Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Brown was born on 2 April 1802, in Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Humphrey Brown, was 37 and her mother, Hannah Dodge, was 27. She married Dr. Elisha Whitney in 1818, in Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 21 January 1881, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Sally Whitney, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Whitney, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sallie Brown in entry for Joseph M Whitney, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (7)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1810
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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