Louise Frances LETTER^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1884 - 1930  (46 years)

• Name	Louise Frances LETTER  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	15 Feb 1884	Belleille, IL   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Aug 1930	Kingsville, TEXAS   [2]
  	Age: 46
  Burial	14 Aug 1930	Chamberlain Cemetery, Kingsville, TX
  Person ID	I30124596398	Brown/Hayes
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William F. (Wilhelm Freidrich) LETTER,   b. 08 May 1852, Kellinghausen, Rhinel. d. 16 Aug 1915, St. Vincent's Hospital, Belleville (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Emelia (Amalia) Joanna* TROST,   b. 1859, Baden-Baden, Germany d. 30 Jun 1892, Belleville, ILL. (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1880	St. Peters Roman Catholic Church, Belleville, IL
  Family ID	F614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earnest Jasper BROOKS,   b. 11 Dec 1880, Brevard, N.C. d. 18 Feb 1963, Alice, Jim Wells, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1912	Victoria, TX
  Children	1. Helen Lucille BROOKS,   b. 04 Sep 1919, Kingsville, TEXAS d. 12 Oct 1991, Houston, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  1900 US Census for MO, St. Louis, City of St. Louis, ward 23, SD 11, ED 352. Sheet 13A, Stamped # 296A Letter, Louise, , servant, , white, female, Feb., 1883, 17, Single, b. IL, Father b. Germany, Mother b. Il (??), not in school that year; reads, writes and speaks English, Servant in private home. Enumerated in the household of Eimer, Eug...., head, white, male, b. Aug., 1860, age 39, marred, married 18 years. b. IL, Corn Merchant Cecelia, wife, 3 children, 3 living CYRIL, SON, 15 years Bernice, daughter, 15, Vivian, ddaughter, 10 In 1910 census, Louise Letter is listed in the household of Dr. Fredrich Auten and his wife, Florence. Louise, age 27, is their servant. The Autens are in their 40s -- no children. Louise is listed as having been out of work for 3 weeks during the past year. 1910 Census for IL, St. Clair Co., Belleville City, SD 13, Ed 23, Ward 1, p. 4B, handwritten #2351. Enumerated in the household of Dr. Frederick Auden , line 59 Letter, Louise, house-servant, female, white 27, single, born IL, both parents b. Germany, reads, writes, speaks English. Works in private home.. She was working at time of census, but had been out of work for 3 weeks during the census year. Louise's obit, from the Kingsville Record (no pub data on copy I received) MRS. E. J. BROOKS DIES AT FAMILY HOME Mrs. E. J. Brooks, wife of the well known engineer of this city, died at the family residence on West King Ave (#415) at 7 pm, Tuesday evening, Aug 12. Mrs. Brooks had been stricken with an incurable malady some time ago and for the past two months had been confined to her home. For ten days previous to her death she had been confined to her bed. She had lived in this city since her marriage in 1812. (cause of death re death cert: cancer of the womb). Funeral services will be from the Santa Gertrudis Catholic Church, of which deceased was a member, with Rev. Fr. Henpault, pastor of that church, officiating. Burial will be at Chamberlain Burial Park. The church service will be at 9:30 Thursday Morning (therefore, paper must be Wed., Aug. 13) Mrs. Brooks, who before her marriage was Loouise Letter, was born in Belleville, ILL, Feb. 15, 1884. Besides her husband and 11 year old daughter, Helen, there services a sister, Mrs. Emma Galli of El Monte, Cal, who was at her sister's bedside during her last illness, one other sister and three brothers living in St. Louis.

  
  

• Sources

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