Forwarding this from Larry Brooks, a new subscriber whose query arrived before I could add him to the subscriber list. Chris ====================== I am looking for info on Caleb BROOKS. In the 1840 MO census he is in the 30-40 age group. On an 1859 marriage license application he claimed age 44 (49?) and birthplace VT, as a widower. In the 1860 CA census he claimed age 50 and birthplace VT. In an 1867 voter registration he claimed age 55 and birthplace VT. Assuming most censuses were taken in the summer, that all leads me to believe he was born 'about' 1810. I believe his first wife's maiden name was RILEY, and he probably met her in MO in the late 1830s. She died sometime between the birth of my g-grandfather in 1849 and Caleb's coming to CA in 1851. Thanks, Larry Brooks xiceman@earthlink.net

I looked at Brookses with events in Missouri, the same with events in California, at Brooks males with first or middle name Caleb (26 of them), and for any Brooks spouse surnamed Riley. Sorry, nothing jumps out. You can consult a census index list of Brooks heads of household in Vermont in the 1810 census via the Resources page at the Tributaries web site. Presumably one of these ought to be Caleb's father. I've perhaps identified 40% of these men to date, but none of those I've identified have a Caleb. The majority of early Vermonters descended from Connecticut families. Any unusual given names among Caleb's children which might be ancestral hand-downs? Do you know anything about why Caleb went to Missouri? Among the small number of New England Brookses who went that far south that early, most I've seen seem to have had financial motivations — merchants and millwrights, for example, whose capital or skills would be in demand down there. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Larry D. Brooks wrote: > I am looking for info on Caleb BROOKS. In the 1840 MO > census he is in the 30-40 age group. On an 1859 marriage > license application he claimed age 44 (49?) and birthplace VT, > as a widower. In the 1860 CA census he claimed age 50 and > birthplace VT. In an 1867 voter registration he claimed age 55 > and birthplace VT. Assuming most censuses were taken in the > summer, that all leads me to believe he was born 'about' 1810. > > I believe his first wife's maiden name was RILEY, and he > probably met her in MO in the late 1830s. She died sometime > between the birth of my g-grandfather in 1849 and Caleb's > coming to CA in 1851.