Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Brooks was born on 2 June 1795, her father, Robert George Brooks, was 35 and her mother, Polly Mary Grass, was 28. She married Jacob Greever on 5 May 1817, in Augusta, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Dolson Township, Clark, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died in 1861, in Edgar, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Mary Greever in household of Jacob Greever, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1791–1876 Male
1795–1861 Female
Children (8)
1786–1815 Male
1817–1900 Male
1820–1911 Female
about 1825– Female
1830–1915 Male
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1761–1836 Male
1768– Female
Siblings (14)
1788–1860 Female
1795–1861 Female
1796– Male
1799–1835 Male
1799– Male
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1803
Age 8
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 24
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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