Brief Life History of Bernard Claude
When Bernard Claude Brown was born on 22 January 1887, in Acton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Ford Brown, was 37 and his mother, Alice Targett, was 37. He married Minnie Charlotte Louisa Maynard in 1913, in Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. He died on 29 November 1957, in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70.
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- Bernard C Brown in household of Charles F Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Bernard Claude Brown, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Brown, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1888 · The Whitehall Mystery
The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.
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.
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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