Brief Life History of George
When George Brown was born on 15 August 1857, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, William Parker Brown, was 41 and his mother, Mary Ann Blanchard, was 29. He married Berhammine Caroline (Minnie) Petersen on 31 July 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Coalville Election Precinct, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900 and Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 3 July 1910, in Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Hoytsville Cemetery, Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- George Brown in household of Parker Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
- George Brown, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- George Brown in entry for Orboe Brown, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
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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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