ALFRED JOHN3 BROOKS (Alfred2, Francis1) was born at Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, on 17 April 1868 a son of Alfred John Brooks and his wife Fannie Rieff. He died at Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, on 28 July 1942.[1] He married about 1886-7 CARRIE BASSETT.[2] She was born at Upper Alloways Creek, Salem County, New Jersey, on 20 February 1868, a daughter of George W. and Agnes Bassett.[3] She died at Vineland on 4 January 1963.[4]
Alfred Brooks, the oldest of fourteen chidren, married at the age of 18 or 19, before two of his siblings had been born. Most of his early years were spent in Cumberland County, first at Millville, then at Landis Township, next to the boro of Vineland. Carrie was the fourth of six children. Her father was a glassblower, and they moved several times, The 1880 Census reported her family at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[5] The 1885 New Jersey Census reported them at Bridgeton, Cumberland County.[6] According to the 1940 Census, Alfred completed 6th grade and Carrie completed 2nd.[7]
The Alfred Brooks family lived in Landis Township all their lives, in close proximity to some of Albert's siblings. In sharp contrast to their families of origin, they had only one child. Albert, like his father and father-in-law, worked as a glass blower, as reportred in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.[8] However the 1915 New Jersey state census called him a farmer,[9] and the 1930 Census described him as a gardiner.[10] He was well known for his gladiolas. According to her death record, Carrie's occupation was "quality clothes, hand work."[11] Alfred's obituary, published in 28 July 1942, reads:[12]
Alfred J. Brooks Alfred J. Brooks, aged 75, of Maple avenue and Brewster road, died at 2:30 a.m. today at his home after a brief illness. A farmer and gladioli raiser, Mr. Brooks was born in Newark and came to Vineland at the age of ten after living a few years in Millville. He is survived by his wife, Carrie; three brothers, Charles of California, William of Huntingdon, Virginia, and Frank of Vineland; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Winslow of Greenfield, Ind., and Miss Daisy Brooks of Vineland, and a daughter, Mrs. Agnes Lezenby of Vineland. . . . |
Alfred Brooks and his wife Carrie Bassett had the following child:
1Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 20 March 2014), Alfred-Carrie Brooks; Created by: Joseph Clarence Reker, Photo added by Carol Parks. Day month and place provided by informant.
"Obituary: Alfred J. Brooks," Vineland (NJ) Daily Journal, 28 July 1942; Newspapers (newspapers.com : accessed 22 November 2019). p. 2.
2Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Landis, Cumberland County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 133, roll 96, p. :17A, household 405, Alfred J. Brooks household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2014); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
3New Jersey Department of State, Division of Archives and Record Management, Trenton, New Jersey "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 29 May 2018), Upper Alloway Creek, Salem County; Carrie Bassett, 1868.
4Carrie B. Brooks, death certificate (Vital Records Abstract Certifiction) 01348 (1963), New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton, New Jersey.
5Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 48, roll 1159, p. 417C, household 263, George Bassett family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2014); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6New Jersey State Census, 1885, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, p. 128, household 898, George W. Bassett family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 8 October 2018).
7Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Landis, Cumberland County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 6-31, roll 2326, p. 11B, household 11, Alfred Brooks family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2014); NARA microfilm group T627.
81900 Census, Landis, Cumberland County, New Jersey, ED 133, roll 96, p. :17A, household 405, Alfred J. Brooks household. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Landis, Cumberland County, NewJersey, enumeration district (ED) 113, roll 875:, p. 9A, household 286, Alfred Brooks family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2014); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9New Jersey State Census, 1915, Landis, Cumberland County, New Jersey, sheet 10A, household 113, Alfred J. Brooks family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 8 October 2018).
10Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Landis, Cumberland County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 28, roll 1326, p. 17A, household 435, Alfred J. Brooks family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2014); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
11Carrie B. Brooks, New Jersey death certificate 01348 (1963).
12"Obituary: Alfred J. Brooks."
New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton, New Jersey. Death certificate: Carrie B. Brooks, 1963.
New Jersey Department of State, Trenton. New Jersey State Census, 1885. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2018.
________. New Jersey State Census, 1915. Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2018.
New Jersey Department of State, Division of Archives and Record Management, Trenton, New Jersey. "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980." Database. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2018.
Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2014.
United States Department of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
________. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
________. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
________. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
Vineland Daily Journal. Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey. 28 July 1942.
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