Virginia Jennett S Brown

Brief Life History of Virginia Jennett S

When Virginia Jennett S Brown was born on 29 December 1882, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, her father, George Loderick Brown, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Frances Cox, was 37. She married Eli Byron Crew on 18 December 1904, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States. She lived in Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 16 January 1926, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Craigsville, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hansford Sparks
1873–1941
Virginia Jennett S Brown
1882–1926
Cyril Gaines Brown
1902–1966

Sources (12)

  • Jenettie S Crew in household of Elie B Crew, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Jennett S. Brown, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Jennetta Brown, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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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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