Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Brown was born on 11 September 1848, in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joshua Brown, was 23 and her mother, Mary Newman, was 21. She married Guglielmo Giosue Rossetti Sangiovanni on 1 January 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Burbage, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and South Savernake with Brimslade and Cadley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 18 July 1886, in Deadwood, Lawrence, Dakota Territory, United States, at the age of 37.
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- Mary Ann Sangrovunne in household of G G R Sangrovunne, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Ann Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Ann Brown, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (7)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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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GUGLIELMO GIOSUE ROSSETTI SANGIOVANNI Guglielmo Giosue Rosetti Sangiovanni (or Sanjo, as he was commonly known) was born April 17, 1835, in London, England. Susanna Mehitable Rogers Sanjovanni, his m …
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