Brief Life History of Queentina
When Queentina Brown was born about 1830, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, her father, William P. Brown, was 30 and her mother, Mary Lee Bourland, was 24. She married Alvin Fowler Sr. on 31 January 1848, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 7 June 1881, in Washington, Texas, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington, Republic of Texas.
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- Queen Fowler, "United States Census, 1870"
- Quintina Brown, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Brown in entry for Frank Fowler, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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Children (6)
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Siblings (13)
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1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Washington, Republic of Texas 1845: Washington, Texas, United States
1836
1682: Province of Texas - New Spain 1821: Province of Texas - Mexico 1836: Republic of Texas 1845: Texas, United States
1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
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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