Brief Life History of Walker
When Walker Brown was born on 11 November 1883, in Clearspring Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States, his father, Erasmus Travis Brown, Jr., was 29 and his mother, Rachel Motsinger, was 30. He married Madge Marvin on 7 June 1906, in Mound City, Linn, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Sparksville, Carr Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States in 1914 and Carr Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. In 1920, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as farm laborer in Carr Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States. He died on 26 November 1973, in Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Guthrie Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Walker Brown in household of Erasmus T Brown, "United States Census, 1910"
- Walker Brown, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Walker Brown, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1883–1973 Male
1898–1931 Female
Children (8)
1914–1986 Female
1917–1968 Female
1917– Male
1919–1928 Female
1922–1965 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1854–1928 Male
1852–1929 Female
Siblings (6)
1878–1893 Male
1880–1880 Male
1882–1882 Male
1883–1964 Male
1883–1973 Male
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 3
1888 · Bauxite Mining Began
Age 5
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 24
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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