Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly Brown was born about 1851, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, her father, William P. Brown, was 51 and her mother, Mary Lee Polly Bourland, was 45. She married Ebenezer Hibbs about 1871, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- The Bourlands in America
Spouse and Children
1846– Male
1851– Female
Children (6)
1873– Female
1875– Female
1877– Female
1879– Male
1881– Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1801–1883 Male
1807–1863 Female
Siblings (13)
1826–1890 Male
1829–1909 Male
1830–1881 Female
1834– Male
1834–1900 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1861
Age 10
1863
Age 12
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 31
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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