Ethel Avis Brown

Brief Life History of Ethel Avis

When Ethel Avis Brown was born on 6 January 1892, in Chino, San Bernardino, California, United States, her father, James Andrew Brown, was 62 and her mother, Amelia Isabel "Millie" Bayes, was 37. She married Parry Clyde Clugage in 1910. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Orange, California, United States in 1935 and Fullerton Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1940. She died on 23 October 1957, in Fullerton, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Parry Clyde Clugage
1883–1930
Ethel Avis Brown
1892–1957
Marriage: 1910
Helen Cluggage
1911–1931

Sources (10)

  • Ethel Clugage, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ethel Avis Brown - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ethel Avis Brown
  • Ethel Avis Clugage, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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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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