Willie Mae (Henderson) Brotherton (1902 - 1989)

Born 15 Oct 1902 in Leeper, Wayne, Missouri, USA

Wife of George Washington Brotherton — married 1926 in Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1989 at age 86 in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Willie Mae Henderson was born October 15, 1902 in Leeper, Wayne, Missouri, the daughter of John Henderson and his wife Hattie Isabel (Randall) Henderson. Isabel, Willie Mae's mother, 1st married John HENDERSON on 14 May 1893 in Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, USA. They are believed to have had 2 children, Harry Angle HENDERSON b: 1898 in Arkansas City, Arkansas, Arkansas, USA and the woman about whom this biography is written, Willie Mae HENDERSON. Isabel then married Edward Boatman.

Willie Mae's nickname was "Little Boatman" and she earned this when her mom married a Boatman and due to her height as she was only 4' 7"-4' 8."

She was a Saleswoman and Collector as a Missouri Peace Officer.

She 1st married Alonzo Adam Quick on April 28, 1920 in Bunker, Dent, Missouri, USA. They had 2 children:

1. Mazo Grace Quick
2. Clifford Dalton Quick

they divorced abt 1925.

She next married George Washington Brotherton abt 1926 in Missouri. They had 1 child:

1. Georgia Brotherton b: 12 Jun 1929 d: 8 Dec 1996

George did not adopt Mazo Grace Quick Or Clifford Dalton Quick

Willie Mae died of old age on 27 Nov 1989 at the age of 87 years in Bellville, Illinois. She is buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery in PLOT: Grave 2, Lot: 27A, Section J in St Ann, Missouri, United States.

Research Notes

Search for St. Louis obituaries. Currently this index contains names from the St. Louis Post Dispatch for the years 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2011.

• 1910 Census

Demun, Randolph, Arkansas,United States

• 1917 to 1929 Residence

Bunker, Iron, Missouri, United States

• 1930-1940 Residence

St. Louis, St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Demun, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T624_63; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1374076

• Year: 1930; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 1230; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 397; Image: 1104.0; FHL microfilm: 2340965

• Year: 1940; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri; Roll: T627_2189; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 96-187

• U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

Sources

• Ancestry Family Tree - http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=2245283&pid=637

• Find A Grave: Memorial #37888826

• Boatman, Hattie Isabel b. 1873 d. 1943 New Search http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp

Acknowledgements

Michael A. Orr Clifford Dalton Quick Mazo Grace Quick