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Sarah Augusta Read 1854 – 1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 August 1854

Birth Location: Orono, Maine

Death Date: 23 OCT 1944

Death Location: Fullerton, California

Father: William Reed

Mother: Frances Doble

Spouse(s): Jesse Brooks

Children(s): Harry Brooks, Minnie Brooks, Lt Brooks

Sarah Augusta Read was born in 1854 in Orono, Maine, the child of William H. Reed and Frances Powers Doble. In 1870, Sarah Augusta Read resided in Beaver, Renville, Minnesota, USA. Sarah Augusta Read married Jesse Thomas Brooks, and had children including Harry Bayard Brooks, Minnie Katherine Brooks, Lt Col. (ret.) Loren Read Brooks. Sarah Augusta Read passed away in 1944 in Fullerton, California.

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Biography

  • Sarah Augusta Read was born in 1854 in Orono, Maine, the child of William H. Reed and Frances Powers Doble.
  • In 1870, Sarah Augusta Read resided in Beaver, Renville, Minnesota, USA.
  • Sarah Augusta Read married Jesse Thomas Brooks, and had children including Harry Bayard Brooks, Minnie Katherine Brooks, Lt Col. (ret.) Loren Read Brooks.
  • Sarah Augusta Read passed away in 1944 in Fullerton, California.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Reed
1809 – 1882
Birth Location: Orono, Penobscot, Maine, USA
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Frances Doble
1813 – 1889
Birth Location: Brooks, Waldo, Maine, USA
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Spouses(s)

Jesse Brooks
1855 – 1912
Birth Location: River Falls, Wisconsin
JB

Children(s)

Harry Brooks
1877 – 1944
Birth Location: Emmett, Renville County, Minnesota, USA
HB
Minnie Brooks
1878 – 1958
Birth Location: Renville, MN
MB
Lt Brooks
1889 – 1967
Birth Location: Renville, Minnesota
LB

Sarah Read's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Read
1854 – 1944
Birth Place: Orono, Maine
Parents
William H. Reed
1809 – 1882
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, USA
Frances (Powers) Doble
1813 – 1889
Brooks, Waldo, Maine, USA
Grandparents
William Read
1773 – 1816
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Jane Orcutt
1780 – 1871
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
William Doble
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Read's Descendants

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Sarah (Augusta) Read (24 August 1854 – 23 OCT 1944) m. Jesse (Thomas) Brooks (10 MAY 1855 – 27 JAN 1912)
  1. 1. Harry (Bayard) Brooks (15 Jan 1877 – 11 JUL 1944)
  2. 2. Minnie (Katherine) Brooks (11 MAR 1878 – 13 NOV 1958)
  3. 3. Lt (Col. (ret.) Loren Read) Brooks (20 APR 1889 – 30 NOV 1967)

Sarah Read's Timeline

3 Records

1854
24 August 1854
Birth of Sarah Augusta Read in Orono, Maine
Orono, Maine
1870
1870
Age 16
Sarah Augusta Read resided here in Beaver, Renville, Minnesota, USA
Beaver, Renville, Minnesota, USA
1944
23 OCT 1944
Age 90
Death of Sarah Augusta Read in Fullerton, California
Fullerton, California

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 August 1854
    Event Place: Orono, Maine
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Beaver, Renville, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 OCT 1944
    Event Place: Fullerton, California
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