Brief Life History of Jennie Rebecca
When Jennie Rebecca Brown was born on 2 August 1909, in Sugar Creek Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States, her father, Francis Marion Brown, was 40 and her mother, Etha May Wissler, was 25. She married John Sherman Neill on 21 January 1933, in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States. She lived in Adams Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 10 May 2001, in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Gilman City, Harrison, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Jennie R Brown in household of Frank M Brown, "United States Census, 1920"
- Jennie R. Neill, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jennie Neill in household of Sherman Neill, "United States Census, 1940"
Spouse and Children
1909–1992 Male
1909–2001 Female
Parents and Siblings
1868–1945 Male
1884–1967 Female
Siblings (4)
1905–1926 Male
1907–1984 Male
1909–2001 Female
1921–1921 Male
World Events (8)
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 1
1910 · The Mann Act
Age 1
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 26
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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