Olive Brooks

Female23 June 1897–22 January 1985

Brief Life History of Olive

When Olive Brooks was born on 23 June 1897, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, her father, Stewart Augustus Brooks, was 29 and her mother, Emma Mary Conner, was 29. She lived in Election Precinct 30 Dauphin Island, Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1920. She died on 22 January 1985, in Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Stewart Augustus Brooks
1867–1942
Emma Mary Conner
1867–1904
Olive Brooks
1897–1985
Elizabeth Brooks
1902–1983

Sources (4)

  • Olive Brooks in household of Leslie C Brooks, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Olive Brooks, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  • Aline Brooks in household of Stewart Brooks, "United States Census, 1920"

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Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 1

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched

Age 2

On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.

1920

Age 23

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English: usually a variant of Brook , with excrescent -s. The optional addition of -s, with no grammatical function, is usually post-medieval, but some examples of the same person's name occurring with and without -(e)s have been noted as early as the 14th century in South Lancashire. The -es in such cases probably has neither a plural nor a genitival function, and the name means ‘dweller at the brook’, not ‘dweller at the brooks’. A plural sense cannot be ruled out elsewhere, but a non-grammatical -(e)s must also be considered a strong possibility.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

Americanized form of German Brucks .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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