Brief Life History of Jane Hunter
When Jane Hunter Brown was born on 24 April 1856, in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Peter Brown, was 24 and her mother, Jane Wilson, was 24. She married George Dolphus Cole on 8 January 1872. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Sibley, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 March 1924, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Jennie H Cole in household of William A Cole, "United States Census, 1920"
- Jennie Hunter Cole, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Jane Brown, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.
The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.
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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