Brief Life History of Jacob Henry
When Jacob Henry Brown was born on 14 February 1847, in Iowa, United States, his father, John Martin Brown, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Ann Foutz, was 20. He lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 20 February 1910, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Hy J Pearson in household of Ephm Pearson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Henry Brown, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
- Henry Jacob Brown, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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World Events (8)
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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