Violet Irene Brown

Brief Life History of Violet Irene

When Violet Irene Brown was born on 21 December 1901, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, William Brown, was 46 and her mother, Bertha Barbara Moedl, was 30. She married John Milton Wallace on 27 January 1922, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 5, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 7 October 1964, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Milton Wallace
1902–1981
Violet Irene Brown
1901–1964
Marriage: 27 January 1922
Joy Brown Wallace
1923–2005
Constance Brown Wallace
1931–2024

Sources (32)

  • Violet B Wallace, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Violet Irene Brown, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Violet Irene Brown Wallace, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

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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