Robert Albert Brookes

Robert Albert Brookes

Male 1890 - 1967  (77 years)

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  • Name Robert Albert Brookes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Birth 1 Aug 1890  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Military Draft Registration 1917  Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Draft Registration - WWI: Military Marital Status: Married 
    Census 1920  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married 
    Census 1930  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Census 1940  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Military Draft Registration 1942  Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Draft Registration - WWII 
    Census 1950  Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Jennie 
    Obituary Sep 1967  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Obituary for R. A. Brookes (Aged 77) -- Newspapers.com - Hartford Courant - 26 Sep 1967 - Page 16 
    Obituary-BROOKES Robert Albert
    Obituary-BROOKES Robert Albert
    Occupation Postmaster and Fire Chief  [3, 14
    Death 25 Sep 1967  Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 8, 10, 14
    Burial Higganum Cemetery, Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10, 14
    • Jennie Gustafson and Robert A Brookes, buried together
    Cemetery-Higganum (CT)
    Cemetery-Higganum (CT)
    Grave-BROOKES Jennie and Robert
    Grave-BROOKES Jennie and Robert
    Person ID I26355  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Arthur Brookes,   b. Sep 1859, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1929 (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth 'Lizzie' McGee,   b. Dec 1862, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1925, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Aug 1882  Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 15
    Family ID F5365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jennie Emilia Gustafson,   b. 19 Mar 1887, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1956, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jan 1912  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Eva Brookes,   b. 20 Feb 1913, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1995, Dover, Kent, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F11165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Wilhelmina Elizabeth Hart,   b. 7 Sep 1899, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1995, Safety Harbor, Pinellas, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1962  Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F11166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Aug 1890 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1900 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Jan 1912 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI: Military Marital Status: Married - 1917 - Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married - 1920 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Jennie - 1950 - Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Apr 1962 - Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Obituary for R. A. Brookes (Aged 77) -- Newspapers.com - Hartford Courant - 26 Sep 1967 - Page 16 - Sep 1967 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Sep 1967 - Higganum, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • News
    Obituary-BROOKES Robert Albert
    Obituary-BROOKES Robert Albert

  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: 271; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 331.0; FHL microfilm: 2340006.
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    2. [S30] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T625_187; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 215.
      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census


    3. [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Hartford Courant; Publication Date: 26/ Sep/ 1967; Publication Place: Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/370961225/?article=4f633f7c-e107-4b58-91af-7f9e5f21cbdd&focus=0.1644714,0.16130945,0.27678293,0.43.

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    6. [S1352] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 048-05-3814; Issue State: Connecticut; Issue Date: Before 1951.

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      U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918


    10. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110127126/

    11. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: 141; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0276; FHL microfilm: 1240141.
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census


    12. [S27] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T627_512; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 4-17.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    13. [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Higganum, Middlesex,.

    14. [S2823] Obituary of Robert A Brookes - Hartford Courant - 1967, (Name: Hartford Courant; Location: Hartford, Connecticut; Date: 26 Sep 1967;), Obituary for R. A. Brookes (Aged 77).
      R. A. Brookes Dies at Age 77 In Higganum HADDAM (Special) Robert A. Brookes, 77, of Dublin Road, Higganum, former postmaster and first chief of the Haddam Volunteer Fire Department, died at his home Monday afternoon. He also was a former member of the Board of Education. Mr. Brookes served as postmaster in Higganum for 25 years, retiring in I960 He was a lifelong Higganum resident, a member of Granite Lodge, AFandAM and a member of the Higganum Congre-
      He leaves his wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Hart Brookes; a daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Scovil of North Haven; two step-daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Hyams of New York City and Mrs. Campbell Koehn of Duneden, Fla.; three brothers, Fred E. Brookes of Ivoryton, and Arthur W. and Whitney K. Brookes, both of Higganum; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Church St., Middletown, Thurs day at 11 a.m. The Rev. David B. Kinney, minister of the Higganum Congregational Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Higganum Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56490273/obituary-for-r-a-brookes-aged-77/?xid=637
      Obituary-BROOKES Robert Albert
      Obituary-BROOKES Robert Albert


    15. [S254] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
      Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920