Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Brown was born on 4 February 1839, in Limpsfield, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Brown, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Illman, was 25. She married Joseph SLAWSON on 4 August 1878, in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died about 1914, in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Sarah Brown in household of William Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Sarah Browne, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Brown in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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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