Kenneth J. Brooks (1906 - 1985)

Born 8 Apr 1906 in Tescott, Ottawa, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died Feb 1985 at age 78 in South Beloit, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

Biography

Kenneth was born in 1906. He was the son of Edwin Brooks and Augusta Lange.

In 1940 he was living in Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, with his brother AJ's family, and his father. He was single and had been living in Washington, Kansas 5 years previously. He was 34 and working as a laborer for the WPA.

He passed away in 1985. He is buried in Eastlawn Cemetery in Beloit, WI.

Research Notes

Possible sources indicating marriage to a woman named Gladys (Miller) (previously married to Field)? And a daughter. Worked as proprietor of a grocery store.

• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1N-7SYZ : Wed Oct 04 02:45:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Kenneth Brooks and Gladys Brooks, 3 May 1950.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ3-2J4R : 10 February 2023), Kenneth J Brooks in entry for Gayle Elizabeth Brooks,
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181277067/gladys-r-brooks
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ6K-DFDR : 2 June 2020), Kenneth J Brooks, 1994-2004.

Sources

• FamilySearch
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Z3-6VN : Fri Oct 06 19:29:42 UTC 2023), Entry for E H Brooks and Agusta Brooks, 1910.
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXQ-7DW : Thu Dec 07 21:31:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Edwin H Brooks and Augusta Brooks, 1920.
• "Kansas State Census, 1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-THM8 : Fri Oct 06 03:15:56 UTC 2023), Entry for E H Brooks and Augusta B Brooks.

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7JK-CJQ : Tue Nov 28 12:31:38 UTC 2023), Entry for August J Brooks and Berdine E Brooks, 1940.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPYY-XL78 : Fri Oct 20 00:36:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Kenneth J Brooks, 26 Feb 1985.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3JS-MX9 : 10 January 2021), Kenneth Brooks, Feb 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find a Grave