WESTBROOK / WESTBROOKS

Descendants of

Henry WESTBROOK(S)

 

 

Migration Pattern:

VA –> IL –> IA –> NE –> CO –> CA

 

 

 

 

 

GENERATION 1

 

 

1 – HENRY WESTBROOK(S)

          (parents unknown)

b: c1812, VA

occupation:

          1860: Wagon maker

1870: Wagon and carriage maker

residence:

c1812- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860-after 1870: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1870, IL (?) 

m: ELIZABETH Unknown, before 1838, VA

parents: (unknown)

b: c1815, NC

occupation:

          1870: Keeping house

          residence:

                    c1815-before 1838: NC

before 1838-before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860-after 1870: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1870, IL (?)

          children: 

 

          2        i.        William WESTBROOK

                              b: c1838, VA

                              d: 

                              m: btw 1860-1870, unknown 

 

          3        ii.       Nancy Elizabeth WESTBROOK

                              b: c1839, VA

                              d: 

                              m: David W. BROWNING, 1871, IL

 

4        iii.      James (T?) WESTBROOK

                              b: c1841, VA

                              d: 

                              m: Merinda SIMMONS, 1868, IL

 

          5        iv.       Caroline WESTBROOK

                              b: 1842, VA

                              d: 1932, CA

                              m: George BEATY, 1865, IL

 

          6        v.        Lydia M. WESTBROOK

                              b: c1844, VA

                              d: 

                              m: Orimill HALL, 1877, IL

         

7        vi.       John (B) (C) WESTBROOK

                              b: c1846, VA

                              d: 

                              m: Estalla L. ROATH, 1873, IL

 

          8        vii.      Mary M. WESTBROOK

                              b: c1851, IL

                              d: 

                              m: John A. FOSTER, 1875, IL

 

9        viii.     Virginia U. WESTBROOK

                              b: c1856, IL

                              d: 

                              m: Fred E. ROBBINS, 1879, IL

 

            

         

NOTE: 

  • The name is spelled both with and without the trailing “S”, but from this point on, I will only spell it without as that was the most common.
  • I have no information on Henry/Elizabeth beyond the 1870 census.

 

 

 

GENERATION 2

 

2 – WILLIAM WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1838, VA

residence:

c1838- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860-after 1870: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

          d:  after 1870

          m: btw 1860-1870, unknown 

 

3 – NANCY ELIZABETH WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1839, VA

residence:

c1839- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860-after 1870: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

          d:  after 1871

          m: DAVID W. BROWNING, Jun 18, 1871, Hancock Co., IL

parents: (unknown)

b:

occupation:

          residence:

1871: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1871

 

4 – JAMES (T?) WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1841, VA

occupation:

          1860: Farmer

1870: Wagon and plow maker

residence:

c1841- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860-before 1870: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

before 1870: Bear Creek Twp, Basco PO, Hancock Co., IL

          military: Civil War – Co. D, 16th IL Infantry, rank “REC”

          d:  after 1870

          m: MERINDA SIMMONS, Nov 22, 1868, Hancock Co., IL

parents: (unknown)

b:

occupation:

          residence:

1868: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

before 1870: Bear Creek Twp, Basco PO, Hancock Co., IL

d: after 1870

 

5 – CAROLINE WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: Mar 1842, VA

          occupation:

                    1870 – Keeping house

                    1880 – Housewife

residence: 

1842- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

                    1860: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL, with parents

          Oct 1865: Hancock Co., IL

1865-1904: SEE George BEATY below

c1904 - c1919: Loveland, Larimer Co., CO

          c1919 - Apr 1932: Auburn, Placer Co., CA

          d: Apr 21, 1932, Auburn, Placer Co., CA

          buried:  Old Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Placer Co., CA

          m: GEORGE BEATY, Oct 17, 1865, Hancock Co., IL

parents:

          father: Reuben BEATY

          mother: Matilda HODGES

          b:  Aug, 1838,  Calloway Co., KY 

                    occupation:

                              1850-1860: Farmer

                              1870: Laborer

                              1880: Farmer

                              1896-1907: Butcher/Meat Cutter 

                    residence:

                              Aug 1838 – unknown: Calloway Co., KY 

                              c1842: IL

                              1850: Franklin Co., IL with parents

                              1860: Franklin Co., IL with parents

                              Oct 1865-after 1877: Hancock Co., IL

                              1870: Carthage, Hancock Co., IL  (Probably until move to IA.)

                              1880: Dodge Township, Guthrie Co., IA

                              c1881-c1904: Tingley, Ringgold Co., IA

                              c1904- Aug 1907: Loveland, Larimer Co., CO

                    d:  Aug 6, 1907 at home in Loveland, Larimer Co., CO

                    buried:  Aug 7, 1907, Loveland Burial Park – Lakeside Cemetery

                              Loveland, Larimer Co., CO

          children:  SEE BEATY for continuation of this line.

 

6 – LYDIA M. WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1844, VA

residence:

c1844- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860- after 1877: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

          d:  after 1877

          m: ORIMILL HALL, Jan 02, 1877, Hancock Co., IL

parents: (unknown)

b:

occupation:

          residence:

1877: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1877

 

7 – JOHN (B) (C) WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1846, VA

occupation:

          1870: Blacksmith

residence:

c1846- before 1851: VA

before 1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860- after 1873: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

          d:  after 1873

          m: ESTALLA L. ROATH, Oct 01, 1873, Hancock Co., IL

parents: (unknown)

b:

occupation:

          residence:

1873 Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1873

 

8 – MARY M. WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1851, IL

residence:

1851-before 1860: IL

before 1860- after 1875: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d:  after 1875

          m: JOHN A. FOSTER, Nov 03, 1875, Hancock Co., IL

parents: (unknown)

b:

occupation:

          residence:

1871: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1871, IL (?)

 

9 – VIRGINIA U. WESTBROOK

          (Henry 1 WESTBROOK)

          b: c1856, IL

residence:

1856-before 1860: IL

before 1860- after 1879: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

          d:  after 1879

          m: FRED E. ROBBINS, May 14, 1879, Hancock Co., IL

parents: (unknown)

b:

occupation:

          residence:

1871: Carthage Township, Hancock Co., IL 

d: after 1871, IL (?)

 

 

 

 

 

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