Brief Life History of Frank
When Frank Brown was born on 10 March 1899, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Brown, was 28 and his mother, Hannah Green, was 21. He married Doris Newton on 24 November 1921, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 24 January 1956, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Frank Brown in household of Isaac Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Brown, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Frank Brown, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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World Events (8)
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.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
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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