Brief Life History of Abigail Mason
When Abigail Mason Brooks was born on 18 October 1827, in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, William Mc Cobb Brooks, was 34 and her mother, Eliza Hobart, was 26. She married Charles Hudson on 1 November 1854. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 4 May 1915, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Abby Brooks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Abigial Mason Brooks, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Abby Mason Brooks, "Massachusetts Marriages, 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.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
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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