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Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks 1806–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1806

Birth Location: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 10 Apr 1886

Death Location: Ocean, Wyoming Co, WV, USA

Father: John III

Mother: Jennet Albert

Spouse(s): William Brooks

Children(s): Andrew Brooks

Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks was born in 1806 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA, the child of John Old Jack Cooke Iii And Jennet Jennie Albert. Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks married William Richard Brooks, and had children including Andrew Jackson Brooks. Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks passed away in 1886 in Ocean, Wyoming Co, WV, USA.

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Biography

  • Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks was born in 1806 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA, the child of John Old Jack Cooke Iii And Jennet Jennie Albert.
  • Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks married William Richard Brooks, and had children including Andrew Jackson Brooks.
  • Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks passed away in 1886 in Ocean, Wyoming Co, WV, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John III
1778–1858
Birth Location: Narrows New River, Montgomery, Virginia, USA
JI
Jennet Albert
1784–1853
Birth Location: Mountain Lake, Giles, Virginia, USA
JA

Spouses(s)

William Brooks
1795–1866
Birth Location: Clinch Valley, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
WB

Children(s)

Andrew Brooks
1839–1894
Birth Location: Milam Fork, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
AB

Eleanor Brooks's Ancestors

Self
Eleanor Brooks
1806–1886
Birth Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Parents
John "Old Jack" Cooke III
1778–1858
Narrows New River, Montgomery, Virginia, USA
Jennet ("Jennie") Albert
1784–1853
Mountain Lake, Giles, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (Old Jack) Cooke) I
1752–1832
Westminister, London, England
Eleanor ("Nellie" Goodall) Pemberton
1756–1812
Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Jacob (Allen) Albert
1757–1856
, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth (Ann) Williams
1771–1831
German New River Settlement, Giles, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jacob NC)
1728–1791
Sophia NC)
1729–1792
Mary William
1750–1822
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Eleanor Brooks's Descendants

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Eleanor ("Nellie" Cooke) Brooks (1806–10 Apr 1886) m. William (Richard) Brooks (31 May 1795–5 May 1866)
  1. 1. Andrew (Jackson) Brooks 1839–1894 m. Juliet (A.) Cooke 1840–1919
    1. 1. Anthony (Lawson) Brooks 1869–1940 m. Martha (Ellen) Gunnoe 1876–1938
      1. 1. Macy Brooks 1898–1985 m. Leslie (Arthur) Field 1891–1983

Eleanor Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1806
1806
Birth of Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
1886
10 Apr 1886
Age 80
Death of Eleanor "Nellie" Cooke Brooks in Ocean, Wyoming Co, WV, USA
Ocean, Wyoming Co, WV, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1806
    Event Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1886
    Event Place: Ocean, Wyoming Co, WV, USA
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