When John William Brown was born on 2 November 1858, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Dunlop Brown, was 50 and his mother, Mary Lucretia Willis, was 21. He married Cynthia Louisa Berry on 12 March 1880, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Kanarraville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1870 and Kanarra Election Precinct, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 3 November 1926, in Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Saint Johns Cemetery, Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah Territory, United States
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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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