Stephen Andrew Brooks

Male12 August 1941–20 December 1962

Brief Life History of Stephen Andrew

When Stephen Andrew Brooks was born on 12 August 1941, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States, his father, John J Brooks, was 41 and his mother, Lela Hammonds, was 36. He died on 20 December 1962, in Pembroke, Robeson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John J Brooks
1900–1960
Lela Hammonds
1905–1999
Earl Cardell Brooks
1928–1991
Brooks
1929–1929
Maggie Lois Brooks
1930–
John Mark Brooks
1934–1981
Vivian Brooks
1936–
Stephen Andrew Brooks
1941–1962
Judge Sandy Dexter Brooks
1943–2002

Sources (7)

  • Stephens Audrey Brooks, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Stephen Andrew Brooks, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Steven Andrew Brooks, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"

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World Events (8)

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 1

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 3

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

Age 7

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

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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