Brief Life History of Ellen Catherine
When Ellen Catherine Brown was born on 10 June 1864, in Ray, Missouri, United States, her father, James Daniel Brown, was 41 and her mother, Phoebe Lee Crowley, was 37. She married William Lafayette Darnall on 18 March 1888, in Brainard, Butler, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in David City, Butler, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Center Township, Butler, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. She died on 2 February 1945, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in David City Cemetery, David City, Butler, Nebraska, United States.
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- Ellen Darnell in household of W C Brown, "United States Census, 1930"
- Brown, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Ellen Brown in entry for Harry G Kroft and Josephine Darnell, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1873
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Butler, Nebraska, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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