Brief Life History of Charity
When Charity Brown was born in 1814, in Ohio, United States, her father, Preserve Brown, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Moudy, was 12. She married James J. Reily on 6 February 1834, in Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Richland Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States for about 10 years.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Charity Riley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charity Brown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Charity Riley, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1810–1848 Male
1814– Female
Children (5)
1834–1913 Male
1840–1920 Male
1845–1938 Female
1847–1913 Male
1849–1930 Male
Parents and Siblings
1789–1849 Male
1802–1871 Female
Siblings (9)
1814– Female
1826–1846 Male
1827–1889 Male
1829– Male
1834–1919 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1816
Age 2
1826
Age 12
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Age 37
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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