William was born about 1865. He was the son of William Brooks and Caroline H. Rogers. He married Alice Augusta Preston in 1907.[1]
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8Z-7QNY : 31 October 2019), William Rogers Brooks and Alice Agusta Preston, 17 Apr 1907; citing Marriage, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011572.
See also:
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2J3-MBV : accessed 1 May 2020), William R Brooks, Beverly Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 275, sheet 12A, family 225, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 581; FHL microfilm 1,374,594.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXYW-RV9 : accessed 1 May 2020), William Brooks, Beverly Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 25, sheet 14A, line 10, family 326, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 689; FHL microfilm 1,820,689.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQL6-KYP : accessed 1 May 2020), William R Brooks, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 9A, line 38, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 895; FHL microfilm 2,340,630.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4XH-R2V : 29 July 2019), William R Brooks, Ward 6, Beverly, Beverly City, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-50, sheet 5A, line 28, family 118, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1578.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111385134/william_r-brooks: accessed March 22, 2024), memorial page for William R. Brooks (1 Mar 1865–23 Dec 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111385134, citing Beverly Farms Cemetery, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570).
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