Brief Life History of Clara Odell
When Clara Odell Brooks was born on 4 June 1881, in North Dorchester Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, her father, Charles Brooks, was 46 and her mother, Charlotte Adeline Charlton, was 45. She married Daniel Campbell on 26 March 1899, in London, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years.
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Sources (15)
- Clara O Campbell in household of Daniel Campbell, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Clarissa Brooks, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Ceara Brooks, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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Children (6)
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (7)
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
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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