child's name is Rueben
From: "Midge Garza" <[email protected]> Subject: WOOD, JONES, VAN DOLAH, BROOKS: SOME FAMILY'S BIBLE There is also part of a wedding invitation. The surname of the bride is VAN DOLAH and the groom BROOKS. If someone claims this Bible I want to be certain they are indeed the ones who should have it. Therefore, I will not give the birthdate of the pictured baby, or the names of the bride and groom. Bibles are such meaningful family items. It would make me very happy to be able to return this Bible to the family it belongs to. Thank you. Midge Garza
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:47:22 -0800, Ron wrote: :This is a long shot, but I'm looking for a James Brooks that was a :member of the IOOF in the late 1700s or early 1800s. He lived in :either Orange County or Sullivan County, NY. (Perhaps the town he :lived in changed counties, I don't know). : :Any ideas appreciated. I'd be willing to pay reasonable costs for :research. Ron, After looking through a number of your list posts I've saved, I doubt I'm the researcher you want for the job. My specialty is New England, for which I have excellent resources within a maximum of 90 minutes' (one-way) travel time. Looking at the questions you have, I think you'll want someone on the ground in New York, and someone with a strong historical background in New York as well. It's clear to me that I'm not that person. :-( Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:47:22 -0800, Ron wrote: :This is a long shot, but I'm looking for a James Brooks that was a :member of the IOOF in the late 1700s or early 1800s. He lived in :either Orange County or Sullivan County, NY. (Perhaps the town he :lived in changed counties, I don't know). "The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded on the North American Continent in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 1819 when Thomas Wildey and four members of the Order from England instituted Washington Lodge No. 1. This lodge received its charter from Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows in England. "dd Fellowship became the 1st national fraternity to include both men and women when it adopted the beautiful Rebekah Degree on September 20, 1851. This degree is based on the teachings found in the Holy Bible, and was written by the Honorable Schuyler Colfax who was Vice President of the United States during the period 1868-1873. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs were also the first fraternal organization to establish homes for our senior members and for orphaned children." >From http://norm28.hsc.usc.edu/IOOF.shtml If the order first arrived here in Baltimore in 1819, it seems like it would take a decade or more to reach New York state. I know that later-day lodges keep membership records, so you might get hold of the national leadership and inquire what records are available from 19th century New York. I used Google with a search string of "IOOF history" as a starting point. Chris
This is a long shot, but I'm looking for a James Brooks that was a member of the IOOF in the late 1700s or early 1800s. He lived in either Orange County or Sullivan County, NY. (Perhaps the town he lived in changed counties, I don't know). Any ideas appreciated. I'd be willing to pay reasonable costs for research. Thanks.
Passing this one through the kindness of Sandra McGrath of VERMONT-L, who forwarded it to me. Chris ============================== This is in the DAR Lineage Book 1921, page 421 Mrs. Caroline Evans Brownbeck Fell # 55945 born in Linfield, PA Wife of Percy Fell. Descendant of Capt. John Brooke daughter of Garrett E. Brownback (b 1846) and Emma Evans (b 1848) Granddaughter of Thomas Brooke Evans (1809-63) and Mary Kendall Schwenk (1813-99) his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Owen Evans (1767-1845) and Rachel Brooke (1767-1844) his wife gr-gr granddaughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth May (1740-86) his wife m. 1762. John Brooke (1740-1813) was Capt. in the 6th batallion, Philadelphia County militia, under Col. Frederick Antes and Peter Richards, 1777-79. He was born and died in Montgomery county PA
Marianne ([email protected]) wrote: :I'm hoping this family looks familiar to someone: : :George Brooks b. 1780 in Vermont married Mary Clark b. 1788 in :New York, married on 9 Nov 1809 (I dont know where, but maybe New :York). [snip] Son Julius Caesar did indeed look familiar, but when I searched, all I found was your previous query about this family of 12/1/2001. Don't give up! Please keep querying at intervals, as you're doing, and eventually I'm confident we'll be able to identify him. Now your previous query identified George as George Washington, and mentioned Ohio as the place he ended up. I couldn't find a George Washington born 1780 (most of these names occur after the namesake was inaugurated president in 1788), but when I searched for any George born 1780 I found the following. "Mr. Delbert Radke, Attorney at Law in San Francisco, CA wrote a letter to the Record and Pension Office of the War Department dated December 19th, 1928 in which he states that George Brooks was born on Aug. 29, 1780. He further states that George was baptised on Oct. 29th, 1780 at the Old Dutch Reform Church in Deerpark, NY. "He removed in 1797 to Pompey, NY. In 1810 he followed his son John, who had removed the previous year, to Florence, OH. ("John Brooks, Sr., and his wife and family came in 1810. He had been wounded in the Battle of White Plains, and Monmouth. His first wife, Rachel Blizzard, the mother of his children, was probably dead. From what little information we can obtain we believe he had a second wife at that time.") George is said to have died on the Oregon Trail, 1850. -- citing