Brief Life History of Ollie N
When Ollie N Brake was born on 21 February 1896, in Humphreys, Tennessee, United States, her father, Charles Michael Brake, was 33 and her mother, Josephine B. Stewart, was 18. She married William Jesse Gilbert on 1 October 1916, in Humphreys, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 14, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 4, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States in 1920. She died on 16 June 1941, in McEwen, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Bold Spring, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Ollie N? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Ollie M Breacht, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ollie Brake, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Ollie N. Brake Cochran, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (17)
+12 More Children
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset and Dorset): topographic name for someone who lived by a clump of bushes or by a patch of bracken. Brake ‘thicket’ and brake ‘bracken’ were homonyms in Middle English. The first is from Old English bracu; the second is by folk etymology from northern Middle English braken, -en being taken as a plural ending. After the words had fallen together, their senses also became confused.
North German: habitational name from any of several places so named, notably a town on the Weser River, or a topographic name from Middle Low German brāke mening either ‘breach in the dyke’ or ‘brushwood’.
Dutch (Te Brake, Van de Brake): topographic name from braak ‘wasteland, fallow’, or ‘breached (dyke)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.