Brief Life History of Temperance
When Temperance Brooks was born on 9 November 1804, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, her father, Micajah McGreggor Brooks, was 42 and her mother, Mary Hunter, was 43. She married Burrell Peebles Key on 12 November 1821, in Jasper, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in District 905, Jasper, Georgia, United States in 1870. She died on 20 January 1872, in Jasper, Georgia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hillsboro, Jasper, Georgia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Temperance Key in household of Burrel P Key, "United States Census, 1850"
- Tempey Brooks, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Temperance Brooks Key, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1798–1872 Male
1804–1872 Female
Children (14)
1823–1923 Female
1824–1862 Female
1826–1902 Male
1828–1828 Male
1828– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1761–1862 Male
1761–1838 Female
Siblings (14)
1780–1849 Male
1784–1854 Male
1786–1878 Male
1792–1849 Male
1792–1879 Male
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World Events (7)
1807
Age 3
1808
Age 4
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 21
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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