Joseph Brooks Wilkinson (1902)

Born 2 Nov 1902 in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Joseph Brooks Wilkinson, son of William Wilmington Wilkinson and Mary Emily Rivet, was born on 2 November 1902 in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. He was baptized on 9 November 1902 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in White Castle. His godparents were Richard Dupuy and Virginia Whely.^[1]

He was enumerated with his parents on the 1910 census, living in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish.^[2] His father died in 1919, when Joseph was 16 years old. He was enumerated with his widowed mother on the 1920 census in Plaquemine, where Joseph was working as a laborer at a box factory.^[3]

Joseph was enumerated during the 1930 census, living in New Orleans with his brother William, at 3013 Banks Street. He was single, and worked as a truck driver for a general contractor.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records, Baptisms 1901-1905 ("DOBR Baptisms") (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge Archives, 2013); cites OLPS-1, 64, Joseph Brooks Wilkinson, he was a twin to Frances Anida Wilkinson.
2. ↑ 1910 U.S. Census, Iberville Parish, LA, population schedule (digital image), accessed 21 Oct 2007; Plaquemine, Ward 8, ED 55, Sheet 25B-26A, Bayou Road, family 558, household of William W. Wilkinson.
3. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census, Iberville Parish, LA, population schedule (digital image), accessed 20 Oct 2007; Police Jury Ward 8, Plaquemine, Bayou Road, ED 60, Sheet 4B, family 108, household of Emily Wilkinson.
4. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census, Orleans Parish, LA, population schedule (digital image), accessed 06 Feb 2015; New Orleans, Ward 3, Block 145, ED 36-27, sheet 29A, stamped page 68, 3013 Banks Street, family 437, household of William W Wilkinson.