Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Brown was born in 1765, his father, Thomas Brown, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Bamford, was 19. He died on 9 October 1765, in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 0.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Walter Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Walter Brown, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- Walter Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1737–1810 Male
1746–1777 Female
Siblings (5)
1765–1765 Male
1769–1853 Male
1770– Male
1772– Male
1775– Male
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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