Brief Life History of Melissa Sylvia
When Melissa Sylvia Brooks was born in June 1843, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, her father, Spencer Brooks, was 24 and her mother, Sylvia Malintha Hemenway, was 17. She married William N Clapp on 1 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Angiola, Tulare, California, United States in 1900 and Los Alamitos, Orange, California, United States in 1920. She died on 20 June 1927, in Laguna Beach, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Melissa S Brooks in household of Sylvia Brooks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Melissa Sylva Johnson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Melissa Sylvia Brooks Johnson, "Find a Grave Index"
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Children (9)
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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