When Lonson Henry Brooks was born on December 10, 1894, in Cohoes, New York, his father, William Brooks, was 29 and his mother, Ella Calista Shaw-Brooks, was 26.
Five foot-nine inch, blue-eyed Lonson was a veteran of World War I having served in the United States Army, the 358th Infantry Division, overseas from June 20, 1918 until he returned home March 13, 1919. He was honorably discharged on April 24, 1919.
He met Dorothea Margaret Kienzle in Washington, D.C. and married her on April 6, 1922, in Bronx, New York. They had one child during their marriage, Dorothea Muriel Brooks who was born on November 15, 1923.
Lonson was boating with his wife on Friday, August 15, 1947, in Croton, New York when he suffered a heart attack and died, he was 52.
He is buried in the Brooks family grave at the Enfield Cemetery, in Enfield, Connecticut.
He was survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Dorothea Kienzle-Brooks, and his cherished daughter Dorothea Brooks-Jandrucko and son-in-law Henry.
In an e-mail dated Saturday, April 17, 1999, Dorothea Muriel Brooks, Lonson Brooks and Dorothea Margaret-Kienzle's daughter, wrote to her cousin Clair about her father:
"Father had a coronary. He was on a boat on the Hudson with my Mother. There was no history of cancer on my Dad's side - all heart and way back one suicide or so the story goes."
"My Dad originally was an investigator for R.G. Dun, the company that became Dun & Bradstreet. When the depression hit, he formed a bookbinding supply company with a fellow named Jack Miller, Milbrook Supply Co., in lower Manhattan.
Jack was a no good who stole him blind and he was replaced by a Paul (can't think of his last name at the moment)."
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE.
Five foot-nine inch, blue-eyed Lonson was a veteran of World War I having served in the United States Army, the 358th Infantry Division, overseas from June 20, 1918 until he returned home March 13, 1919. He was honorably discharged on April 24, 1919.
He met Dorothea Margaret Kienzle in Washington, D.C. and married her on April 6, 1922, in Bronx, New York. They had one child during their marriage, Dorothea Muriel Brooks who was born on November 15, 1923.
Lonson was boating with his wife on Friday, August 15, 1947, in Croton, New York when he suffered a heart attack and died, he was 52.
He is buried in the Brooks family grave at the Enfield Cemetery, in Enfield, Connecticut.
He was survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Dorothea Kienzle-Brooks, and his cherished daughter Dorothea Brooks-Jandrucko and son-in-law Henry.
In an e-mail dated Saturday, April 17, 1999, Dorothea Muriel Brooks, Lonson Brooks and Dorothea Margaret-Kienzle's daughter, wrote to her cousin Clair about her father:
"Father had a coronary. He was on a boat on the Hudson with my Mother. There was no history of cancer on my Dad's side - all heart and way back one suicide or so the story goes."
"My Dad originally was an investigator for R.G. Dun, the company that became Dun & Bradstreet. When the depression hit, he formed a bookbinding supply company with a fellow named Jack Miller, Milbrook Supply Co., in lower Manhattan.
Jack was a no good who stole him blind and he was replaced by a Paul (can't think of his last name at the moment)."
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE.
When Lonson Henry Brooks was born on December 10, 1894, in Cohoes, New York, his father, William Brooks, was 29 and his mother, Ella Calista Shaw-Brooks, was 26.
Five foot-nine inch, blue-eyed Lonson was a veteran of World War I having served in the United States Army, the 358th Infantry Division, overseas from June 20, 1918 until he returned home March 13, 1919. He was honorably discharged on April 24, 1919.
He met Dorothea Margaret Kienzle in Washington, D.C. and married her on April 6, 1922, in Bronx, New York. They had one child during their marriage, Dorothea Muriel Brooks who was born on November 15, 1923.
Lonson was boating with his wife on Friday, August 15, 1947, in Croton, New York when he suffered a heart attack and died, he was 52.
He is buried in the Brooks family grave at the Enfield Cemetery, in Enfield, Connecticut.
He was survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Dorothea Kienzle-Brooks, and his cherished daughter Dorothea Brooks-Jandrucko and son-in-law Henry.
In an e-mail dated Saturday, April 17, 1999, Dorothea Muriel Brooks, Lonson Brooks and Dorothea Margaret-Kienzle's daughter, wrote to her cousin Clair about her father:
"Father had a coronary. He was on a boat on the Hudson with my Mother. There was no history of cancer on my Dad's side - all heart and way back one suicide or so the story goes."
"My Dad originally was an investigator for R.G. Dun, the company that became Dun & Bradstreet. When the depression hit, he formed a bookbinding supply company with a fellow named Jack Miller, Milbrook Supply Co., in lower Manhattan.
Jack was a no good who stole him blind and he was replaced by a Paul (can't think of his last name at the moment)."
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE.
Five foot-nine inch, blue-eyed Lonson was a veteran of World War I having served in the United States Army, the 358th Infantry Division, overseas from June 20, 1918 until he returned home March 13, 1919. He was honorably discharged on April 24, 1919.
He met Dorothea Margaret Kienzle in Washington, D.C. and married her on April 6, 1922, in Bronx, New York. They had one child during their marriage, Dorothea Muriel Brooks who was born on November 15, 1923.
Lonson was boating with his wife on Friday, August 15, 1947, in Croton, New York when he suffered a heart attack and died, he was 52.
He is buried in the Brooks family grave at the Enfield Cemetery, in Enfield, Connecticut.
He was survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Dorothea Kienzle-Brooks, and his cherished daughter Dorothea Brooks-Jandrucko and son-in-law Henry.
In an e-mail dated Saturday, April 17, 1999, Dorothea Muriel Brooks, Lonson Brooks and Dorothea Margaret-Kienzle's daughter, wrote to her cousin Clair about her father:
"Father had a coronary. He was on a boat on the Hudson with my Mother. There was no history of cancer on my Dad's side - all heart and way back one suicide or so the story goes."
"My Dad originally was an investigator for R.G. Dun, the company that became Dun & Bradstreet. When the depression hit, he formed a bookbinding supply company with a fellow named Jack Miller, Milbrook Supply Co., in lower Manhattan.
Jack was a no good who stole him blind and he was replaced by a Paul (can't think of his last name at the moment)."
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE.
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