Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Brooks was born on 14 October 1839, in North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Brooks, was 50 and her mother, Emma Blinstone, was 32. She married Lester James Herrick on 25 August 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 50 years. She died on 27 August 1919, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Hirrick, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Brooks Brooks, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Mary Elizabeth Brooks, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
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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Samuel Brooks by Allen Hackworth
Third Company (1856) SAMUEL BROOKS, (1789 - 5 Sep 1856 [Oct, not Sep]) , F-10-4-- Mary Brooks, age 17, George, age 11, & Frank Brooks, (crippled boy), age 6 (N/A) Samuel Brooks was in charge of the …
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