Ira Brown

Brief Life History of Ira

When Ira Brown was born on 27 December 1806, in Short Creek MM, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, Aaron Brown, was 37 and his mother, Anna Stanton, was 24. He married Rebecca Rea on 28 April 1830, in Logan Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 1 June 1834, in Logan, Ohio, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Zanesfield Cemetery, Zanesfield, Logan, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Brown
1806–1834
Rebecca Rea
1809–1907
Marriage: 28 April 1830
Ezra Brown
1831–1897
Elizabeth Brown
1833–1840

Sources (3)

  • Ohio Birth of Ira Brown
  • Ira Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ohio Burial of Ira Brown

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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