Brief Life History of Clarence
When Clarence Brownwell was born on 7 May 1922, in Holmes, Florida, United States, his father, Irving Ottwell Brownell, was 38 and his mother, Annie Lou Benton, was 36. He lived in Hickory Hill, Holmes, Florida, United States in 1930. He died on 3 April 1997, in Westville, Holmes, Florida, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hickory Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Westville, Holmes, Florida, United States.
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- Clerence Brownell in household of Otto Brownell, "United States Census, 1930"
- Clarence Brownell, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Clarence Brownell, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II
Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) brown hill or corner of land’, from Middle English brun(e), broun(e) + hil ‘hill’ or hale ‘nook, corner’ (Old English brūn + hyll or halh), or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire.
History: Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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