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 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1870 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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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Mary V Wiley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Virginia Brown Wiley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mate V. Brown in entry for Marion W. Wiley, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
Spouse and Children
1842–1920 Male
1846–1927 Female
Children (2)
1882–1940 Male
1882–1953 Male
Parents and Siblings
1807–1890 Male
1811–1865 Female
Siblings (8)
1830–1916 Male
1832–1873 Female
1835–1917 Male
1838–1847 Male
1840–1896 Male
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World Events (8)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Age 5
1863
Age 17
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 22
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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