This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wIB.2ACI/265.1.1 Message Board Post: YES! William's eldest sister was Mary Elizabeth Brooks. He was a witness at her marriage to Wm. Wagner in Jasper Co., IA. I have been working on the whole family, including Clarinda' but I am really stuck on Charles Brooks though. This is Berniece, yes? 1930 (11 Apr) Burbank Twp, Kandiyohi Co., MN; 51/51 William E. Brooks, head, rents, 57, 1st m. at 28, IA/PA/Canada, farmer-general farm; Mabel E. Brooks, wife, 32, 1st m. at 16, IA/NE/SD; Eugene E. Brooks, son, 15, MN/IA/IA; Benjamin F. Brooks, son, 13 , MN/IA/IA; Bessie C. Brooks, daughter, 12, MN, IA/IA; Bernice E. Brooks, daughter, 8, MN/IA/IA; Phoebe J. Brooks, daughter, 6, MN/IA/IA; Dorothy V. Brooks, daughter, 1 11/12, MN/IA/IA; Would you mind contacting me at [email protected]? Thank you So MUCH for writing!!!