Talk:John Evans Brown

Article expansion
I'm expanding the article, but feel free to chip in and you'll get DYK credits. Good sources are (follow the references):
 * NZETC
 * Barbadoes cemetery

The aim is to submit a triple DYK about the four brothers in law that were MPs. Two of the articles are new (from today and yesterday), whereas the page on Garrick has been around for a few weeks. My suggested DYK text is:


 * ... that the New Zealand Members of Parliament Francis James Garrick, John Thomas Peacock, John Evans Brown and Henry Richard Webb were brothers in law?  Schwede 66  06:21, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I've now nominated this.  Schwede 66  19:32, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Further work
I've come across more info on Brown's later years (reason he moved to Asheville and not somewhere else, mining on his property) that will have to be worked in (it's mentioned in one of the references). I can't find it, though! One of the sources ('History of the "Swannanoa" name') contains a lot of info that is still to be worked in. I've put something on the talk page of Asheville, but there hasn't been any response. His Asheville residence is quite remarkable and there are loads of prints for commercial sale. Helen's Bridge is related to his property and also worth a mention.  Schwede 66  19:46, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Found it. It's mica that they discovered on the property. Mentioned in the 'Barbadoes St Cemetery Tour', and in a bit more detail in 'History of the "Swannanoa" name'.  Schwede 66  05:03, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Another interesting source.  Schwede 66  06:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

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