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Minnie Frances, BROOKS Wood 1874 – 1966 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1874

Birth Location: Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 15 Dec 1966

Death Location: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Father: Felix Wood

Mother: Ellen Wilson

Spouse(s): Lothair Brooks, Loever Brooks

Children(s): Edith Brooks, Lothair Brooks, George Brooks, Alice Brooks

According to available records, Minnie Frances BROOKS Wood was born in 1874 in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA, the child of Felix Mercer Wood and Ellen Elvira WOOD Wilson. Following those early years, Minnie Frances BROOKS Wood married Lothair Brooks and Loever Brooks, and their family grew to include Edith Brooks, Lothair Brooks, George D. Brooks and Alice Wilson FRUITTICHER Brooks. In the later years of life, Minnie Frances BROOKS Wood died in 1966 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.

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Parents

Felix Wood
1839 – 1930
Birth Location: Jefferson, Alabama, United States
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Ellen Wilson
1846 – 2026
Birth Location: Jefferson, Alabama, United States
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Spouses(s)

Lothair Brooks
1870 – 1940
Birth Location: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
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Loever Brooks
1872 –
Birth Location: Alabama
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Children(s)

Edith Brooks
1893 – 1961
Birth Location: Alabama
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Lothair Brooks
1895 – 1961
Birth Location: Alabama
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George Brooks
1898 – 1986
Birth Location: Alabama
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Alice Brooks
1905 – 1985
Birth Location: Alabama
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Oct 1874
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1910; Census Place: Birmingham Ward 16, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T624_20; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1374033

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Birmingham Ward 16, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Birmingham Ward 16, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T624_20; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1374033

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Dec 1966
    Event Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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