Brief Life History of George Chaney
When George Chaney Brown was born on 28 May 1886, in Lee, South Carolina, United States, his father, Harmon Henry Brown, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Barnes, was 29. He married Lula A Beasley on 27 October 1926, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Carters Crossing Township, Sumter, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Bishopville, Lee, South Carolina, United States for about 68 years. He died on 12 June 1978, in Lee, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Lee, South Carolina, United States.
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- George C Brown, "United States Census, 1930"
- George Chaney Brown, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- George Brown, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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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