Walter Brooks, B.A. 1877.
Born March 19, 1856, in New York City.
Died March 26, 1933, in New York City
Father, John Brooks; partner in firm of Brooks Brothers, clothiers, son of Henry Sands and Lavenia (Lyon) Brooks, of New York City. Mother, Anne Eliza (Moseman) Brooks; daughter of Willett and Lavinia (Coe) Moseman, of Westchester County, N. Y.
Nephews: Harold Brooks, '09, and Winthrop H. Brooks, *i$.
Lyon's Collegiate Institute, New York. Second colloquy appoint- ment Junior year; member Junior Promenade and Senior Class Supper committees, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Engaged in banking and brokerage business in New York City 1877-1891, in connection with Vermilye & Company for a time and later as partner in firm of Hatch, Brooks & Hamlin (in which John R. Hatch, '77, was also a partner) and its successor, Brooks &
Hamlin, partner in firm of Brooks Brothers from 1891 until retire- ment in 1913; treasurer of company 1903-1913 and director since 1903; since retirement had spent most of his time abroad, in Brussels 1913-1930, and on the Italian Riviera at Santa Margherita Ligure 1930-33, author: Feather in the Straw (1904), Retold in English (short stories from the French, German, Italian^, and Spanish) (1906), Vibrations (collection of translated aphorisms) (1910), and A Child and a Boy (1915).
Married (1) June 1, 1887, in New York City, Louise, daughter of
Newton and Emily (Allen) Squire. One daughter, Edith Allen, the wife of Arthur R. S. Nutting (B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1909). Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were divorced in 1915.
Married (2) March 9, 1915, in Bridgeport, Conn., Anna Charlotte Fredericke, daughter of Jean and Johanne (Greite) Heine. Mrs. Brooks died February 26, 1933.
Death due to an ulcer of the esophagus. Buried in Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by daughter and a sister, Mrs.
Adelaide Brooks Bayhs, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1932-33.pdf
Contributor: Cheryl Cartwright (47690711) •
Born March 19, 1856, in New York City.
Died March 26, 1933, in New York City
Father, John Brooks; partner in firm of Brooks Brothers, clothiers, son of Henry Sands and Lavenia (Lyon) Brooks, of New York City. Mother, Anne Eliza (Moseman) Brooks; daughter of Willett and Lavinia (Coe) Moseman, of Westchester County, N. Y.
Nephews: Harold Brooks, '09, and Winthrop H. Brooks, *i$.
Lyon's Collegiate Institute, New York. Second colloquy appoint- ment Junior year; member Junior Promenade and Senior Class Supper committees, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Engaged in banking and brokerage business in New York City 1877-1891, in connection with Vermilye & Company for a time and later as partner in firm of Hatch, Brooks & Hamlin (in which John R. Hatch, '77, was also a partner) and its successor, Brooks &
Hamlin, partner in firm of Brooks Brothers from 1891 until retire- ment in 1913; treasurer of company 1903-1913 and director since 1903; since retirement had spent most of his time abroad, in Brussels 1913-1930, and on the Italian Riviera at Santa Margherita Ligure 1930-33, author: Feather in the Straw (1904), Retold in English (short stories from the French, German, Italian^, and Spanish) (1906), Vibrations (collection of translated aphorisms) (1910), and A Child and a Boy (1915).
Married (1) June 1, 1887, in New York City, Louise, daughter of
Newton and Emily (Allen) Squire. One daughter, Edith Allen, the wife of Arthur R. S. Nutting (B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1909). Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were divorced in 1915.
Married (2) March 9, 1915, in Bridgeport, Conn., Anna Charlotte Fredericke, daughter of Jean and Johanne (Greite) Heine. Mrs. Brooks died February 26, 1933.
Death due to an ulcer of the esophagus. Buried in Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by daughter and a sister, Mrs.
Adelaide Brooks Bayhs, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1932-33.pdf
Contributor: Cheryl Cartwright (47690711) •
Walter Brooks, B.A. 1877.
