Brief Life History of Mary Virginia
When Mary Virginia Brown was born on 13 August 1846, in Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, her father, Rev. Ryland Thomas Brown M.D., was 38 and her mother, Mary VanCleve Reeder, was 35. She married Marion Wright Wiley on 22 September 1869, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Waveland, Cheboygan, Michigan, United States in 1890 and Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 18 December 1927, in Waveland, Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Waveland, Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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- Mary V Wiley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Brown, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mary Virginia Brown Wiley, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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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