When Freeman Elliot Brown was born on 30 October 1851, in Columbus, Columbus, Chenango, New York, United States, his father, Horace B Brown, was 37 and his mother, Esther Crandall, was 43. He married Nettie Ann Flemings on 22 May 1878, in Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fairfax, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Maine Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 8 February 1934, in Central City, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Prairieburg, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Linn, Iowa, United States
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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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