Brief Life History of Mary E
When Mary E Brown was born on 28 August 1891, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, her father, Oscar C. Brown, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Mathnan, was 24. She married Gilbert Patrick Conk on 24 November 1920, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. She lived in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 16 July 1973, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, at the age of 81.
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Sources (7)
- Mary Brown in household of Oscar Brown, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary Brown, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Mary Conk, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1893–1954 Male
1891–1973 Female
Parents and Siblings
1860– Male
1867– Female
Siblings (10)
1888– Female
1891–1973 Female
1894– Female
1897– Female
1897– Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 7
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
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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