Alvin Elishia Brooks

Brief Life History of Alvin Elishia

When Alvin Elishia Brooks was born on 9 April 1905, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Alexander Hamilton Brooks, was 32 and his mother, Martha "Mattie" Eliza Clarke, was 29. He married Flossie May Stevens on 13 July 1926, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. He lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1920 and German Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 31 December 1996, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alvin Elishia Brooks
1905–1996
Marie Madeline Schram
1904–2009
Marriage: 7 August 1932
Jack Brooks
1936–2024
Jack Eugene Brooks
1936–2024

Sources (14)

  • Alvin Brooks, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
  • Alvin E Brooks, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1913 · Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust from Hinman Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. It is to be known as the fourth-wealthiest art museum in the United States. The museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 1916, and is free to the public to come and enjoy the diverse collections inside. Today the museum can be found as the center piece of Wade Park and both are on the National Register of Historic Places.

1929

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

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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