George Washington Brown Sr.

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Brown Sr. was born on 20 June 1891, in Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, Isaac Nathaniel Brown, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Rocksina Murdock, was 33. He married Mary Diantha Jones on 1 September 1910, in Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Calistoga, Napa, California, United States in 1920. In 1910, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as baggage clerk at rr depot in provo, utah in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 19 December 1923, in Vallejo, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Sunrise Memorial Cemetery, Vallejo, Solano, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Brown Sr.
1891–1923
Joyce Ann Combs Fretwell
1895–1950
Marriage: 9 February 1916
Grant Isaac Brown
1917–1990
Sina Maxine Brown
1919–1954
Joyce Olive Brown
1920–2006

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  • Geo Washington Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • George W Brown, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • George W Brown, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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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