Wife of Elbern Wilson Brown Taking Care of Her Grandkids Contributed By J J R Crawford Per her granddaughter Pearl McDonald Standiford, "My maternal grandfather, Elbern W. Brown died when I was 9 years old. Grandmother Brown continued to live on their farm with two of her grandchildren, Omer and Ora Hollen, whom she kept, since their mother died when they were very small. (jrc: children of her daughter Selina Elzora Brown and her husband James Hollen)".
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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.
Possible Related NamesPer her granddaughter Pearl McDonald Standiford, "My maternal grandfather, Elbern W. Brown died when I was 9 years old. Grandmother Brown continued to live on their farm with two of her grandchildren, …
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