Brief Life History of Mary Rachel
When Mary Rachel Brown was born on 28 August 1917, in Hepzibah, Harrison, Virginia, United States, her father, George William Brown, was 30 and her mother, Ada Lee Granlee, was 26. She lived in Union District, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Parkersburg District, Wood, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 17 June 2007, in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 89.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Mary R Brown in household of George N Brown, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary Rachel Brown in entry for Timothy Ralph Hensley and Carole Berkley Lamp, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Mary R Brown in household of George W Brown, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1914–1994 Male
1917–2007 Female
Parents and Siblings
1886–1962 Male
1890–1960 Female
Siblings (4)
1913–1997 Female
1914–1992 Male
1915–1994 Male
1917–2007 Female
World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 1
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 2
1941
Age 24
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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