Not being Australian, I have just looked up where North Shields is, it is on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, which is where the Dorwood family settled.
Here is the following information about John "Stewart" Browne, taken from family research done by a cousin, this can be backed up by records. I do have records of births taken from the Internet, early South Australian births.
John "Stewart" Browne was born at Tallantire Hall, Bridekirk, Cumberland, England, 19/10/1814, the second son of William Browne of Tallantire Hall and Catherine Stewart.
He emigrated to South Australia in 18422.
In 1850 he married Rebekah (Rebecca) Rayner b. 14/1/1830 d. 19/10/1853. They were married at Port Lincoln, SA 3/4/1850.
Rebekah is buried in The Pioneer Cemetery, Port Lincoln, as is Stewart Browne (d. 1888, he was a Stipendiary Magistrate). This is well documented.
They had the following children:
Katherine (Katie) Stewart Browne b.5/2/1852
John "Stewart" Browne b. 23/5/1853 d. 1946 NZ (my great grandfather, emigrated to NZ)
Stewart Browne then remarried on 22/10/1856 at Morphetville, at Mrs Waite's home:
Louisa Waite b. 1827 d. 1935, daughter of Rev. Thomas Waite, who was deceased.
They had the folwlowing children:
1) Euphemia Steart Browne b. 21/9/1858, Kapunda
2) William Stewart Browne b. 27/12/1859 d. 27/12/1859. died at sea, ther iis a monument to him at Sleaford.
3) Thomas "Kenneth" Stewart Browne b. 4/3/1861 Kapunda d. 29/7/1927 married Margaret Dorwood b. 15/10/1877 d. 10/10/1959
4) Mary "May" Louise Stewart Browne b.11/10/1862, Kapunda
5)) Margaret Harriett Stewart Browne b. 23/2/1864, Kapunda
6) Charles Percy Stewart Browne b. 25/4/1866 Kapunda d. 24/6/1866
7) Arthur Stewart Browne b. 229/6/1867, Tadmore, Kapunda
8) Caroline Gertrude Stewart Browne b. 14/8/1869 d. 28/2/1870
Ken Browne and Maggie Dorwood had the following children, all born at Port Lincoln, at Port Lincoln, SA
1) Margaret Ida Stewart Browne b. 28/1/1900
2) Gladys May Stewart Browne b. 30 May 1901
3) John Stewart Browne b. 6/7/1903
4) Kenneth Hector Stewart Browne b. 21/6/1905
5) Norah Doris Jean Stewart Browne b. 18/4/1912
6) Geoffrey Arthur Stewart Browne b. 1/2/1914
7) Dorothy Gertrude Browne b. 7/12/1920
This information is taken from the book "The Dorwoods of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia" written by Marilyn C Robertson (nee Dorwood)
I have no idea if this book is readily available. I was very fortunate to be given a copy by a great grandson of Ken Browne and Maggie Dorwood.
