Marianne wrote: >Julius Caesar Brooks born 9 Sep 1826 in Ohio. According to the 1900 census >his father was born in Vermont and mother in New York. His father is George >Washington Brooks born 1780. I'm hoping someone has some information about >Julius' parents. > >Julius married Mariam Wallace Haskell on 8 Dec 1853 in Lee County Iowa. They >then migrated to California, Sutter County, Nicholas township. [snip] Sorry, I can't match him. I do have a fondness for "big" names. :-) I have three George Washingtons, but none close to this date. I have a Julius Clarendon and and Julius Harrington, but no Caesar. Omnia Gallia est divisa, and so on. But from his name, and the VT locale, I think you're almost certainly looking for a descendant of William/1 Brooks of Springfield, MA, or of one of the CT founders. These two groups constitute the great majority of Brooks emigrants to southern and central VT, and have a near total-monopoly on the "classical" names. You can find thumbnail sketches of the founders, and some basic sources for each, in the list archive. Does anyone else recognize this name? Chris