Born March 19, 1856, in New York City.
Died March 26, 1933, in New York City
Father, John Brooks; partner in firm of Brooks Brothers, clothiers, son of Henry Sands and Lavenia (Lyon) Brooks, of New York City. Mother, Anne Eliza (Moseman) Brooks; daughter of Willett and Lavinia (Coe) Moseman, of Westchester County, N. Y.
Nephews: Harold Brooks, '09, and Winthrop H. Brooks, *i$.
Lyon's Collegiate Institute, New York. Second colloquy appoint- ment Junior year; member Junior Promenade and Senior Class Supper committees, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Engaged in banking and brokerage business in New York City 1877-1891, in connection with Vermilye & Company for a time and later as partner in firm of Hatch, Brooks & Hamlin (in which John R. Hatch, '77, was also a partner) and its successor, Brooks &
Hamlin, partner in firm of Brooks Brothers from 1891 until retire- ment in 1913; treasurer of company 1903-1913 and director since 1903; since retirement had spent most of his time abroad, in Brussels 1913-1930, and on the Italian Riviera at Santa Margherita Ligure 1930-33, author: Feather in the Straw (1904), Retold in English (short stories from the French, German, Italian^, and Spanish) (1906), Vibrations (collection of translated aphorisms) (1910), and A Child and a Boy (1915).
Married (1) June 1, 1887, in New York City, Louise, daughter of
Newton and Emily (Allen) Squire. One daughter, Edith Allen, the wife of Arthur R. S. Nutting (B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1909). Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were divorced in 1915.
Married (2) March 9, 1915, in Bridgeport, Conn., Anna Charlotte Fredericke, daughter of Jean and Johanne (Greite) Heine. Mrs. Brooks died February 26, 1933.
Death due to an ulcer of the esophagus. Buried in Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by daughter and a sister, Mrs.
Adelaide Brooks Bayhs, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1932-33.pdf
Contributor: Cheryl Cartwright (47690711) •
Born March 19, 1856, in New York City.
Died March 26, 1933, in New York City
Father, John Brooks; partner in firm of Brooks Brothers, clothiers, son of Henry Sands and Lavenia (Lyon) Brooks, of New York City. Mother, Anne Eliza (Moseman) Brooks; daughter of Willett and Lavinia (Coe) Moseman, of Westchester County, N. Y.
Nephews: Harold Brooks, '09, and Winthrop H. Brooks, *i$.
Lyon's Collegiate Institute, New York. Second colloquy appoint- ment Junior year; member Junior Promenade and Senior Class Supper committees, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Engaged in banking and brokerage business in New York City 1877-1891, in connection with Vermilye & Company for a time and later as partner in firm of Hatch, Brooks & Hamlin (in which John R. Hatch, '77, was also a partner) and its successor, Brooks &
Hamlin, partner in firm of Brooks Brothers from 1891 until retire- ment in 1913; treasurer of company 1903-1913 and director since 1903; since retirement had spent most of his time abroad, in Brussels 1913-1930, and on the Italian Riviera at Santa Margherita Ligure 1930-33, author: Feather in the Straw (1904), Retold in English (short stories from the French, German, Italian^, and Spanish) (1906), Vibrations (collection of translated aphorisms) (1910), and A Child and a Boy (1915).
Married (1) June 1, 1887, in New York City, Louise, daughter of
Newton and Emily (Allen) Squire. One daughter, Edith Allen, the wife of Arthur R. S. Nutting (B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1909). Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were divorced in 1915.
Married (2) March 9, 1915, in Bridgeport, Conn., Anna Charlotte Fredericke, daughter of Jean and Johanne (Greite) Heine. Mrs. Brooks died February 26, 1933.
Death due to an ulcer of the esophagus. Buried in Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by daughter and a sister, Mrs.
Adelaide Brooks Bayhs, of New York City.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1932-33.pdf
Contributor: Cheryl Cartwright (47690711) •
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