BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-217............Stephen Charles Brooks, b. August 30, 1950, Baton Rouge, Louisiana............Frances Brooks, b. March 21, 1952, Baton Rouge, Louisiana............Thomas Neal Brooks, b. May 10, 1956, Baton Rouge, Louisiana............Carol Ann Brooks, b. December 27, 1961, Baton Rouge, LouisianaCharles and Lena Brooks live in Lafayette, Louisiana. On December 2, 1978,Stephen Brooks married Danielle Palombo in Lafayette, Louisiana. Danielle wasborn on December 7, 1955 in Abberville, Louisiana and is the daughter of DanielPalombo and Lenora Ann (Faulk) Palombo. Stephen and Danielle live inNew Iberia, Louisiana. On May 18, 1974, Frances Brooks married Benny HollisGarrard, Jr. in Lafayette, Louisiana. Benny was born on July 5, 1950 in Triumph,Louisiana and is the son of Benny Hollis Garrard and Jacqueline (Farris)Garrard. Benny and Frances Garrard have two children: - Shane KristinGarrard, b. April 21, 1976, - Jessica Paige Garrard, b. May 2, 1978. Bennyand Frances Garrard live in Lafayette, Louisiana.Reference: 1) Family Group Sheet by Laurie (Brooks) Seneca, December 3, 1981WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS (2.4.3.7) is the son of Jordan Clinton Brooks andElizabeth (Mims) Brooks. William was born in July of 1860 in Texas. On February7, 1884, William Allen Brooks married Laura C. Calhoun (born October,1858 in Louisiana). William and Laura Brooks were five children:............Lee Brooks, b. September, 1886, Louisiana............Allie Brooks, b. August, 1893, Louisiana............Jordan Brooks, b. February, 1896, Louisiana............Quinton Brooks, b. October, 1897, Louisiana............Everett Brooks, b. October, 1897, LouisianaIn 1900, William and Laura Brooks were living in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.References: 1) 1900 Census, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; 2) Letter, Thomas E. Pipes toRobert Casey, July 30, 1979ALICE ELIZABETH BROOKS (2.4.3.8) is the daughter of Jordan ClintonBrooks and Elizabeth (Mims) Brooks. Alice was born on November 7, 1868 inLouisiana. On July 14, 1887, Alice Brooks married Walter B. McElduff (bornNovember, 1858 in South Carolina). Walter and Alice McElduff were the parentsof four children:............Maybelle McElduff, b. May 10, 1888, Louisiana............Della Clyde McElduff, b. July 19, 1891, Louisiana............Fannie Beatrice McElduff, b. October 6, 1896, Louisiana............Ruth McElduff, b. December 29, 1900, Lincoln Parish, LouisianaIn 1900, Walter and Alice McElduff were living in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.Alice (Brooks) McElduff died on January 28, 1908 and was buried in Gorman,Texas. Walter B. McElduff was buried in the Sunny Lane Cemetery inOklahoma City, Oklahoma. Maybelle McElduff died on May 25, 1953 and wasburied in the Sunny Lane Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Della ClydeMcElduff was buried in the Fair Lane Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.On April 1, 1920, Ruth McElduff married J. Eldon Olney. J. Eldon Olney was