Eliza Ann (Hunt) Brooks (1859 - abt. 1935)

Born 25 Dec 1859 in Fitzroy Twp., Carleton Co., Canada West

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Biography

Eliza was born in Fitzroy Township, Ontario, Canada. Her father died when she was eight, and her mother a year later. Eliza immigrated to Kansas from Ontario, 1872. Age 12, she went to Kansas with her sister Letitia Sullivan and brother Francis Hunt. They lived at a farm on the river south of Valley Center.

Eliza Ann married William E Brook on February 29, 1881. In 1918, Eliza and her husband moved to Valley Center, and to Wichita in 1920. She was survived by four sons: Cecil in Maize, Alden in Rogue River, Oregon, Charles in Bentley, and William in Oklahoma City, and three daughters: Allie in Roseburg, Oregon, Lena in Wichita, and Sarah lived at home.

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• 1861 Census Fitzroy Twp., Carleton Co., Canada West http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/jpg/4107388_00095.jpg

• 1871 Canada Census Fitzroy Twp., Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada, page 42 http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4396355_00574.jpg

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch census photo : 14 July 2016, Eliza N Brooks in household of W E Brooks, Park, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 218, sheet 322D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0396; FHL microfilm 1,254,396.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch census photo : accessed 27 April 2017, Eliza A Brooks in household of William Brooks, Park Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 270, sheet 7B, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,499.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch census photo : accessed 27 April 2017) Eliza A Brooks in household of William E Brooks, Park, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 92, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 455; FHL microfilm 1,374,468.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch census photo : accessed 27 April 2017, Eliza A Brooks in household of William E Brooks, Wichita Ward 2, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing ED 129, sheet 5B, line 67, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 549; FHL microfilm 1,820,549.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch census photo : accessed 27 April 2017, Eliza A Brooks in household of William E Brooks, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 22B, line 52, family 649, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 720; FHL microfilm 2,340,455.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54974307

• Gillan, W and M. 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒 𝑆h𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝐴 𝐺𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛, 𝐺𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 Pakenham, 1970