Brief Life History of Herman
Herman Brown, 1899 - 1953, age 53, son of Wilmer and Mary Brown, was born February 20, 1899, in Astoria, Ill. He passed away at his home near Fairmont, Neb., February 12, 1953, at the age of 53 years, 11 months and 23 days. In the fall of 1904 he came with his parents to Nebraska and grew up in the areas of Friend, Exeter, Clarks and Fairmont. After his marriage on October 27, 1920, to Linnie Domeier of Geneva, they moved to a farm near Grafton for two years, then established their home east of Fairmont. To this union were born two children, Mrs. Eileen O'Connor and Rex Brown. His wife passed away quite suddenly February 12, 1939. He was baptized and joined the Federated Church in Fairmont in 1924, and remained faithful in service and devotion until his death. Herman was united in marriage to Helen Malsbary of Fairmont June 10, 1948. This union was blessed with one son, little Danny Warren, who is too young to realize his great loss. He was active in community affairs, having served on the Fairmont school board a number of years, as director on the Farmer Co-op Association, a member of the Federated Church board and at present was secretary and treasurer of the Fairmont Rural Fire District. He was a man of most excellent character, a man of his word and happy in his home, in the love of family and friends. Besides his wife, he leaves to mourn his passing; three children of Fairmont, one sister, Mrs. Ferne Dittmer of Shelby, Ia.; two granddaughters, Nancy Lee and Peggy Lynn O'Connor, and a host of relatives and friends. Death came quickly on Thursday morning after failing health the past two years. He was greatly saddened by the sudden death of his father a week ago. his mother preceded him in death in 1933 and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Dittmer, of Clarks, Neb., in 1943. Funeral services ere held Saturday afternoon, February 14, at the Fairmont Federated Church at 2:30 p.m. after a short service at the house. They were conducted by Rev. Willard Payne. Miss Virginia Brown and Mrs. John Dean sang "Old Rugged Cross," "Prayer Perfect" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Miss Anna Marie Goodrich was organist. The pallbearers were Albert Lott, Leslie Stephenson, Arthur Guthrie, Leroy Plock, Melvin Ackerman and Ralph Broman. Interment was in the Fairmont Cemetery The Nebraska Signal 19 February 1953 Lot Owner: Herman Brown
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- Herman Brown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Herman Brown, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Herman Brown for Rex Brown "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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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