Elizabeth R. Brown

Brief Life History of Elizabeth R.

When Elizabeth R. Brown was born in 1846, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, William Brown, was 27 and her mother, Mary Frances Burnam, was 19. She married Milton Fornia in 1861. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Skagit, Washington, United States in 1900 and Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1910. She died on 3 November 1910, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton Fornia
1833–1906
Elizabeth R. Brown
1846–1910
Marriage: 1861
Grace Rosamond Fornia
1862–1956
Mary Frances Fornia
1868–1947
Eleanora Annie Fornia
1870–1952
Victoria Fornia
1872–
Milton Gerard Fornia
1874–1937
Frank Lewis Fornia
1875–1924
Robert E L Fornia
1879–1879
Bessie Goddard Fornia
1883–1966
Cali Fornia
1885–1928

Sources (24)

  • Elizabeth Brown in household of William Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elisabeth Fornia, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Elizabeth R. Brown Sylvester, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851

Historical Boundaries 1851: Lewis, Oregon Territory, United States 1852: Thurston, Oregon Territory, United States 1852: King, Oregon Territory, United States 1853: King, Washington Territory, United States 1889: King, Washington, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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