Brief Life History of Fenton Eberson
When Fenton Eberson Brownell was born on 17 February 1893, in Wollaston Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, Jacob Hezekiah Brownell, was 36 and his mother, Maria Alice Myers, was 34. He married Ellen Jane Snider on 17 July 1912, in Coe Hill, Wollaston Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 9 April 1917, in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 24, and was buried in Thélus, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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- Fenton E Brownell in household of Maria Brownell, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Fenton Ebberson Brownell, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- F E Brownell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (5)
1894 · The Affair - Dreyfus is Accused of Treason
The Dreyfus affair was a huge scandal in the late 19th century and early 20th century French. Alfred Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1859 in Mulhouse, France and died on July 12, 1935 in Paris France. He was convicted of treason. He was accused of being a spy in the German embassy in France.
1900
Paris, France hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1905 · The Law Separates Church and State
In December of 1905 a law was passed that separated church and state. It made it so that prayer could not be said before a parliamentary meeting or in schools. It also made it so that working on Sunday was legalized.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) brown hill or corner of land’, from Middle English brun(e), broun(e) + hil ‘hill’ or hale ‘nook, corner’ (Old English brūn + hyll or halh), or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire.
History: Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, c. 1650.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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