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George Edwin Brooks

Male 1900 - 1967  (66 years)

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  • Name George Edwin Brooks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 10 Jun 1900  Ritchie, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • Finch
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LVPD-GTD 
    Occupation Oil field worker Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Residence 1910  Grant, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1930  Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Sterling, Arenac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1950  Lincoln, Arenac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Burial 1967  Standish, Arenac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Death 8 Apr 1967  Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I41149  Clan Montgomery Society
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

    Family Opal Imogene Clark,   b. 30 Aug 1907, Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1953, Bay, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 27 May 1926  Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. Nancy Jo Brooks,   b. 18 Jan 1938, Omer, Arenac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 2013, El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F13445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jun 1900 - Ritchie, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 May 1926 - Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Sterling, Arenac, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1967 - Standish, Arenac, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Apr 1967 - Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Born and raised in West Virginia. Quit school at fourth grade. Beganworking at that age in oil fields by driving wagon. Worked in oil fieldsmost of his life. Traveled around a great deal with his job. Lived inTexas, Illinois, Kentucky, and Michigan. Badly injured in automobileaccident in 1953 which took the life of wife, Opal. Kneecap removed whichcaused him to limp the rest of his life. Married #2 Olive Biehl, agirlhood friend of Opal's. Suffered from heart trouble and died of aheart attack while on the job drilling a water well. Obituary from Mt.Carmel Daily Republican-Register April 10, 1967 "George Brooks, 66,Allendale died suddenly Saturday morning. Surviving are his wife, Olive,two children, Nancy Jo Runta, Finley, Ohio; Bill R., Wayne, Michigan;four grandchildren, five brothers, Charles of Flat Rock, Ill, Earl of SanAngelo, Texas, Knoles of Ellenborough, West Virginia, Hobert ofBridgeport, West Virginia and Delbert of Montana. Funeral services willbe held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the King and Ingram Funeral Home inAllendale with the Rev. Grant Cummins officiating. Burial will be inStandish, Michigan. Friends may call at the funeral home."
      Submitted by Nancy (Brooks) Runta via GEDCOM 5/26/03.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2780] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Sterling, Arenac, Michigan; Roll: T627_1724; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 6-6.
      Record for George Brooks

    2. [S2889] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    3. [S2772] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Grant, Ritchie, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1693; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1375706.

    4. [S2774] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Allendale, Wabash, Illinois; Roll: 565; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 536.0; FHL microfilm: 2340300.

    5. [S2795] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: West Virginia; Registration County: Ritchie; Roll: 1992963.

    6. [S6008] Ancestry.com, Web: Michigan, Find A Grave Index, 1805-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    7. [S2972] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Number: 378-07-6927; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    8. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Nancy Jo Runta
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=149251296&indiv=try

    9. [S4362] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Lincoln, Arenac, Michigan; Roll: 2604; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 6-8.
      Record for George E Blacks
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=174301390&indiv=try

    10. [S1790] Sgs.FTW.
      Date of Import: Feb 23, 2000

    11. [S1789] Brooks.FTW.
      Date of Import: May 25, 2003


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