George Washington Brooks1 
(c. Jan 5, 1796 - Apr 27, 1879)
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George Washington Brooks was born circa Jan 5, 1796 in Worcester, Massachusetts.1,2,3 He was the son of Samuel Brooks and Anne Bedel.1
He was a merchant in Sherbrooke and a farmer in Capelton.1
George married (1st) Eunice Flagg.1
George married (2nd) Rebecca J. Flagg.1,4
George and Rebecca appeared on the 1851 Canadian Census of Ascot township, Sherbrooke, Canada East (Québec). Listed with them were their children Alphonzo, Sarah, Charles, Mary, Lucinda, Elizabeth, Adaline, George, Emma, James, William, John, Henry and Libby. One more person, Charles Brooks, school teacher, age 23, is listed as an absent member residing in Shipton.2
George died on Apr 27, 1879.1,3 He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Sherbrooke, Québec.1,3
He was a merchant in Sherbrooke and a farmer in Capelton.1
George married (1st) Eunice Flagg.1
George married (2nd) Rebecca J. Flagg.1,4
George and Rebecca appeared on the 1851 Canadian Census of Ascot township, Sherbrooke, Canada East (Québec). Listed with them were their children Alphonzo, Sarah, Charles, Mary, Lucinda, Elizabeth, Adaline, George, Emma, James, William, John, Henry and Libby. One more person, Charles Brooks, school teacher, age 23, is listed as an absent member residing in Shipton.2
George died on Apr 27, 1879.1,3 He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Sherbrooke, Québec.1,3
Children of George Washington Brooks and Eunice Flagg
- Ann Brooks+1 (1817 - Apr 9, 1875)
- Elijah Brooks+1
- Samuel Brooks1
Children of George Washington Brooks and Rebecca J. Flagg
- Alphonso Brooks+ 1 (c. 1824 - )
- Sarah F. Brooks
1 (c. 1826 - ) - (infant) Brooks1
- Charles Brooks 1 (c. 1829 - )
- Mary Rebekah Brooks 1 (Mar 13, 1831 - Mar 13, 1854)
- Lucinda S. Brooks+ 1 (c. 1833 - )
- Elizabeth Brooks+ 1 (Apr 22, 1834 - Mar 24, 1905)
- Adaline Brooks+ 1 (Feb 7, 1836 - Sep 11, 1917)
- George Washington Brooks+ 1,5 (c. 1838 - bef. Mar 31, 1901)
- Emily Brooks 1 (c. 1840 - )
- James Brooks 1 (c. 1841 - )
- William Brooks 1,6,7 (c. 1844 - Nov 21, 1863)
- John A. Brooks+ 1 (Aug 9, 1848 - )
- Henry Brooks 1 (c. 1849 - )
- Isabel Baron Brooks+ 1 (1851 - )
Footnotes
- "Descendants of Samuel Brooks and Anne Bedel". Charts found in Marion Tomlinson's desk in 1970; another compiled by Dalby B and Alan B Morkill, original owned by Jane Patrick. Copies in possession of author.
- Canada East (Québec). District Sherbrooke (29). 1851 Canadian Census, population schedule. Micropublication C-1142-1143. Ottawa, Ontario: Library and Archives Canada. Online Library and Archives Canada.
- Cemeteries of Québec. Sherbrooke County, Sherbrooke, Elmwood Cemetery. Online Interment.net.
- Cemeteries of Québec. Sherbrooke County, Sherbrooke, Elmwood Cemetery. Online Interment.net.
- 1815-1879, District of Saint-Francis: From the Church Records of Sixteen Religious Denominations, Catholics Not Included, 6 volumes. Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada: La Société de Généalogie des Cantons de l'Est Inc, 1987. Marriages, 2 volumes.
- 1815-1879, District of Saint-Francis: From the Church Records of Sixteen Religious Denominations, Catholics Not Included, 6 volumes. Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada: La Société de Généalogie des Cantons de l'Est Inc, 1992. Deaths, 2 volumes.
- Cemeteries of Québec. Sherbrooke County, Sherbrooke, Elmwood Cemetery. Online Interment.net.
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