hello, i am looking for William brooks and Maria parish (Parrish). they lived near Kalamazoo, Michigan in the 1850s. William was said to have been a stagecoach driver. other than the fact that they were the parents of my great-grandmother, little more is known of them. Mary Jane brooks was born near Kalamazoo in 1857. what happened between 1857 and the 1870 warren Co. ill census is a mystery. in 1870 she was 13 and living with henry kidder and his family. Mary Jane married William Adams and had two daughters Susan Marie and Alice. she married a second time to Aaron see and had my grandfather frend higgins see. Mary Jane had at least one sibling. we had thought it was libbie brooks from the warren Co census, but i traced her to another brooks family, so Mary Jane's sibling(s)could be anyone or anywhere. there was a scandal that was not discussed except for snippets that could be pried out of my grandparents. thank you, carol t upper Michigan [email protected]

Hi Carol T, Many of my lines migrated to Cement City, MI in the early 1800s (siblings of my Martin Brooks b 1800 d d1871) They were Marchant(AKA John)), Roswell, and a William Brooks. I do not know why. Haven't studied that gen sibs yet. My Martin Brooks took his family and migrated to 1-Fountain Co, IN, then to 2-LaSalle Co, IL and 3-Wright co,IA. Girls in each family were named "Mariah". Maybe that was in honor of distant relatives. Please note that many of that gen started having very lg families 9 up to 17 ch!! It all sounds familiar to what you wrote so far. What do you need to know? I can go back to England. Your Cuz, Sharon Carter Lengfellner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Thorpe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: [BNE] BROOKS, PARISH OR PARRISH, SEE, ADAMS, KIDDER > hello, > i am looking for William brooks and Maria parish (Parrish). they lived near > Kalamazoo, Michigan in the 1850s. William was said to have been a > stagecoach driver. other than the fact that they were the parents of my > great-grandmother, little more is known of them. > > Mary Jane brooks was born near Kalamazoo in 1857. what happened between > 1857 and the 1870 warren Co. ill census is a mystery. in 1870 she was 13 > and living with henry kidder and his family. > > Mary Jane married William Adams and had two daughters Susan Marie and Alice. > she married a second time to Aaron see and had my grandfather frend higgins > see. > > Mary Jane had at least one sibling. we had thought it was libbie brooks > from the warren Co census, but i traced her to another brooks family, so > Mary Jane's sibling(s)could be anyone or anywhere. > > there was a scandal that was not discussed except for snippets that could be > pried out of my grandparents. > > thank you, > carol t > upper Michigan > [email protected] > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > NO ATTACHMENTS or HMTL to the list, please. >