Brief Life History of Almira
When Almira Brownell was born on 9 September 1834, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, Alonzo Brownell, was 22 and her mother, Abigail Brownell, was 24. She married Nathanial Hempsted on 11 December 1854, in Delaware, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Groveland, McPherson, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Marion, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died on 17 May 1909, in McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States.
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- Almira Brownell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Almira Brownell, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Almira C. Brownell Hempsted, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1853
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Hardin, Iowa, United States
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Marion, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Marion, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) brown hill or corner of land’, from Middle English brun(e), broun(e) + hil ‘hill’ or hale ‘nook, corner’ (Old English brūn + hyll or halh), or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire.
History: Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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