John Brown

Brief Life History of John

When John Brown was born in 1874, in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, his father, George Brown, was 34 and his mother, Aley Elizabeth Jacques, was 36. He married Ellen Caroline Page from January 1896 to December 1896, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died in 1943, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

John Brown
1874–1943
Ellen Caroline Page
1874–1973
Marriage: from January 1896 to December 1896
Archibald Henry S Brown
1894–1982
Florence Alberta Brown
1897–1976
John Brown
from January 1899 to December 1899–

Sources (8)

  • John Brown in household of Aley Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • John Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • John Brown in entry for Florence Alberta Brown, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"

World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

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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