Wayne Reynolds Brown

Brief Life History of Wayne Reynolds

When Wayne Reynolds Brown was born on 8 June 1918, in Luna, Socorro, New Mexico, United States, his father, Joseph Samuel Brown, was 41 and his mother, Virginia Reynolds, was 28. He lived in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1930. He died on 22 October 1940, at the age of 22, and was buried in Ashurst Cemetery, Fort Thomas, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Samuel Brown
1877–1962
Virginia Reynolds
1890–1970
Vivian Brown
1914–2001
Samuel Vaude Brown
1915–1976
Vada Brown
1916–1993
Wayne Reynolds Brown
1918–1940
Kendell Erwin Brown Sr
1920–1974
Jesse Mack Brown
1922–1996
Iris Brown
1924–2018
Inez Virginia Brown
1926–1927

Sources (9)

  • Wain Reynolds Brown in household of Joseph S Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Wayne Reynolds Brown, "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Wayne Reynols Brown, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1923 · Oil is Discovered on the Navajo Reservation

Oil was discovered on the Navajo Reservation in the 1920's. The Navajos did not want to lease any of the land towards the exploration for oil and gas. They were soon made a deal that they would be hired for all unskilled work if they would lease the land and, reluctantly, they gave in. Albert Fall, a Senator from New Mexico and was extremely hostile towards Indian rights.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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Elder Wayne Brown by Virginia Reynolds

We sent Wayne on a mission to the Southern States in June 1938. He returned October 9, 1940; and he was killed in an accident in Cork Cotton Gin on October 23, just two weeks from the day he came ho …

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