When Anna Browne was christened on 14 February 1697, in Gisburn, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Browne, was 42 and her mother, Magdelena Denbigh, was 44.
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English: variant of Brown .
Probably also an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Braune or Braun .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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