Brief Life History of Richard Daniels
When Richard Daniels Brown was born on 1 March 1811, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Daniels Brown, was 23 and his mother, Grace Fairhurst, was 21. He married Margaret Dunhill Parkinson on 11 September 1831, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Droylsden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. In 1841, at the age of 30, his occupation is listed as twist dresser in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 22 June 1893, in Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Richard Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Richard Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Daniels Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Manchester Food Riots
The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
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.
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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Excerpt from Autobiography of Richard Daniels Brown Jr. about immigration to the U.S.
. . . I went to work as usual until Wednesday the 27th and I went to a council meeting at Manchester, having previously been appointed clerk of the branch, and while in meeting a telegram came from Pr …
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