Henry William Brown

Brief Life History of Henry William

When Henry William Brown was born on 10 October 1839, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jonathan Brown, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cousins, was 20. He married Sarah Ann Kilpack on 15 March 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Crescent, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 9 June 1914, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry William Brown
1839–1914
Sarah Ann Kilpack
1851–1920
Marriage: 15 March 1869
Henry Jonathan Brown
1870–1889
Francis Sarah Brown
1871–1877
Charles H. Brown
1873–1943
Elizabeth Rachel Brown
1875–1947
George Edwin Brown
1877–1939
Arthur William Brown
1879–1921
John Louis Brown
1881–1945
Lavenia Louisa Brown
1884–1961
Esther Lillace Brown
1886–1976
Zina Merl Brown
1890–1972
Gladys Emily Brown
1902–1988

Sources (83)

  • Henry M. Brown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William Henry Brown, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
  • Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Henry William Brown 1839

Henry William Brown was the son of Jonathan Brown and Sarah Cousins, and was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England Oct. 10th 1839. He came to Utah with his father's family, arriving here Sept. 20th …

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