Brief Life History of Lewis Orson
When Lewis Orson Brown was born on 5 March 1924, in Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States, his father, Alvin Wilson Brown, was 57 and his mother, Beulah May Matteson, was 41. He married Marjorie Davie on 19 May 1948, in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States. He died on 26 October 2010, in Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Gibbonsville, Lemhi, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Levis Brown in household of Alvin Brown, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lewis O. Brown, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Lewis Orson Brown, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1924–2010 Male
1920–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1866–1945 Male
1882–1946 Female
Siblings (13)
1901–1901 Male
1902–1981 Male
1903– Female
1904–1988 Female
1906–1984 Female
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World Events (8)
1927
Age 3
1929
Age 5
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
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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