Arthur Sleman Rooks (1880 - 1968)

Born 11 Jul 1880 in Michigan USA

Ancestors

Died 1968 at about age 87 in Michigan, USA

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Biography

Arthur was born about 1880. He was the son of Alfred Rooks and Nancy Emery. He passed away about 1968.

Sources

1880 Birth

Name: Arthur Sleman Rooks - Gender: Male

Birth Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan - Birth Date: 11 Jul 1880

Father's name: Alfred Rooks - Father's Birth Place: England

Mother's name: Annie Rooks - Mother's Birth Place: Canada

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911

FHL Film Number: 1377659

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1900 United States Federal Census - Detroit Ward 1, Wayne, Michigan

Annie E Rooks - head - [May 1849] 51 -wid - Canada - Penn/Ire - Imm.1870

Arthur Rooks - son - [July 1880] 19 - Mich - Eng/Can - Stock Keeper wholesale

Alice Rooks - dau - [Nov 1883] 16 - Mich - Eng/Can - Stenographer

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Detroit Ward 1, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 747; Page: 9A;

Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1240747

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1910 United States Federal Census - Detroit Ward 1, Wayne, Michigan

Annie E Rooks - head - 60 - Wid - Canada - Can/Ire - Own Income

Arthur S Rooks - son - 29 - single - Mich - Eng/Can - Clerk U.S. Post Office

Ida R Fellows - dau - 36 - md.17y - Mich - Eng/Can - none

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Detroit Ward 1, Wayne, Michigan;

Roll: T624_679; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1374692

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1918 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards

Name: Arthur Sleeman Rooks - Age:38

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1880 - Race: White

City: Detroit - County: Wayne - State: Michigan

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1880

Race: White

Occupation: Special clerk with Post Office Dept. in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Nearest Relative:Mrs. Anna E. Rooks, mother in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Draft Board: 14 - Dated 12 Sept 1918

Source Citation: Registration State: Michigan; Registration County: Wayne; Roll: 2032416; Draft Board: 14

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1940 United States Federal Census - Lake Orion, Oakland, Michigan

Arthur S Rooks, 59, born Michigan, Marital Status Single

Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year

Relation to Head of House:[Earl Abbatt 51] Partner in Landscape Architecture business

Class of Worker: Working on own account - Weeks Worked in 1939: 16

Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Lake Orion, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: T627_1800; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 63-61

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1968 Death

Arthur S Rooks

Birth: 1880

Death: 1968

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

[With Alfred Rooks family]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rooks&GSiman=1&GScid=447&GRid=120144652&

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