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Basil Charles Brooke

Basil Charles Brooke

Male 1875 - 1952  (76 years)

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  • Name Basil Charles Brooke  [1, 2
    Born 15 Oct 1875  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • 1900 census gives birth as Oct 1869; Social Security death index gives 15 Oct 1875
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1888  [1
    Residence 1900  Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Reporter 
    Died 18 Mar 1952  San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • NOT SURE THIS IS HIM -- The San Francisco Basil C. Brooke is in the 1920 census as a 51 year old married shoestore salesman, born in Canada, father England, mother Ireland; no other lodgers named Brooke
    Person ID I872  Zurück in der Zeit
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 

    Family 1 Viola Frey,   b. Mar 1875, Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1944  (Age > 70 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1896  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by William B. Leach, minister; apparently divorced, since they both remarried in 1899 in Chicago and he then moved to New York, with their son Walter
    Brooke-Frey Marriage 1896-06-24
    Brooke-Frey Marriage 1896-06-24
    by William B. Leach, minister -- his surname is spelled both BROOKE and BROOK on this document and BROOKS on the remarriage of his widow 7 Oct 1899
    Children 
     1. Walter Earl Brooke,   b. 20 Apr 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1985, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Olga A. Crahe,   b. May 1871, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 5 Aug 1899  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • by Edward Fielding, ordained minister and Brigadier General of Volunteers of America
    Marriage of Basil Brooke & Olga A. Crahe
    Marriage of Basil Brooke & Olga A. Crahe
    by Edward Fielding, ordained minister and Brigadier General of Volunteers of America -- This is remarriage after an apparent divorce from Viola Frey.
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Oct 1875 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Jun 1896 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Aug 1899 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Mar 1952 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Marriage of Basil Brooke & Olga A. Crahe
    Marriage of Basil Brooke & Olga A. Crahe
    by Edward Fielding, ordained minister and Brigadier General of Volunteers of America -- This is remarriage after an apparent divorce from Viola Frey.
    Brooke-Frey Marriage 1896-06-24
    Brooke-Frey Marriage 1896-06-24
    by William B. Leach, minister -- his surname is spelled both BROOKE and BROOK on this document and BROOKS on the remarriage of his widow 7 Oct 1899

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1043; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 23.
      Birth date: Oct 1869
      Birth place: England
      Marriage date: 1896
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York
      Arrival date: 1888
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=48369060&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1043; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 23.


    2. [S46] California Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Original d;).
      Birth date: 15 Oct 1875
      Birth place: New York
      Death date: 18 Mar 1952
      Death place: San Francisco, California
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cadeath1940&h=866258&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1043; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 23.
      Birth date: May 1871
      Birth place: Germany
      Marriage date: 1896
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York
      Arrival date: 1890
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=48369061&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1043; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 23.