When Emory Elial Brooks was born on 6 October 1828, in Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Ephraim Brooks, was 31 and his mother, Orilla Munger, was 28. He married Martha Taylor on 30 April 1856, in Lenawee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Klickitat, Washington, United States in 1880 and South Tualatin, Tualatin, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1900. He died on 21 September 1907, in Scholls, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mountainside Cemetery, Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Twality, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Twality, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Twality, Oregon Territory, United States 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Washington, Oregon, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Klickitat, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Klickitat, Washington, United States
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 .
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