Brief Life History of George Bartley
When George Bartley Brown was born on 8 February 1827, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johan George Braun, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Bertholet, was 30. He married Mary Ann Dersham in 1850, in White Deer, White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in White Deer, White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 16 April 1904, in White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in White Deer, White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Geo Brown, "United States Census, 1860"
- George Braun, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- George B. Brown, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
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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Death of Sarah Elizabeth [umn] Bellman Brown
From the Fri, 23 Feb 1934, issue of The Daily Item [Sunbury PA], p 12: "MRS. BROWN DIES AT WEST MILTON "Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Brown, esteemed and elderly resident of West Milton, died this morning at 5 …
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