Revolutionary Pension Records File #10451, Major John Brooks, Sr. -- citing "Article read at Stiles Family Reunion, Wakeman, OH, 12 Aug 1912 by Dr. F.E. Weeks" -- citing The Firelands Pioneer, v. 3, Firelands Historical Society, Cleveland, OH, c. 1862; History of the Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, OH, by William W. Williams, 1879; Blockhouses & Military Posts of the Firelands, by Cherry, c. 1934, pp. 41, 6162. The source is Christopher Webber, Tacoma, WA, who I don't think is subscribed here. As of April 2000 his email address was [email protected] If any of his data looks promising, you'll want to contact him directly. The line as he has it is George, 1780 - 1850 Major John (1755 - 1846) + Rachel BLIZZARD Jonathan (say 1722) + Sarah HUBBARD Benjamin (1685) of Stratford, CT + Mary BOOTH John (say 1640) of Stratford + Sarah OSBORN, widow John PEAT Jr. See Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, 1:104, for John and Benjamin. Chris
I'm hoping this family looks familiar to someone: George Brooks b. 1780 in Vermont married Mary Clark b. 1788 in New York, married on 9 Nov 1809 (I dont know where, but maybe New York). They had the following children: Delia b.1810 in NY m. Jonathan Engle George Washington b. 1812 in Ohio m. Eliza Ann Scholfield Ebenezer Jessup (or Japeth) b. 1814 Rachel b. 1816 Elisha Clark, b. 1818 Julia Ann b. 1822 Joshua b. 1822 Caleb b. 1824 Julius Caesar b. 1826 in Ohio m. Mariam Wallace Haskell Polyann b. 1828 Vienna Alpine b. 1830 Duren Pinkney b. 1832 Thanks, Marianne
Here's a webbing where you can checkout 17 sites for the Brooks surname. If YOU have a Brooks website, you can add to it. I found it to be very informative. http://home.fda.net/bbrooks/public_html/brooks.htm
Useful web site. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ma_ad.html I tried substituting 1840nh_ad.html at the end of the address and it did bring up New Hampshire information ! YEAH <vbg> me gives Maine information, vt gives vermont information. Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listmanager Essex County, Massachusetts Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Listmanager Grafton County, New Hampshire Mail List Listmanager Ordway Mail List ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or [email protected] __________________________________________________ D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" http://www.doteasy.com
Addendum to my previous post Connecticut link http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ct_ab.html Rhode Island link http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ri_al.html Links for Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida Terr., Dist. of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Terr., Kentucky, Lousiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin Terr. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/index.html Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listmanager Essex County, Massachusetts Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Listmanager Grafton County, New Hampshire Mail List Listmanager Ordway Mail List ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== Archives of previous posts are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BROOKS-NE-L/ The address is case-sensitive. __________________________________________________ D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" http://www.doteasy.com
The link Mariana provided in her second message connects to an index of Revolutionary pensioners living in 1840 in any state or territory of the United States. I hope no one will pass it up because her initial post only flagged three New England states. Mark Richards: There's a widow (of Samuel) Brooks in the household of Asahel at Porter, ME, 1840. Virginia Tobias: From the New York section of the same source: John Brooks 81 Michael Calb Orwell Oswego John Brooks 87 Ira Lane Worcester Otsego Silas Brooks 78 Silas Brooks Meredith Delaware Samuel L. Brooks 83 Garry Brooks Penfield Monroe (Format: Pensioner | age | household head | location) Chris
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:32:56 -0500, Mariana wrote: |Useful web site. | | |http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ma_ad.html Thanks for sharing, Mariana. One of those listed, Jonas of Bethlehem, NH, ought to be identifiable now that I can connect him with military service. Prior to this all I had was his gravestone inscription -- Dea. Jonas is buried about six miles from where I live -- and a strong suspicion that he came from Alstead, NH. It's the people in my own backyard that drive me nuts when I can't figure out their identity. :-) Chris
To get all of the states in the 1840 Rev. War Pensioners index, use this link... http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/ ~~~Peace and Gentle Sunsets, ~~~Pam
Addendum to my previous post Connecticut link http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ct_ab.html Rhode Island link http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ri_al.html Links for Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida Terr., Dist. of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Terr., Kentucky, Lousiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin Terr. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/index.html Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listmanager Essex County, Massachusetts Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Listmanager Grafton County, New Hampshire Mail List Listmanager Ordway Mail List
