Brief Life History of Ada Layne
When Ada Layne Brown was born on 8 March 1905, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, her father, Richard Josiah Brown, was 33 and her mother, Martha Louisa Layne, was 29. She married Jay Alder Cahoon on 2 January 1925, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1953 and lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and World for about 15 years. She died on 4 August 1983, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ada Layne Brown Cahoon in household of Jay A Cahoon, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Ada Cahoon, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
- Ada L. Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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The Cardston News -- Thursday, June 2, 1949, page 7 (and description of bridal shower)
WEDDING A lovely spring wedding of interest was solemnized on Thursday, May 26th in the Alberta temple when Nola, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay A Cahoon of Cardston was united in holy matr …
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