When Matilda Brown was born on 28 July 1802, in Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Sylvanus Brown Jr., was 25 and her mother, Sarah Spaulding, was 19. She married Charles Nicholas Brott on 4 March 1835, in Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and McHenry, McHenry, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 30 May 1881, in Johnson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ostend Cemetery, McCullom Lake, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1812: Johnson, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: Johnson, Illinois, United States
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.
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 .
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