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- http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA501&lpg=PA491&dq=%22welcome%20converse%22%20Newell&sig=YNjyLSReUqrAB0gl5IRU9WsDuh4&ei=i1y7Sp7UFcaRlAf10MyxDQ&ct=result&id=dzpKAAAAMAAJ&ots=wrxpfZ26kz&output=text
"Charles Converse Brooks,' born in So. Decrfield, Mass., 26 Feb. 1874; was graduated from Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., in 189/;; is a mechanical engineer in the employ of John A. Mead & Co., Rutland, Vt., builders of conveyor machinery. Residence, Rutland, Vt. He married in Burlington, Vt., 22 Dec. 1897, Ida Mae Roleau, born in Williston, Vt., 23 March 1868, daughter of Duncan Alexander Roleau, born in Williston, Vt., 9 Aug. 1836. Her grandfather was Amos Roleaux, who was born in Marseilles, France, and came to New Orleans, La., after the fall of Napoleon, of whose bodyguard he had been one, with wife and family. The sons separated and went in different directions. Mrs. Ida Mae (Roleau) Brooks' grandfather went to Canada, and married there, his wife having come from Paris, where she was born, to live with an aunt in Canada. Mrs. Ida Mae (Roleau) Brook's mother was born in Colchester, Vt., 4 July 1842. Mrs. Brooks' grandfather, David Loren Sharpley, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept., 1811. His wife was Sophia Smith, born in Ireland in 1811."
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