Charles William Brock (abt. 1873 - abt. 1938)

Born about 21 Apr 1873 in New Jersey

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Biography

Charles William Brock was born April 21, 1873 per World War draft card. His parents: Henry Brock and Louisa Brock. Charles W Brock and sister Louisa adopted my grandfather, Joseph Young, see 1930 census. Residence Upper Chichester, PA. Sister Louisa Bennett born around 1871, widowed on 1930 census. Lived in Upper Chichester..

Parents: Henry Brock born about 1828, carpenter, 42 yrs old on 1870 census of Bergen County, Union Twp, P. O. Rutherford Park, NJ July 10, 1870 and wife Louisa, 32 yrs old keeping house both born in Switzerland. Children: Louisa Brock10 months old born in September 1870 in NJ. In 1880 Englewood, Bergen Cty, NJ, mother Louisa was a widow and had 3 children living with her: Louisa 10, William 7, George 5. 1885 census: Louisa Brock was still living with Louisa, William & George in Englewood, Bergen County, NJ. 1900 census: William born April 1873, head of household father born in Germany, mother Louisa born Feb 1835 in Switzerland, Louisa sister born Sept 1869, son Charles born July 1896 WRONG.

1910 census - Name: Charles W Brock Event Place: Chester Ward 11, Delaware, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Immigration Year: Birthplace: New Jersey Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Household ID: 27 Page: 2   Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF William Downie M 50y Ireland (great, great-grandfather) SIS Rebecca Camac F 39y Pennsylvania (great, great-grandmother) Martha Camac F 15y Pennsylvania (great-grandmother) Alexander Camac M 12y Pennsylvania Charles W Brock M 36y New Jersey Louisa Bennett F 70y New Jersey

1917 WWI Draft Reg card: Charles William Brock 3101 West 3rd Street, Chester, DE Cty, PA born 4/21/1873. White, steam fitter @ Becon Light Company, short, med build, brown eyes, black hair. Living with sister Louisa.

1920 census Charles was divorced and lived with sister Louisa in New Castle County, DE. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4M-NXB : accessed 8 July 2020), Charles W Brock, Representative District 6, New Castle, Delaware, United States; citing ED 144, sheet 6A, line 46, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 203; FHL microfilm 1,820,203.

On 1930 census, they showed Charles W Brock 55 yrs old and Louisa Bennett 59 yrs old (parents born in Switzerland) living with adopted son Joseph Young.

Sources

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VQ-RT6 : 25 August 2019), Charles William Brock, 1917-1918.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHSJ-93Q : accessed 7 July 2020), Charles W Brock, Upper Chichester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 15A, line 41, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2033; FHL microfilm 2,341,767.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7J3F-S36Z : 18 March 2020), Charles W. Brock, ; Burial, Linwood, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Lawn Croft Cemetery; citing record ID 195967083, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.