Herman Joe Brooks and Kitty May Gillett

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Husband Herman Joe Brooks [5684]

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      Born: 10 Sep 1855 - , , , Germany ^{1 2 3 4}
 Christened:
      Died: 28 Jan 1933 - , Russia, Lorain, OH ^{2 3 4}
     Buried: 31 Jan 1933 - Greenwood Cem, Wellington, Lorain, OH ^{2 3 4}
    Married: 23 Sep 1880 - , , Lorain, OH ^{1 5}

More records for this person:
Immigration, 1850 - from Germany to USA

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Wife Kitty May Gillett [5217]

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      Born: 4 Aug 1857 - , Wellington, Lorain, OH ^{1 2 3 6}
 Christened:
      Died: 12 Sep 1932 - , Russia, Lorain, OH ^{2 3}
     Buried: 15 Sep 1932 - Greenwood Cem, Wellington, Lorain, OH ^{2 3}

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Father: Matthew Morris Gillett [3446] (1818-1883) ⁷
Mother: Dorothy Van Tassel [3447] (1819-1888)

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Children

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1 F Dorthea Brooks [5685]

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AKA: Dorothy Gillett ⁴
      Born: 12 Oct 1885-1886 - , , , OH ^{1 4}
 Christened:
      Died: 24 Oct 1937 - , Russia, Lorain, OH ⁴
     Buried: 27 Oct 1937 ⁴

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2 M Henry Van Brooks [5686] ¹

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AKA: Van W. Brooks ⁸
      Born: 29 Sep 1889 - , Clarksfield, Huron, OH ^{1 8}
 Christened:
      Died:
     Buried:

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3 M Herman Clair Brooks [5687]

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      Born: 1 Apr 1891 - , Wellington, Lorain, OH ^{1 4 9 10}
 Christened:
      Died: 29 Aug 1948 - , Oberlin, Lorain, OH ^{4 10}
     Buried: 1948 - Greenwood Cem, Wellington, Lorain, OH ¹⁰

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4 M Charles Hubert Brooks [5688]

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      Born: 4 Nov 1895 - , Wellington, Lorain, OH ^{11 12 13 14}
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      Died: Dec 1972 - , , Lorain, OH ^{3 11}
     Buried: 1972 - Greenwood Cem, Wellington, Lorain, OH ³
Spouse: Marjorie M. Been [6761] (1902-1967) ¹⁵

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5 M Ernest Irvin Brooks [5689]

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      Born: 9 Apr 1897 - , Wellington, Lorain, OH ^{1 8}
 Christened:
      Died:
     Buried:

1 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900.

2 A021. Ohio Death Certificates, kept by the Ohio State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Columbus, OH.

3 "Greenwood Cemetery, Wellington, Lorain, OH" (transcription) published by on the internet by Find-A-Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=41&GScid=41203&.

4 M257. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 (database) available on the internet at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681000.

5 M224. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 (database) available on the internet at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681001.

6 C86. United States Federal Census, year 1860.

7 Daniel Van Tassel, "The Genealogy of the Van Texel--Van Tassell Family in America,1625-1900" (manuscript, abt 1900, The Holland Society of New York), p. 226; a typed format of the original manuscript is scanned and available online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vantasselfamilyhistoryhomepage/DanielVT/DanielVanTassel.pdf

8 M225. Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 (database) available on the internet at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680845.

9 A169. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," (card files) original cards; scanned and published on the internet by FamilySearch.org and also Ancestry.com, at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530.

10 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

11 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

12 "Greenwood Cemetery, Wellington, Lorain, OH" (transcription) published by on the internet by Find-A-Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=41&GScid=41203&, 1894(?).

13 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900, 1894(?).

14 M225. Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 (database) available on the internet at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680845, Nov 4 1895.

15 A213. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997" (database and scans of original records), by Various County Courts throughout Ohio; published on the internet by at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804, named on record of son Richard Allen Brooks.

Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, compiled by I. Rowley, version of Nov. 10, 2016.

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