Brief Life History of Martha Agatha
When Martha Agatha Brown was born on 29 February 1904, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, her father, Walter Thomas Brown, was 27 and her mother, Johanna Henriette Valentine Sorgenfrei, was 20. She died on 11 November 1992, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Martha Fairbanks in household of Edward J Fairbanks, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Agatha Brown - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Martha Agatha Brown
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Agatha Brown - Government record: Death record or certificate: death: 11 November 1992; Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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