I am searching the family of Hanna Brooks born about 1799 in NY. She married Berry Lively in Louisiana about 1819 or 1820. Some researchers have her birth state as NJ, but an 1850 Census of East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana has her state of birth as New York. An East Baton Rouge Parish 1820 census has a Uri Brooks, Jr. and a Dolphus Brooks living near Berry Lively. The household of Uri Brooks, Jr. contains a male over 45 years, 2 males between 25 and 44, 1 male between 18-25, 1 male under 10, and only 1 female between 10-15...poor girl! In the household of Dolphus there is 1 male between 25 and 44, a female between 16-18, and another female under 10. I assume the name of Dolphus is a nickname? But, for what? Living next to the Brooks men is a Sophia Kline, who I assume was between the ages of 18 and 25. She had in her household a male between 10-15, 3 males under 10, and 1 female between the ages of 10-15, and 2 females under the age of 10. Then, the Cline family is represented by a Widow L. Cline in the 1830 Census. The oldest person in this household is between 50-60 years old..a female...either this is Sophia, and the 1820 census made a mistake, or Sophia died and perhaps her mother in law came to live with her 7 children. I include this because there may be a family connection...Sophiacould have been a Brooks. In the 1830 East Baton Rouge Parish census there is a Photian Brooks, then Berry Lively, then Franklin Brooks. Photian and Franklin are about between the ages of 30-40...they could have been the 2 males in Uri Jr.'s household in 1820. Back to Hannah....Berry died in the 1840's, so Hannah is listed as the head of household in the 1850 Census. The Brooks families are not listed. Could they have gone back to the NJ/NY area? There is an Eri Brooks who is 26 years old and born in LA. But, he is family # 719, and, Hannah and her son, Edwin Meredith Lively (my ggg-grandfather), are families 1014 and 1015. Any help in discovering who is Hannah's parents is greatly appreciated. One researcher has her father as Uriah Brooks, but there isn't a lot of information. Sincerely, Nancy Federico

Louisiana ought to be the key here, as so few New England Brooks families went there, but I found no leads in my own data looking for any Brooks with an event in Louisiana. The majority of hits for this query were for Union soldiers who fought there in Civil War combat (Port Hudson, etc.), or 20th-century individuals. Just in case, I examined each hit for siblings, daughters, etc. named Hannah with an appropriate lifespan (where known), but this proved equally fruitless. The second valuable indicator ought to be the uncommon given names � Uri or Eri, Dolphus, Phlotian. I have not run across the latter two in any New England Brooks family, though I suspect Dolphus is a shortening of Adolphus, as in Gustavus Adolphus, who as king made Sweden (briefly) a military power in northern Europe. Without either of these latter names in my database, I can't look for a "Uri brother of Dolphus." To be a head of household in the 1820 census, Uri would need to have been born <1799. I've got six men recorded as Uri or Uriah Brooks, but just one born pre-1800 (exact date unknown, est. 1790), who died in Deerfield, NJ in 1862, and married Jane Joslin. Known children, all born Deerfield, NJ, 1814-1832, were Zebulon, Uriah, Daniel, Hannah, Mary, Jane, Amanda, Alexandrew (sic) and Lydia. Looking for an "Eri" (short for Erastus? misreading of Uri?), I have two. One d. young (1749-1758), but another was born 8 Jul 1759, probably at Hadley, Hampshire, MA, married Hannah Sikes, and then disappears without known children. He would thus be about 60/61 years old in 1820. Other than his given name, unfortunately, there is no reason to connect him with Louisiana, and his male siblings were David and Joseph, both common family names in his line, rather than a Dolphus or Phlotian. I've catalogued 20 Brooks women with the given name Sophia, but none married a Kline to my knowledge. Matter of fact, I don't have the surname KLINE in my database at all. Lots of men named Franklin Brooks, but again, none with a relative named Phlotian, Dolphus, Uri, or Eri. FWIW, most of the Brooks transplants I've seen go South before the Civil War were either merchants or millwrights. Both Yankee capital and engineering know-how were apparently in strong demand in the pre-war, agricultural South. I'm sorry I couldn't help. You've done so much research, and unearthed so many potential clues, that by rights you deserve a more productive response � perhaps another listreader will recognize one of those names, and have additional information. Otherwise, I hope you'll retry your query in a few months, as list readership does change slowly over time. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England http://www.tributaries.org |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Nancy Federico wrote: > I am searching the family of Hanna Brooks born about 1799 > in NY. > > She married Berry Lively in Louisiana about 1819 or 1820. > Some researchers have her birth state as NJ, but an 1850 > Census of East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana has her state of > birth as New York. > > An East Baton Rouge Parish 1820 census has a Uri Brooks, > Jr. and a Dolphus Brooks living near Berry Lively. The > household of Uri Brooks, Jr. contains a male over 45 years, 2 > males between 25 and 44, 1 male between 18-25, 1 male under 10, > and only 1 female between 10-15...poor girl! In the household > of Dolphus there is 1 male between 25 and 44, a female between > 6-18, and another female under 10. I assume the name of > Dolphus is a nickname? But, for what? > > Living next to the Brooks men is a Sophia Kline, who I > assume was between the ages of 18 and 25. She had in her > household a male between 10-15, 3 males under 10, and 1 female > between the ages of 10-15, and 2 females under the age of 10. > Then, the Cline family is represented by a Widow L. Cline in > the 1830 Census. The oldest person in this household is > between 50-60 years old..a female...either this is Sophia, and > the 1820 census made a mistake, or Sophia died and perhaps her > mother in law came to live with her 7 children. I include this > because there may be a family connection...Sophia could have > been a Brooks. > > In the 1830 East Baton Rouge Parish census there is a > Photian Brooks, then Berry Lively, then Franklin Brooks. > Photian and Franklin are about between the ages of 30-40...they > could have been the 2 males in Uri Jr.'s household in 1820. > > Back to Hannah....Berry died in the 1840's, so Hannah is > listed as the head of household in the 1850 Census. The Brooks > families are not listed. Could they have gone back to the > NJ/NY area? There is an Eri Brooks who is 26 years old and born > in LA. But, he is family # 719, and, Hannah and her son, Edwin > Meredith Lively (my ggg-grandfather), are families 1014 and > 1015. > > Any help in discovering who is Hannah's parents is greatly > appreciated. One researcher has her father as Uriah > Brooks, but there isn't a lot of information.