Brief Life History of Ella M
When Ella M Brown was born on 15 April 1897, in Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Charles Henry Brown, was 44 and her mother, Sarah E Thompson, was 34. She married McKenzie about 1935, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1930 and Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years. She died on 10 August 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87.
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Sources (11)
- Ella McKenzie, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ella M Brown - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Ella M Brown
- Ella Brown Mckenzie, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1870–1955 Male
1897–1984 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)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 1
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
Age 9
1920
Age 23
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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