Individual Details

James Albert Brooks Sr.

(15 Feb 1917 - 12 May 2007)

Events

Birth15 Feb 1917Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas
Census (family)-shared24 Jan 1920(Barlow Brooks and Lillie Mae Kingston) Van Zandt County, Texas
Census (family)-shared21 Apr 1930(Barlow Brooks and Lillie Mae Kingston) Van Zandt County, Texas
Census (family)-shared24 May 1940(Barlow Brooks and Lillie Mae Kingston) Silver Lake, Van Zandt County, Texas
Marriage2 Oct 1943Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey - Evelyn Louise Martin
Death12 May 2007Tarrant County, Texas
Burial15 May 2007Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas

Families

SpouseEvelyn Louise Martin (1924 - 2021)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherBarlow Brooks (1890 - 1975)
MotherLillie Mae Kingston (1891 - 1972)
SiblingPelham Franklin Brooks (1919 - 1991)
SiblingFannie Ruth Brooks (1924 - 1987)
SiblingKenneth Samuel Brooks (1927 - 2004)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Barlow Brooks, Sr Head Male 30 Mississippi - Farmer
Lillie Brooks Wife Female 28 Tennessee
James Brooks Son Male 2 10/12 Texas
Barlow Brooks, Jr Son Male 8/12 Texas (this must be Pelham)

Census (family)-shared

Baleten Brooks Head Male 40 Mississippi - Farmer
Lillie Brooks Wife Female 40 Tennessee
James Brooks Son Male 13 Texas
Franklin Brooks Son Male 10 Texas
Finnie R Brooks Daughter Female 5 6/12 Texas
Kenneth Brooks Son Female 2 4/12 Texas

Census (family)-shared

Barlow Brooks Head Male 51 Mississippi - Farmer
Lillie May Brooks Wife Female 49 Tennessee
James A Brooks Son Male 23 Texas - Assistant cook, C.C.C.
Pelham F Brooks Son Male 20 Texas - Family worker, farm
Fannie Ruth Brooks Daughter Female 15 Texas
Kenneth Sam Brooks Son Male 12 Texas

Endnotes

1. United States Census, 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9L-WJ5.

2. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H2KX-G3Z.

3. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Q7-8F2.

4. Find a Grave Memorial 19369789.