This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pata41 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.saintlawrence/16236.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jessie Brooks appears to have been the daughter of Amos Brooks & Harriet Bishop. On the 1900 census she is with her parents in Morristown, St. Lawrence co. I`ll paste the index info. for that record below. An article in the Ogdensburg Advance newspaper of an unknown date in 1903 details the wedding of Eunice Brooks, dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Amos Brooks in which her sister Miss Jessie Brooks was bridesmaid. If you search both the St. Lawrence & Oswego Co. newspapers at http://news.nnyln.net/ for your Secor, Brooks & Joyner names you`ll get quite a few hits. There is a database at WorldConnect that has Amos & Harriet/Hattie Bishop Brooks. It shows only some of their children, not Jessie or Eunice. Its here: http://tinyurl.com/4wlsck I think Emma Ward may have been the Emely K./Emily C. Ward on the 1860 & 1870 census in Macomb, St. Lawrence Co. with Nathan & Mary Ward. Not sure of that, though. There are a few Member Trees at Ancestry that have Fred Joyner & Emma Ward but none have her parents. They do, however, give her birthplace as St. Lawrence Co., NY in 1859. There is an obit for Emma from 1918 in the Oswego Palladium newspaper that gives her birthplace as Briar Hill, St. Lawrence Co. Emma died in Pulaski on Jan. 4, 1918. It says she died in Pulaski. I`m not sure what town the village of Pulaski is part of. I believe it`s Richland. The town clerk would have the death cert. which may give parents names. You can see the obit at http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Search for "Emma Joyner" using the quotes & the "exact phrase" search. Pat R. 1900 United States Federal Census (index info) Name: Amos M Brooks [Amos M Brooke] Home in 1900: Morristown, Saint Lawrence, New York Age: 48 Birth Date: Nov 1851 Birthplace: New York Race: White Ethnicity: American Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Spouse's Name: Hattie Marriage Year: 1881 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 19 Residence : Morristown Township, Election District 1, St. Lawrence, New York Household Members: Name Age Amos M Brooks 48 Hattie Brooks 55 Bertha Brooks 17 Emerson Brooks 16 Eunice J Brooks 15 Jessie A Brooks 13 John S Brooks 11 Richard Brooks 9 Nettie Brooks 7 Helen M Brooks 4 Iva B Brooks 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1860 United States Federal Census (index info) Name: Emely K Ward Age in 1860: 2 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Macomb, Saint Lawrence, New York Gender: Female Post Office: Macomb Household Members: Name Age Nathan Ward 48 Mary Ward 41 Nancy Ward 21 Willard Ward 18 Annis Ward 16 Augustus Ward 13 Lovina Ward 11 Lona Ward 10 Alonzo Ward 5 Emely K Ward 2 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.