Useful web site. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ma_ad.html I tried substituting 1840nh_ad.html at the end of the address and it did bring up New Hampshire information ! YEAH <vbg> me gives Maine information, vt gives vermont information. Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listmanager Essex County, Massachusetts Mail List Listowner Essex-Roots Mail List Listmanager Grafton County, New Hampshire Mail List Listmanager Ordway Mail List
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:13:48 -0700, Virginia Tobias wrote: +In looking through my grandmother's old, turn-of-the-century +scrapbooks today, I discovered a lengthy newspaper article about +Capt. Garry Brooks, upon the occasion of his turning 100 years +old. [snip] +This is a pretty long news article, and I'm wondering where the +best place would be for me to submit the transcribed article. +Obviously, I could do it at this site, but I have noticed things +from other genealogy sites are also copied onto this list. Would +it be better for me to type it first on, say, Ancestry.com's +Brooks list - and then it could be copied here? Virginia, There are differences between a "board," as in "bulletin board" -- which is what the Ancestry operation is -- and a mailing list, which this is. The Ancestry surname boards, like the bulletin board at your local supermarket, allow people to "tack up" (post) messages or notices in a fixed location. The only people who will see these are those who subsequently visit the board. Since many users leave a post and then fail to return to the board for weeks or months, there's no "real time" exchange possible. And those folks who have email but no internet access are left out of the picture, since they can't access the website hosting the board. In contrast, on an internet mailing list like this, each time you or any subscriber posts a message, it's delivered to the mailbox of anyone interested enough to have subscribed, as fast as the internet can manage the task -- seconds, minutes or hours in most cases. So we have "real-time" exchanges here, which is the point of creating this list. On a board, in contrast, your message can languish for weeks, and connections are few and far between. Online boards tend to be an entry point for internet newcomers. Because boards aren't very efficient, for the reasons given, as newcomers gain more experience they tend to migrate their efforts to mailing lists, like those at RootsWeb, of which this is one. I periodically visit the various Brooks boards hosted on commercial sites in search of recruits for this list, but most of these attempts bounce. Having offered up that primer, I would ask that you post the transcription to our list (we're not a "site," since we're not on the Web) so that the 192 other subscribers here can have a look. :-) I'm curious myself. The only person who tends to post things from other lists here is me, and I'm your friendly listowner. :-) Others have certainly done so in the past, to the great advantage of all of us. I will not cite contributors' names for fear of omitting someone, but do take a look at the list archive, where you'll find, for example, transcriptions of the Brooks listings in the Barbour Collection for a number of CT towns, quite possibly including your own line. Looking over the messages will give you a better feel for what and how we do here. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BROOKS--NE-L/ The address is case-sensitive. Thanks for asking, Virginia, rather than assuming. Thoughtfulness is highly prized here. Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ==================================== BROOKS-NE (Brooks Families of New England), HAPGOOD, and MERRIAM lists at RootsWeb. ==================================== [email protected]
Keeping me in suspense! Although my line of Brooks is from NY/NJ, ggranddad did serve in the civil war with 3rd reg. NYSM, not sure if any connection but if there is mention of Rueben Brooks, we could have a match Mike
In looking through my grandmother's old, turn-of-the-century scrapbooks today, I discovered a lengthy newspaper article about Capt. Garry Brooks, upon the occasion of his turning 100 years old. Capt. Brooks was born on July 5, 1806, in New Milford, CT, and was the son of Samuel Louis Brooks, from the Revolutionary War. He lived in Monroe County, NY from 1824 until the time of his death. This is a pretty long news article, and I'm wondering where the best place would be for me to submit the transcribed article. Obviously, I could do it at this site, but I have noticed things from other genealogy sites are also copied onto this list. Would it be better for me to type it first on, say, Ancestry.com's Brooks list - and then it could be copied here? The news article also gives some info on Samuel Louis Brooks and his experiences in the Revolutionary War. What would y'all suggest? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
Passed on from TMG-L. Note that the long URL will probably be broken into two lines when you receive this -- in which case you'll have to reassemble it in your browser. =============================== This information was provided on 16 Feb 2002 by John Hansen, List Admin for the WARREN List: There is a IGI search program for the UK. This has been introduced yesterday. I checked it out today and it works fine. It allows you to search the IGI by parish and returns ALL the IGI records for that surname in that Microfilm. It covers both birth and marriages. It obviously took a lot of work to develop and cross\index the IGI records by Parish in a database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.ht m#Page Go to the Site, click on the Country of interest, which includes: Channel Islands England (including the Isle of Man) Scotland Ireland Wales The site is Copyright © 2002, Hugh Wallis. All Rights Reserved. The batch numbers on the site belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.