Charles H. Brown

Brief Life History of Charles H.

When Charles H. Brown was born on 28 September 1873, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Henry William Brown, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Ann Kilpack, was 22. He married Hilma Wilhelmina Johnson on 18 January 1899, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 8 February 1943, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles H. Brown
1873–1943
Hilma Wilhelmina Johnson
1876–1956
Marriage: 18 January 1899
Floyd Charles Brown
1899–1971
Rolf William Brown
1901–1981
Kyle Louis Brown
1903–1904
Lee Romas Brown
1904–1956
Earl Joseph Brown
1907–1970
Elva Louise Brown
1908–1963
Crus Delphus Brown
1910–1980
Royal Bernard "Pete" Brown
1913–1992
Hilma Orabell Brown
1916–2008
Chad Johnson Brown
1920–1928

Sources (56)

  • Chs Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Charles Brown, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Charles Brown, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

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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Charles Brown 1873, Murray, Utah

Charles Brown was born 28 September 1873 in South Cottonwood, known now as Murray, Ut.. Charles' parents were Henry William Brown, born in 1839, in Berkshire, England, and Sarah Ann Killpack, bo …

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