Pearl Thomas Brooks

Brief Life History of Pearl Thomas

When Pearl Thomas Brooks was born on 12 February 1877, in Amesville, Ames Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, his father, Albertus Wilson Brooks, was 32 and his mother, Esther Jane Linscott, was 33. He married Bessa Lary on 15 July 1905, in Logan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Madison, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Darby Township, Madison, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 2 June 1935, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Pearl Thomas Brooks
1877–1935
Bessa Lary
1883–1951
Marriage: 15 July 1905
Hazel Gay Brooks
1906–2005
Edith May Brooks
1908–1989
Pearl L Brooks
1918–1984

Sources (26)

  • Pearl Brooks in household of Esther J Brooks, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Edwin B. Brooks, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Pearl T. Brooks, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

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.

Name Meaning

English: usually a variant of Brook , with excrescent -s. The optional addition of -s, with no grammatical function, is usually post-medieval, but some examples of the same person's name occurring with and without -(e)s have been noted as early as the 14th century in South Lancashire. The -es in such cases probably has neither a plural nor a genitival function, and the name means ‘dweller at the brook’, not ‘dweller at the brooks’. A plural sense cannot be ruled out elsewhere, but a non-grammatical -(e)s must also be considered a strong possibility.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

Americanized form of German Brucks .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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