Brief Life History of Hamilton Litton
When Hamilton Litton Brown was born on 19 December 1881, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, his father, William George Brown, was 36 and his mother, Jane Albertine Litton, was 31. He married Della Paralee Moore on 17 October 1900. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Marion Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 12 October 1960, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Hamilton Brown in entry for Marjorie May Brown, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- H L Brown, "United States Census, 1940"
- Hamilton L Brown, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
Spouse and Children
1881–1960 Male
1884–1975 Female
Children (5)
1905–1992 Female
1910–1976 Male
1913–1915 Female
1919– Female
1925– Male
Parents and Siblings
1845–1929 Male
1850–1923 Female
Siblings (8)
1870–1932 Male
1874–1905 Female
1875–1940 Male
1875–1878 Male
1881–1960 Male
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
Age 3
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 21
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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