Christiana Brooks

Brief Life History of Christiana

When Christiana Brooks was born in 1860, in Maine, United States, her father, Peter Brooks, was 38 and her mother, Arvilla D. Buck, was 36. She married Emery Sylvester Swan on 30 June 1844, in Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Greenwood, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1860 and New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1910. She died in 1928, at the age of 68, and was buried in Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emery Sylvester Swan
1855–1935
Christiana Brooks
1860–1928
Swan
1847–
Leora Capitola Swan
1876–1882

Sources (11)

  • Chrischena Swan in household of Emery S Swan, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Christiana Brooks, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Chrischana Brooks Swan, "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

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: 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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