Brief Life History of Beatrice Anna
When Beatrice Anna Brown was born on 14 January 1882, in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Kinsman Neily Brown, was 42 and her mother, Maria Elizabeth McKenzie, was 35. She married Holmes Michael Keddy on 8 June 1904, in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years and Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1931. She died on 16 December 1957, in Weston, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Beatrice Reddy, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Beatrice Anna Brown, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
- Beatrice Ann Keddy, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1956-1957"
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World Events (4)
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.
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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