Brief Life History of James Henry
When James Henry Brooks was born on 5 April 1832, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Brooks, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Allen, was 38. He married Sarah Elizabeth Webb on 18 March 1852, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hatton, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 10 July 1905, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- James Brook in household of Joseph Brook, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James H Brooks, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Henry Brooks, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
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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James Henry Brooks Born 5 April 1827 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Died 10 July 1905 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona James's parents are Joseph Brooks and Sarah Allen. James was baptized 1 August 1849 in …
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