Charles Arthur Brown

Male18 March 1878–3 July 1961

Brief Life History of Charles Arthur

When Charles Arthur Brown was born on 18 March 1878, in San Joaquin, California, United States, his father, Aleck Howard Brown, was 43 and his mother, Rebecca Ann Best, was 34. He married Orilla Luella English on 31 January 1902, in Riverside, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Temescal Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1900 and Temescal, Riverside, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 July 1961, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Arthur Brown
1878–1961
Orilla Luella English
1884–1927
Marriage: 31 January 1902
Charles Alfred Brown
1903–1983
James Albert Brown
1905–1966
George Robert Brown
1908–1986
Nellie Irene Brown
1910–1938
Dora Ellen Brown
1913–1962

Sources (21)

  • Artie Brown in entry for Brown, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Arthur Brown in household of Herbert W Brown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Charles A Brown, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 January 1902Riverside, California, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 3

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

    Age 13

    Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 22

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    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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