Nianthos Brown

Brief Life History of Nianthos

When Nianthos Brown was born about 1842, in Ohio, United States, his father, William Elliott Brown, was 55 and his mother, Cynthia Shannon, was 57. He lived in Village Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

William Elliott Brown
1789–1865
Cynthia Shannon
1786–1865
Oliver Brown
1816–1871
Cynthia Brown
1834–
Rachel Brown
1837–1866
Nianthos Brown
1842–
George Brown
1822–1894
Sophronia Brown
1824–1896
William C. Brown
1824–
Sophronia A Brown
1829–1902
Levi Brown
1829–1906
John Creighton Brown
1830–1914
Loyd Brown
1834–1912

Sources (1)

  • Nianthas Brown in household of Wm E Brown, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became 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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