Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Brock was born on 16 June 1889, in Lyon Township, Hamilton, Iowa, United States, his father, Nels Peter Peterson, was 15 and his mother, Betty Hansen, was 29. He married Mary Olive Jones on 12 February 1914, in Woolstock, Wright, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Liberty Township, Hamilton, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 13 April 1969, in Jewell, Hamilton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, Hamilton, Iowa, United States.
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- Edward Brock in household of N P Peterson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Edward Brock, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Edward Brock, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .
English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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