When Edward Brain was born on 15 August 1821, in Wick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Aaron Brain Sr, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Francomb, was 32. He married Susannah Martin on 8 September 1840, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 23 May 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: apparently a nickname from Middle English brain ‘brain, mind’, probably short for brainwod ‘mad in the mind, furious’. Compare Brainard .
Irish (Down) and Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bhreitheamhan, Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Bhreitheamhan ‘son of the judge’, from breitheamh ‘judge’. Compare Braham 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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