Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Brown was born on 23 January 1877, in England, United Kingdom, her father, William Brown, was 26 and her mother, Phoebe Millichap, was 25. She married Elmer Richard Heywood on 1 January 1901, in Girardville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States in 1940 and Loyalsockville, Upper Fairfield Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States for about 1 years. She died on 12 April 1961, in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (15)
- Mary H Haywood in entry for O M Haywood, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
- Mary H Brown in household of William Brown, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nellie Brown in entry for Henry B Carr and Pheobe M Heywood, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
Spouse and Children
1876–1943 Male
1877–1961 Female
Children (3)
1902–1969 Female
1903–1983 Female
1906–1992 Female
Parents and Siblings
1850–1916 Male
1851–1933 Female
Siblings (5)
1875– Male
1877–1961 Female
1879–1956 Male
1885– Male
1892– Female
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 3
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 23
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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