Brief Life History of Roadman Franklin
When Roadman Franklin Brooks was born on 20 September 1892, in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, his father, Andrew J Brooks, was 33 and his mother, Emmaline Caroline Mooneyham, was 28. He lived in Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years and Civil District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 16 June 1935, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 42.
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Sources (9)
- Roadman Brooks in household of Matilda Moonyham, "United States Census, 1900"
- Roadman Franklin Brooks, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Roadman Brooks, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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