Brief Life History of John Weaver
When John Weaver Brown was born on 17 June 1837, in Peru, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Ebenezer Brown, was 34 and his mother, Ann Weaver, was 30. He married Fanny Eckersley on 11 November 1859, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Iron City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 3 May 1860, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Brown in household of Ebenezer Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1860 Find A Grave Index for John Weaver Brown
- John Weaver in entry for John Ekersly Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1838
Historical Boundaries: 1838: LaSalle, Illinois, United States
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Told to Seymour Young McAllister by his Grandmother, Harriet Maria Young Brown, several years before her death.. When the Mormon Battalion left Mount Pisgah on the 20tth of July 1846, to march to …
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