Brief Life History of Adelaide
When Adelaide Brown was born in 1830, in Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Ira Brown, was 38 and her mother, Eleanor Maude Purdy, was 31. She married James Monroe Gould on 29 November 1849, in Newcastle, Durham, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 11 June 1887, in her hometown, at the age of 57, and was buried in Salem, Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Adelaide Fould, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Adeline Brown in entry for Victoria Dixon, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Adelaide Brown in entry for James M Gould, "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858"
Spouse and Children
1830–1904 Male
1830–1887 Female
Children (2)
1850–1925 Female
1851–1929 Female
Parents and Siblings
1792–1856 Male
1799–1871 Female
Siblings (15)
1818–1895 Female
1821– Female
1824– Female
1826–1854 Female
1830–1887 Female
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World Events (4)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 37
1869
Age 39
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 53
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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