Brief Life History of William Lawrence
When William Lawrence Brown was born on 30 September 1867, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Horace Atwell Brown, was 25 and his mother, Henrietta Coon, was 25. He married Susan Holmes on 4 June 1890, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States in 1910 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 July 1934, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.
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- William Brown in household of Horace Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
- William L Brown, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- William Brown, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1870 · P.T. Barnum's Circus Established in Wisconsin
P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome was established in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1870.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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