Brief Life History of Amelia Mary
When Amelia Mary Brown was born on 15 May 1804, in Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Stephen Brown, was 36 and her mother, Mary Combs, was 30. She married Matthias Freeman Spencer on 17 November 1827, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 18 May 1877, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Amelia Fordham in household of Elijah Fordham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Amelia Brown, "New York Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Amelia Mary Brown Spencer, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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Chronology for Amelia Brown Spencer
Chronology for Amelia Brown Spencer, with some details for her husband Mathias, and with documents. Compiled by Marcia W. Green, 2014 Reconstructing the life of an ancestor is dependent upon evide …
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