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Ruby May Brooks

Female 1921 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Ruby May Brooks  [1, 2
    Birth 17 Feb 1921  Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • After their parents both died in Arizona, Mildred, Ruby, Elzora and Fay can all be found on the 1930 Missouri census in St. Louis, Missouri. The four girls are all described as "inmates" of the Masonic Home of Missouri, and listed as Mildred, age 11, born Missouri; Ruby, age 8, born Missouri, Elzora age 7, born Missouri, and Fay, age 5, born Missouri. The Masonic Home of Missouri, was an institution for the elderly and homeless children, supported by Missouri Masonry. It has been located at 5351 Delmar since 1889; however, the oldest of its present buildings dates from 1914. The western portion of its site was the location of the Jewish Hospital, at 5415 Delmar from 1902 to 1927 when it moved to 216 South Kings Highway. Since acquisition of that property, the Masons have erected several structures for expansion of the Home, the latest building, a residential hall, was finished in 1959.

      http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/1930mhm.htm

      http://stlouis.missouri.org/neighborhoods/history/cabanne/hospitals5.htm

      Art Peck wrote that Ruby is a retired Navy Nurse living in Raleigh, North Carolina.

      She participated in the Veterans History Project sponsored by the American Folklife Center and found at the Libary of Congress, referenced at the following website.

      <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/30880>?u?

      ?/u?They showed that she enlisted into the Navy Nurse Corps, and served from 1943 to 1974, achieving the rank of Commander. Her service period covered the Second World War, the Korean War, and a good portion of the Cold War Era.
    Person ID I5364  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Willis "Willie" F. Brooks,   b. Abt 1894, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1928, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Mother Naoma "Oma" Krapf,   b. 11 Apr 1894, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1928, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul 1916  [1
    Family ID F2804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Feb 1921 - Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis, Masonic Home of Missouri (Reliability: 3).