Brief Life History of John Lorenzo
When John Lorenzo Brooks was born on 5 September 1857, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Henry Saul Brooks, was 23 and his mother, Harriet Horsfall, was 24. He married Permelia Jane Gentry on 11 April 1880. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Tintic Junction, Juab, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 11 April 1917, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (22)
- 1880 US Census, John Lorenzo and William Fredrick Brooks, FamilySearch
- 1964 Death, daughter, Ella Evelyn Brooks Hedenberg, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", FamilySearch
- 1870 US Census, Henry Saul Brooks, Harriet, John, William, David Brooks, FamilySearch
Spouse and Children
1857–1917 Male
1863–1945 Female
Children (4)
1882–1917 Male
1883–1954 Female
1884–1961 Male
1886–1964 Female
Parents and Siblings
1834–1906 Male
1832–1889 Female
Siblings (7)
1854–1862 Female
1856–1856 Male
1857–1917 Male
1858–1922 Male
1861–1861 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 6
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
Age 10
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 18
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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