Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Brown was born on 12 March 1844, in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Brown, was 31 and her mother, Mary Young, was 25. She married Alexander Rogers on 25 August 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 1 October 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Janet Brown in household of John Brown, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: Janet Brown - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Jenette or Janet Brown
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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History of Brown family
Janet Brown came to the USA on a sailing ship in as a single woman traveling with her espoused Alexander Rogers. Both originated in Edinburgh Scotland. Since she was alone, she traveled with her Fat …
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