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Ransom Garfield Brooks 1903–1947 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 SEP 1903

Birth Location: Alleghany, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 19 JAN 1947

Death Location: Alleghany, North Carolina, USA

Father: John Brooks

Mother: Media Edwards

Spouse(s): Edith Blackburn

Children(s): Jimmy Brooks, Bill Brooks

In 1903, Ransom Garfield Brooks entered the world in Alleghany, North Carolina, USA, born to John A Brooks And Media Ann Edwards. Ransom Garfield Brooks married Edith Martha Blackburn, and had children including Bill Edward Brooks, Jimmy Robert Brooks. Ransom Garfield Brooks passed away in 1947 in Alleghany, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1903, Ransom Garfield Brooks entered the world in Alleghany, North Carolina, USA, born to John A Brooks And Media Ann Edwards.
  • Ransom Garfield Brooks married Edith Martha Blackburn, and had children including Bill Edward Brooks, Jimmy Robert Brooks.
  • Ransom Garfield Brooks passed away in 1947 in Alleghany, North Carolina, USA.

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Ransom Brooks's Ancestors

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Ransom Brooks
1903–1947
Birth Place: Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
Parents
John A. Brooks
1858–1926
North Carolina, USA
Media (Ann) Edwards
1863–1955
Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Calvin Edwards
1836–1883
North Carolina, USA
Sarah Andrews
1834–1914
Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Edwards
1798–1890
Edith Barton
1799–1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Barton
1756–1839
Elizabeth Pennington
1774–1857

Ransom Brooks's Descendants

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Ransom (Garfield) Brooks (22 SEP 1903–19 JAN 1947) m. Edith (Martha) Blackburn (29 FEB 1908–16 FEB 2007)
  1. 1. Jimmy (Robert) Brooks 1940–1983
  2. 2. Bill (Edward) Brooks 1930–2006

Ransom Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1903
22 SEP 1903
Birth of Ransom Garfield Brooks in Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
1947
19 JAN 1947
Age 44
Death of Ransom Garfield Brooks in Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
Alleghany, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 SEP 1903
    Event Place: Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 JAN 1947
    Event Place: Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

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