometime before 1866. He came in the company of a Mr. Brown who sponsored his passage. When he arrived in New York he took the name of BROWN, and from then on was known as Christian Christensen Brown.CC Brown worked in NYC until he saved enough to send for his wife and 2 children. Their plan was to meet in New York and travel together with the Saints to Utah. His wife Dorthea had the ill-fated luck of being on the emigrant ship the CAVOUR. The ship journey took 61 days! It landed in NYC on July 31 1866. Because of such a long delay, CC Brown did not meet his wife when she arrived. Unkind dock workers that had been paid by CC Brown did not notify him of the arrival, and in fact, they told Dorthea that her husband didn’t want any thing to do with her or the church. Dorthea was left with no option but to travel on with the saints.
As soon as CC Brown found out that the company had left, he bought a horse and tried to catch them. Dorthea finally succumbed to cholera after the company was traveling across the plains, being one of the 17 listed as died on the trail.
Family legend says that CC Brown did catch the company in time to find his wife in a hut along the side of the road, and was able to say goodbye to her just before she expired.
CC Brown’s boy Andrew did grow up and have progeny(one of which is Ross Brown, now serving at Cove Fort on a Mission)
The little girl did die young and family legend says that she appeared to the Brown sisters in the Monroe home one night.
CC Brown did remarry Hannah Nielsen and settled in Monroe, Utah. They were the parents of Dora, Magdaline, Kistie, Manila, Hans, Chris, James.
James Brown was the only one to carry on the Brown name as his brothers died young. He married Annie Magleby and had five girls, Naoma Rydman, Beth Thueson, Faye Peterson, Janis Nilsson, and Anne Arthur.