Milton H. Brown

Brief Life History of Milton H.

When Milton H. Brown was born on 2 July 1863, in Wethersfield Township, Henry, Illinois, United States, his father, Oliver Wolcott Brown, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Maria Kent, was 32. He married Mary Ann Bennison on 22 June 1887, in Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in San Diego Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940 and Cozad, Dawson, Nebraska, United States in 1954. He died on 2 February 1954, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton H. Brown
1863–1954
Mary Ann Bennison
1863–1946
Marriage: 22 June 1887
Hazel Estella Brown
1889–1904
Ruth Oradel Brown
1895–1965
Dorothy Mandell Brown
1903–1979

Sources (20)

  • Milton Brown in household of Oliver Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Milton H. Brown - Published information: birth-name: Milton H. Brown
  • Milton H. Brown, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1873

Historical Boundaries: 1873: Dawson, Nebraska, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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