Brief Life History of James B.
When James B. Brown was born on 6 January 1929, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, his father, George Bentley Brown, was 28 and his mother, Julia Marie Unsicker, was 28. He married Naoma Jean Watts on 28 August 1949, in Indiana, United States. He lived in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 4 February 2007, in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78.
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- James B Brown, "United States Census, 1950"
- James B Brown, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- James B Brown, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1932 · The Miners Union
After a contract proposal reducing wages by $1.10 a day, employees of the United Mine Workers came together and created the Progressive Miners of America in southern Illinois. After discontent arose over the 67 years of operation, the union was dissolved.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
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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