Wendellin Brown I

**Wendellin Brown I** (11 October, 1823 - 16 April, 1897) was an English pure-blood wizard and 19th Century member of the Brown family. He was the son of Cenhelm Brown and Flora Brown (née Bagshot). He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1835 to 1842.

He married Ottoline Fleamont, a daughter of Ormond Fleamont and his wife Bathsheba Fleamont (née Orpington) on 27 July, 1846, and together they had two children together, Phineas Brown and Molly Prewett (née Brown). He died in the year 1897 at the age of 73. He was a lifelong resident of Upminster, Havering.

Wendellin Brown is a paternal ancestor of many witches and wizards in Great Britain, including sisters Lavender and Ophelia Brown, as well as Neville Longbottom. Through his daughter, Molly, who married Bertram Prewett, he is a second great-grandfather of Molly Weasley (née Prewett) (named for her great-grandmother) and her brothers, Fabian and Gideon. He is a third great-grandfather of Ginny Weasley and her six brothers.

## Biography

### Early life (1823-1845)

Wendellin Brown I was born on 11 October, 1823, in Upminster, Havering, England. Upminster, the town in which he was born, is located in East London, and part of the London Borough of Havering. Historically a rural village, it originally formed as an ancient parish in the county of Essex.

His father was Cenhelm Brown, who had an unfortunate reputation for gambling. Cenhelm gambled away most of the family lands, leaving the Browns with only the cottage in Upminster by the time Wendellin was born. His mother was Flora Bagshot, a member of the Bagshot family, of Godric's Hollow, Somerset.

Wendellin began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1835. He was a member of Gryffindor House, like all the members of the Brown family had been before him, in school. He completed his education in the year 1842.

### Later life (1845-1897)

He married Ottoline Fleamont, a daughter of Ormond Fleamont and his wife Bathsheba on 27 July, 1846, and together they had two children together, Phineas Brown and Molly Prewett (née Brown). His son, Phineas, was born in 1847 and his daughter, Molly, was born in 1850.

Wendellin was an employee of the Ministry of Magic, and worked in the Department of Magical Transportation. His father, Cenhelm Brown, passed away in 1864, and he inherited the family cottage.

His son, Phineas Brown, married Zelia Parkinson, a daughter of Theseus Parkinson and Blanche Parkinson (née Dreesen), in 1871. They had five children together, including Nigellus Brown, Lancelot Brown, Basil Brown, Adelheid Brown, and Maudlin Brown.

His daughter, Molly Brown, married Bertram Prewett in 1875. They had three children, Ottoline, Clarence, and Muriel.

#### Death

He continued to work for the Ministry until his death on 16 April, 1897, at the age of 73.

#### Legacy

Wendellin Brown is a paternal ancestor of many witches and wizards in Great Britain, including sisters Lavender and Ophelia Brown, as well as Neville Longbottom. He is their fourth great-grandfather through his son Phineas, grandson Nigellus Brown, great-grandson Wendellin Brown II, second great-grandson, Octavius Brown, and third great-grandson, Nigel Brown.

Through his daughter, Molly, who married Bertram Prewett, he is a second great-grandfather of Molly Weasley (née Prewett) (named for her great-grandmother) and her brothers, Fabian and Gideon, who died bravely during the First Wizarding War. He is a third great-grandfather of Ginny Weasley and her six brothers, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron, as well as Gideon's daughter, Maud Prewett.

He is also a third great-grandfather of Pandora Lovegood (née Moon) through his granddaughter, Ottoline Greengrass (née Prewett), his great-grandson Ivor Greengrass I, and second great-granddaughter Antiope Moon (née Greengrass). He is the fourth great-grandfather of Luna Lovegood.

Similarly, he is a second great-grandfather of Ignatius Greengrass II, and a third great-grandfather of Cyril Greengrass, Ambrose Greengrass I, Ignatius Greengrass III, and Rosalind Greengrass, who died young. Through his third great-grandson, Ignatius, he a the fourth great-grandfather of Daphne and Astoria Greengrass.

Through his third great-grandson, Cyril, he is a fourth great-grandfather of Clotilda and Lisette Greengrass, as well as Ambrose Greengrass II, heir to the House of Greengrass.

## Etymology

The name Wendellin is an old diminutive of a Germanic given name, Wendel, from the element *wandal,* meaning "a Vandal." The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century, and the name meant "wanderer."