Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Brown Jr. was born on 14 November 1801, in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Brown Sr., was 21 and his mother, Susanna Rouse, was 22. He married Lovina Crippen on 25 January 1823, in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Franklin Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 16 November 1884, in Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Brown Cemetery, Washington Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States.
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- Saml Brown, "United States Census, 1840"
- Samuel Brown in entry for Hiram Brown, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Saml Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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