James Unsworth Browne

James Unsworth Browne
Born	c.1823
Died	16 March 1883 Coomoora, Victoria
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Publican
Years active	1865-1883
Known for	Coomoora Hotel
Home town	Coomoora
Parent(s)	William Browne (father)

James Unsworth Browne was a publican in the Daylesford area, <1865-1883.

History

James Unsworth Browne was the son of William Browne, a solicitor in Dublin.

He held the license for the Coomoora Hotel at Coomoora.

In July 1865 the newspaper reported the birth of a son

BROWNE.—On the 13th inst., at her residence, the Coomoora Hotel, Daylesford, the wife of James U. Browne of a son.

In July 1876 the newspaper reported the birth of his 16th child:

BROWNE—At her residence, Coomora hotel, near Daylesford, the wife of J. U. Browne (her sixteenth child) of a son.

He died at the hotel on 16 March 1883:

BROWNE.—On the 16th inst., at his residence, Coomoora Hotel, Coomoora, near Daylesford, suddenly, James Unsworth Browne, second son of Wm. Browne, solicitor, Rutland-square, Dublin, aged 60 years.

The family was mentioned in reminiscences written in 1936 and 1937:

"...I knew a Ulysses Browne, but I do not think it Is your correspondent as he is older than the one I knew at Coomoora. He was a son of Mrs Browne, who kept the Coomoora Hotel, and had, I think, a brother Walter, much older, and sisters Emma, Rachael, Madeline and Fanny. As some of them went to New Zealand, I have no doubt he is related to them. With all good wishes to those interested,— Yours, &c,. Croxton. (Mrs.) M. J. COLLINS..."

I attended Coomoora school from 1882 until 1885, and was known as Mary Jane Davis, living with a French woman well known to all in the district, Madame Wills. The Brownes kept a hotel, post office and store in Coomoora, and young as I was at the time, I always noticed the cleanliness of the place when I went for the mail or stores; one could eat off the floors. There was a brother, Walter, and sister, Emma, whom I did not name above, as they were adults, and did not attend school.