Brief Life History of William Thomas
When William Thomas Brooks was born on 5 December 1829, in Eastport, Washington, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Mc Cobb Brooks, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Hobart, was 28. He married Elizabeth Morse on 12 May 1853. He lived in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States for about 21 years. He died on 4 September 1891, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 61.
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- William Brooks, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Thomas Brooks, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- William T. Brooks, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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