Brief Life History of Roy Denver
When Roy Denver Brown was born on 3 October 1895, in Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, his father, William M Brown, was 24 and his mother, Luella M Arnold, was 20. He married Sylvia Esta Jones on 16 August 1919, in Pomeroy, Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wilkesville, Vinton, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Forbus, Fentress, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 25 September 1988, in Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Meigs, Morgan, Ohio, United States.
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- Roy D Brown, "United States Census, 1930"
- Roy D Brown, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- R D Brown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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