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Grace Brooks 1898 – 1948 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1898

Birth Location: Missouri

Death Date: 26 Apr 1948

Death Location: Portland, Oregon, United States

Father: Amos Brooks

Mother: Elizabeth Rayfield

Spouse(s): James Merker

Children(s): Janet Merker, James Merker

Grace Brooks was born in 1898 in Missouri, the child of Amos Lee Brooks and Elizabeth Nancy "Lizzie" Rayfield. Grace Brooks later married James H Merker, and together they raised children including Janet Estelle Merker and James Henry Merker. In 1948, Grace Brooks passed away in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Parents

Amos Brooks
1865 – 1940
Birth Location: Missouri
AB
Elizabeth Rayfield
1871 – 1929
Birth Location: Reynolds, Missouri, USA
ER

Spouses(s)

James Merker
1891 – 1948
Birth Location: Kentucky
JM

Children(s)

Janet Merker
1919 – 1998
Birth Location: Denver, Colorado
JM
James Merker
1923 – 2008
Birth Location: Colorado
JM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1898
    Event Place: Missouri
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03393; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 37-482, Year: 1930; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0089, Year: 1900; Census Place: Webb, Reynolds, Missouri; Roll: 885; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0086; FHL microfilm: 1240885, Year: 1910; Census Place: Saint Francois, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: T624_827; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0164; FHL microfilm: 1374840

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Webb, Reynolds, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Webb, Reynolds, Missouri; Roll: 885; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0086; FHL microfilm: 1240885

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Saint Francois, Wayne, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Saint Francois, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: T624_827; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0164; FHL microfilm: 1374840

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0089

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Topeka, Sedgwick, Kansas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03393; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 37-482

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03393; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 37-482

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Apr 1948
    Event Place: Portland, Oregon, United States
    Record Source: Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008, Oregon State Library; Death Index 1942-50; Reel Title: Oregon Death Index Km-Z; Year Range: 1942-1950
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