Brief Life History of Flossie Ida
When Flossie Ida Brown was born in May 1885, in New Hampshire, United States, her father, Charles Henry Brown, was 32 and her mother, Sarah E Thompson, was 22. She married Scott Leavitt Plummer on 22 August 1903, in Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States. She lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and San Antonio Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940.
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Sources (8)
- Florence J Plummer in household of Sadie H Brown, "United States Census, 1920"
- Brown, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Florence I Piummer, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1883–1938 Male
1885– Female
Parents and Siblings
1853–1913 Male
1863–1932 Female
Siblings (7)
1881–1894 Female
1885– Female
1888–1974 Male
1892–1977 Female
1893– Female
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 6
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 31
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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