Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Brown was born about 1802, in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Jean Young on 14 December 1839, in Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and East Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 1 February 1872, in Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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- Thomas Brown, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Thomas Brown, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Thomas Brown, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1822 · Visit of King George IV to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott.
The Visit of King George IV was organized by Sir Walter Scott two years after the Radical War ended. For the celebration of the visit, the creation of the Tartan Kilts came about and were worn by all men attending the celebration. These types of kilts have become part of Scotland's national identity.
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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