Brief Life History of William Stephen
When William Stephen Brown was born on 23 March 1891, in Luna, Catron, New Mexico, United States, his father, William Ferguson Brown, was 28 and his mother, Rachel Sophia Barney, was 20. He married Mina Mignon Duke on 13 March 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1910. He died on 10 June 1938, in Alpine, Apache, Arizona, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Eagar, Apache, Arizona, United States.
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- William Stephen Brown, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- William S Brown, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- William Stephen Brown, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1893
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
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.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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