Brief Life History of William Lippitt
When William Lippitt Brown was born on 30 July 1856, in Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, James Armenius Brown, was 39 and his mother, Eliza Sheldon Thornton, was 22. He married Malvina Mowry Armstrong on 8 December 1886, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Avoca Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 12 May 1916, in Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Chepachet, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Wm L Brown in household of James A Brown, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Lippitt Brown, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"
- William Lippett Brown, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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World Events (8)
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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