Brief Life History of Nelson E
When Nelson E Brooks was born on 18 February 1844, in Linn, Iowa, United States, his father, John H Brooks, was 28 and his mother, Catherine Freeman, was 28. He married Anna Velnetta Hildreth on 17 April 1866, in Fayette, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 10 daughters. He lived in Fayette, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Fairfield Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States for about 40 years. He died on 26 April 1906, in Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Nelson Brooks, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nelson E. Brooks - Government record: birth-name: Nelson E. Brooks
- Nelson E Brooks, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Fayette, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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