Brief Life History of John Alfred
When John Alfred Brown was born on 14 October 1882, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, George Brown, was 30 and his mother, Barbara Ellen Beckstead, was 26. He married Sarepta Angenette Gatchell on 6 June 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1945 and lived in United States in 1949 and Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1974. He died on 18 January 1974, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- John A Brown, "United States 1950 Census"
- John A Brown, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
- John Alfred Brown, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1885
Historical Boundaries 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Fremont, Idaho, United States 1913: Jefferson, Idaho, United States Founding date estimated from Family Search records, 1885
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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