Brief Life History of Agnes Lavina
When Agnes Lavina Brown was born on 16 November 1825, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Brown, was 32 and her mother, Mary Allerdice, was 28. She married David Malcolm on 4 June 1843, in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 21 April 1899, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Agnes Malcolon in household of David Malcolon, "United States Census, 1860"
- Agnes Brown, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Agnes Brown Malcolm, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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David Malcolm and Agnes Lavina Brown
David and Agnes were baptized in Scotland May 8, 1843 in Scotland by Elder John McEwin and confirmed into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder John Menso. The family left Scotland …
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