When Alwildea Margaret Brown was born on 15 October 1852, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, her father, William George Brown, was 33 and her mother, Sarah H. Swope, was 24. She married Jesse McLacton Rothrock on 23 January 1870, in Umatilla, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Medicine Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 1 January 1925, in Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States, at the age of 72.
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Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Umatilla, Oregon, United States
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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