Brief Life History of John Charles
When John Charles Brown was born on 7 April 1891, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Thomas Brown, was 43 and his mother, Rosina Dridge Burton, was 40. He married Eva Marie Jacobson on 24 April 1916, in Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 2 Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 26 June 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John C Brown, "United States 1950 Census"
- John C Brown, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- John Charles Brown, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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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"Agreement" for Brown Brothers, General Livestock and Farming Business
AGREEMENT This agreement is made at Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, this _____ day of October 1927, by and between the respective signers hereto. WHEREAS, the …
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