Brief Life History of John M
When John M Brandon was born on 22 August 1832, in Crittenden, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Thomas Jefferson Brandon Sr., was 26 and his mother, Martha Jane Bunch, was 19. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1856. He died on 1 October 1889, in Glendive, Dawson, Montana, United States, at the age of 57.
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- Utah Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1850-1890; John M. Brandon
- John M. Brandon, "Find A Grave Index"
- John M. Brandon, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).
French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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