Brief Life History of Mabel May
When Mabel May Brown was born on 20 May 1908, in Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, her father, Herbert Brown, was 31 and her mother, Mabel Alice Godber, was 27. She married Edward Loyn Blacker on 9 October 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 16 August 1996, in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.
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- Mabel B. Blacher, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mabel May Blacker, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Mabel May Brown, "Utah, Davis County Marriage Licenses"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1909 · The Ford Building
The Ford Building was one of the first high-rises to use a steel structural support system. It stands at 23 stories in total height and it held the title as tallest building in Detroit from 1908 until 1913.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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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Mabel Alice Godber Brown with Her Daughters
In the picture from left to right are, Mabel Alice Godber Brown, my grandmother, with her daughters, Alice, Violet, Mabel May and Dorothy, my mother. I believe this picture was taken in …
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