Brief Life History of James
When James Brook was born on 14 October 1860, in Kexborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Brook, was 28 and his mother, Matilda Jones, was 29. He married Emma Naylor on 25 December 1883, in Gawber, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Barugh, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Winter Quarters, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 26 September 1937, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- James Brooks, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- England, Birth Record for James Brook (1860-1937)
- James Brook, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Cornerstone is Laid for the Tabernacle
In May 1865, Brigham Young placed the cornerstone for the Tabernacle building. The work was delayed because of the construction the railroad. The walls of the Tabernacle begun in 1876. The building was first used in 1881.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a brook, stream, water-meadows or low, marshy ground, from Middle English brook, Old English brōc ‘brook, stream’; or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, such as Brook (Kent, Rutland) or Brooke (Norfolk).
North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, from Low German brook (cognate with German Bruch ‘swamp’ and Old English brōc; see 1 above).
Americanized form of Dutch Broek: topographic name from broek, a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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