Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Brown was born on 17 January 1806, in Hartland, Niagara, New York, United States, his father, Hiram Brown, was 26 and his mother, Rachel Barnum, was 25. He married Caroline R.F. Pierce in 1826, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 21 June 1850, in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 44.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Alfred Brown - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Alfred Brown
- Daniel Brown in entry for Hester Ann Eliza Wilson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
- Alfred Brown, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
Established in 1812.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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