Brief Life History of Robert L
When Robert L Brown was born from 1829 to 1832, in Kentucky, United States, his father, William C Brown, was 34 and his mother, Ann E Atherton, was 29. He married Elizabeth Spears on 4 September 1850, in Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Sandywoods Township, Scott, Missouri, United States in 1890. He died from 1889 to 1891, and was buried in Old Morley Cemetery, Morley, Scott, Missouri, United States.
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- Robert L Brown, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
- Robert R Brown, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- R L Brown in entry for John Helton, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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