Brief Life History of Roger Ashwell
When Roger Ashwell Brown was born on 8 August 1917, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Alexander Brown, was 24 and his mother, Cheltona Rispa Davis, was 27. He married Beverly Minnette on 13 September 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 21 December 2008, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Roger A Brown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Roger Ashwell Brown, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Roger Ashwell Brown, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1919 · Seattle General Strike
The Seattle general strike was a five day strike in 1919, where around 65,000 workers began striking for higher wages. This happened two years after WWI wage controls.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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Memories of Dr Roger Brown
Written by Dr. Sydney M Brown Parent, 12/16/20 This morning I had an appointment with my primary care physician. It was a telemedicine visit because of the Coronavirus pandemic. As I was preparing …
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