Herbert Edwin Crooks

Male30 May 1910–16 March 1975

Brief Life History of Herbert Edwin

When Herbert Edwin Crooks was born on 30 May 1910, in Grenville, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada, his father, Willis Creighton Crookes, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Barley, was 32. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1924 and lived in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States in 1940 and Warren Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1950. He died on 16 March 1975, in Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 64.

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Herbert Edwin Crooks
1910–1975
Ethel Maude Knepper
1910–

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  • Herbert Edwin Crooks, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Herbert Edwin Crooks - Church record: birth-name: Herbert Edwin Crooks
  • Herbert Edwin Crooks, "Cruces fronterizos canadienses de St. Albans, Vermont,1895-1954"

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Age 2

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Age 7

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

1929

Age 19

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

habitational name from Crookes in Sheffield (Yorkshire), named with Old Norse krókr ‘hook, bend’.

variant of Crook , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English:

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

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