Brooks Family History
Brooks Name Meaning
English: from the possessive case of Brook (i.e. ‘of the
brook’).Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more
like-sounding Jewish surnames.Americanized spelling of German
Brucks.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brooks
Name Distribution of Brooks Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brooks families
 2,589 - 5,175  864 - 2,588 |
 1 - 863  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brooks families
|
170 - 337 57 - 169 |
1 - 56 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brooks census records
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Brooks Family Origin
Brooks Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Brooks families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Brooks Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Brooks families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Brooks Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brooks census records
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Military Service by Brooks
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