Brief Life History of Sue Jones
When Sue Jones BROWN was born on 23 February 1862, in Mercer, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Patton BROWN, was 30 and her mother, Sarah SMITH, was 27. She died on 28 December 1944, in Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
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- Sue Brown Jones, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
- Sue Brown Jones, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
Parents and Siblings
1832–1909 Male
1836– Female
Siblings (1)
1862–1944 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 1
1863
Age 1
1886
Age 24
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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