Helen Marchant

Ms Helen Marchant of Queensland, Australia, had the photograph of Frances Browne in her collection of family memorabilia. Helen is a great grand niece of the poetess. Helen Marchant, daughter of Ida Furlong, grand daughter of Martha Maude Browne, great grand daughter of Rev. John Browne

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Is It Come?

Is It Come? Is it come? They said, on the banks of the Nile, who looked for the world’s long-promised day, and saw but the strife of Egypt’s toil, with the deserts sand and the granite gray. From the pyramid, temple and treasured dead, we vainly ask for her wisdom’s plan; They tell us of…

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Pictures and Songs of Home

PICTURES AND SONG’S OF HOME was written by Frances Browne with her home town of Stranorlar in mind. Frances mentions family members and reminisces on her youth. She mentions people, places and events which were dear to her as a child and the reader may identify with her thoughts on the various topics. Frances’ poems…

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Two Little Travellers

  Click here to download Two Little Travellers by Frances Browne Arthur   Alternatively, you can read the whole book below:     Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls BY RAY CUNNINGHAM (FRANCES BROWNE ARTHUR) Author of “For Gilbert’s Sake,” “John Carew’s Daughter,” &c., &c. THOMAS NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York…

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Frances Browne Arthur

Frances Browne Arthur – niece of Frances Browne   Frances Browne Arthur, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Ray Cunningham, was the author of: Two Little Travellers: A Story for Girls (1903) Mother Maud (1904) The Secret of the Cedar Rose (1909) Mr Chester’s Niece (1931) Weighted in the Balances: A Story of the…

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The Life and Works of Frances Browne

The Life and Works of Frances Browne   For many years there was little known about Frances Browne, ‘The Blind Poetess of Ulster’. She was a novelist, journalist and poetess of the highest quality, and she was born in the Twin Towns in 1816. I only became aware of this talented writer around 1980. This…

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Frances Browne’s Family Photos

It is easy to spot Frances’ brother Reverend John Brown with the collar and the man with the beard is his son William Browne who went to N.Z.  Maud (sitting wearing the hat) is Rev. Browne’s daughter who emigrated to Australia. Martha Maud Taylor Browne set up a school at Charleville, Western Queensland, in 1881.…

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Frances’ Family

1860 United States Federal Census Brother of Frances Browne “The Blind Poetess” Name: Joseph Brown Age in 1860: 56 Birth Year: abt 1804 Birthplace: Ireland Home in 1860: Milford, Oakland, Michigan Gender: Male Post Office: Walled Lake Value of real estate: Household members: Joseph Brown 56 Sarah Brown 37 Fanny Brown 9 Martha Brown 6…

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