When Marcus Lindley Brooks was born on 27 August 1849, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, William M Brooks Jr, was 28 and his mother, Eliza Hoskin, was 27. He married Elizabeth Frances "Fannie" Craig on 14 June 1884, in Sprague, Lincoln, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Des Moines Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 September 1905, in Sprague, Lincoln, Washington, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Sprague, Lincoln, Washington, United States.
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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 .
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