Irma was born in 1910, the daughter of Finis Garrett and Lallie Edwards. She is a great x3 granddaughter of Leonard M Garrett, Revolutionary War veteran and progenitor of this Garrett line.
Irma married Claude C Brooks at age 16, and passed away in 2001 at 90 years old.
Timeline
1910 Jun 29 - Birth - Moran, Shackelford, Texas[1]
1920 United States Federal Census[2] - Moran, Shackelford, Texas
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Mar Stat
Occupation
W C Garrett
Head
M
72
Arkansas
Wd
Farmer
F L Garrett
Son
M
33
Texas
M
Farmer
Lalie Ora Garrett
Daughter- in-law
F
29
Texas
M
Virlie I Garrett
Grand- daughter
F
11
Texas
S
At School
Irma Garrett
Grand- daughter
F
8
Texas
S
At School
1927 Feb 8 - Marriage to Claude C Brooks - Moran, Shackelford, Texas - Source: Irma's obituary (pictured)
1927 Dec 25 - Birth of Daughter Virginia Joy Brooks - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas[3]
1930 United States Federal Census[4] - Precinct 3, Shackelford, Texas
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Mar Stat
Occupation
Claude Brooks
Head
M
20
Texas
M
Farmer
Erma Brooks
Wife
F
19
Texas
M
Virginia J Brooks
Daughter
F
2
Texas
S
1930 Aug 10 - Birth of Son Harold Don Brooks - Shackelford, Texas[5]
1933 Jan 31 - Birth of Son Conrad Kent Brooks - Moran, Shackelford, Texas[6]
1940 United States Federal Census[7] - Moran, Shackelford, Texas - Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year (Note: in this census, Conrad is listed several pages back (image 23) from his family.)
Publication Title: Midland, Texas, City Directory, 1958
1986 Jan 19 - Death of husband Claude C Brooks - Midland, Midland County, Texas
2001 Jan 24 - Death - Midland, Midland, Texas[9] — Burial: Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, Plot: E-08[10]
Sources
↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXM9-9B1 : 9 March 2018), Irma Jewel Garrett, 29 Jun 1910; citing Moran, Shackelford, Texas, United States, certificate 21912, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,112,424.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHB4-Y2G : accessed 18 December 2019), Lalie Ora Garrett in household of W C Garrett, Moran, Shackelford, Texas, United States; citing ED 237, sheet 5A, line 37, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1846; FHL microfilm 1,821,846.
↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH84-SWH : 11 March 2018), Irma Garrett in entry for Virginia Joy Brooks, 25 Dec 1927; citing Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, certificate 88155, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,506.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HJ13-SMM : accessed 11 January 2020), Erma Brooks in household of Claude Brooks, Precinct 3, Shackelford, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 3B, line 79, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2389; FHL microfilm 2,342,123.
↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6L6-N3Y : 13 March 2018), Irma Jewel Garrett in entry for Harold Don Brooks, 10 Aug 1930; citing , Shackelford, Texas, United States, certificate 75809, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,281,221.
↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6GL-4Q3 : 13 March 2018), Irma Irene Garrett in entry for Conrad Kent Brooks, 31 Jan 1933; citing Moran, Shackelford, Texas, United States, certificate 7566, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,283,009.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43D-V33 : 29 July 2019), Irma J Brooks in household of Claude C Brooks, Moran, Justice Precinct 3, Shackelford, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 209-5, sheet 9A, line 9, family 3, 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 4135.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY5V-D3D : 20 May 2014), Irma G Brooks, 24 Jan 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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