Brief Life History of Viola
When Viola Brooks was born on 10 June 1890, in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States, her father, Sidney S Brooks, was 32 and her mother, Annie Dease, was 27. She had at least 2 daughters with Hugh David McLaurin. She lived in Centerville, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Detroit Ward 1, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 22 December 1964, in Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Viola Brooks, "United States Census, 1900"
- Viola Creamer, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Mrs Viola Brooks Creamer, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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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