Susan Abigail Brown

Brief Life History of Susan Abigail

When Susan Abigail Brown was born on 20 April 1834, in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Charles Brown, was 30 and her mother, Mary Arey, was 28. She married Oliver Gaultry Workman on 2 March 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860 and Albion, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1880. She died on 11 February 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Binley
1814–1894
Susan Abigail Brown
1834–1903
Marriage: 1858
John Wesley Binley
1859–1931
Frances Binley
1865–
Florence May Binley
1866–1942
James Binley
1867–1906
Clara Virginia Binley
1869–1959
Benjamin Franklin Binley
1876–1966
Leon Herbert Binley
1879–1955

Sources (22)

  • Abigail Workman in household of Oliver Workman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Susan A Brown, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Susan Abigail Binley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

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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