Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Brooks was born in 1850, in Huntingdonshire, England, her father, James Brooks, was 42 and her mother, Ann Riseley, was 39. She lived in Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Lockwood, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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- Emma Brooks in household of Ann Brooks, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Emma Brooke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Emma Brooks, "England, Huntingdonshire Parish Registers"
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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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