Brief Life History of Simeon
Simeon Brown was born in 1833, in New Jersey, United States as the son of John Brown. He married Margaret Abbott on 4 July 1855, in Washington Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hamilton Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1850 and Buena Vista Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1860. He died in March 1899, in Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Simon Brown in household of John Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- Simon Brown, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- Simon Brown in entry for Alonzo Brown, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Historical Boundaries 1837: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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