Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Brown was born on 16 April 1838, in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Brown, was 25 and her mother, Mary Young, was 19. She married Michael McMillan Sr. on 27 May 1863, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 29 September 1925, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Brown, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Brown - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth-name: Mary Brown
- Mary Mc Millan, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Family History of Michael McMillian and Mary Brown by Margaret McMillian Short
When Mother and Father left for American in 1863, all of mother’s family, nine of them, was with her all being Mormon converts. Father was alone in his family. He left a broken hearted mother as two …
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