Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Brown was born on 1 November 1834, in Isle of Man, her father, Henry Brown, was 31 and her mother, Esther Moore, was 35. She married Joseph Gurnsey Brown on 18 January 1857, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Maughold, Isle of Man in 1841. She died on 21 April 1881, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Esther Brown in household of Esther Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Esther Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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
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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