Judy Brooks Truchon (Brooks1934@aol.com) wrote: > Apparently Merrit G. Brooks was named after his maternal > grandfather. > > Family Data Collection @ ancestry.com > Name: Julia Amelia Dorman > Parents: Merrit Dorman , Esther Gilbert > Birth Place: Hamden, CT > Birth Date: 1822 Thanks, Judy. Julia's 1860 (a. 35) and 1880 (a. 55) census enumerations concur in suggesting a birthdate ca. 1825. Marriage record from Barbour says she was indeed of Hamden. Chris