Brief Life History of Thomas C.
When Thomas C. Brown was born on 1 July 1870, in North Versailles Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Solomon Brown, was 47 and his mother, Anna Mariah Brubaker, was 43. He married Pearl E Schreffler on 11 January 1894, in South Fork, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Dale, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 12 May 1931, at the age of 60.
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- Thomas Brown in household of William Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas C. Brown - Individual or family possessions: Family Bible: birth: 1 July 1870; North Versailles, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
- Thomas C. Brown, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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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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