Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Brown was born on 13 February 1871, in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Brown, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Mulcaster, was 26. He married Margaret Hannah Murphy in 1907, in Penrith, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Gateshead, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Cumrew, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died in 1961, in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90.
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- Joseph Brown in household of Thomas Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Joseph Brown, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Joseph Brown, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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