Brooks/Shipley Genealogy

Generations 1-4
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Includes Brooks, Young, Shipley, Garner, Cramer, Smith, Garnsey, Whidden. 

D. H. Brooks—G 1, son of Joseph Gardner Brooks and A. L. Shipley.

Family 1:  L. A. Maynard, daughter of Blaine Maynard and M. D. Heyda.

1.   B. K. Brooks.

Joseph Gardner Brooks—G 2, son of Harold Carlyle Brooks and Sylvia Mae Young.
b. 7/12/1916, Ovid, Clinton Co., MI.
d. 11/23/1995 of pneumonia, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI.

Family 1:  A. L. Shipley, daughter of Clarence Alexander Shipley and Estelle Mae Garner.

1.  B. M. Brooks, m. A. M. Wong.  Children:  C. M. Brooks.
2.  J. I. Brooks, m. W. R. Hoelzle.  Children (adopted):  M. K. Hoelzle, W. S. Hoelzle, m. E. Corey (daughters E. M., E. R., E. ?)
3.  L. J. Brooks, m. (1) P. A. Douglass, (2) G. Smith, (3) A. B. Carr.  Children:  (1) T. A. Douglass, m. K ? (son J. A. Douglass, daughter S.), (2) T. L. Smith, m. J. Zimmerman, divorced (two daughters, A. J. Zimmerman, C. L. Zimmerman), m. B. Buchanan (daughter K. M. Buchanan).
4.  B. J. Brooks, m. E. Becker.  Children:  R. A. , H. C., A. J., I. X.
5.  D. H. Brooks, m. L. A. Maynard.

Harold Carlyle Brooks—G 3, son of Erastus David Brooks and Susie Rachel Cramer.
b. 4/30/1894 Burton, MI.
d. about 1948 Seattle, WA, of Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Buried in Seattle, WA.

Family 1:  ?.

Family 2:  Sylvia Mae Young, daughter of Joseph James Young and Julia Lydia Smith, b. 10/4/1891, d. 3/21/1974, m. 2/17/1913 or 2/10/1910, divorced.  Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid, MI.

1.  Richard Lamont Brooks, b. 4/7/1914 Ovid, MI, d. 3/30/1974 Indianapolis, IN, m. (1) M. Hanson 10/3/1935, adopted W. K., divorced, (2) Ora ?, (3) L. Shreve.  Buried Washington Park East Mausoleum, Indianapolis, IN.
2.  Joseph Gardner Brooks, m. A. L. Shipley.

Family 3: ?

Family 4:  Naamah Clementha Munk, b. 5/17/1895, d. ~1990 Cleveland, OH.

Clarence Alexander Shipley—G 3, son of William Burton Shipley and Huldah Saloma Garnsey.
b. 10/29/1875 Canada.
d. 2/24/1957 Ovid, Clinton Co., MI, of heart attack in church after riding bike to church.
Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, MI.

Family 1:  Estelle Mae Garner, daughter of William Garner and Lucy Whidden, b. 9/24/1883 Vassar, MI, d. 10/24/1961 Ovid, MI, m. 2/17/1909.  Buried Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, MI.

1.  Florence Shipley, b. 8/10/1910, d. 2001 Flint, MI, buried Flint, MI, m. (1) Daniel Lehman 11/9/1929, b. 2/12/1903, d. 11/3/1968, divorced ~1939, (2) Alfred Thompson 5/20/1940
2.  G. W. Shipley, m. Dora P. Bannister, b. 8/12/1919, d. 6/19/1995.
3.  Charles Arthur Shipley, b. 6/5/1916 Bay Co., MI, d. 1/1976 Ovid, MI, m. M. Krieger.
4.  L. E. Shipley, m. Phillip Brophy.
5.  A. M. Shipley, m. Harry Jurgens.
6.  A. L. Shipley, m. Joseph Gardner Brooks.
7.  Robert Samuel Shipley, b. 8/14/1919 Bay Co., MI, d. 1986 Grand Rapids, MI, buried Grand Rapids, MI.  Never married.
8.  William Shipley (stillborn), b. and d. 1911.

Erastus David Brooks—G 4, son of David Erastus Brooks and Rebecca Hogarth Johnson.
b. 12/12/1858 Romulus, NY.
d. 1/4/1938.
Lived in Painesville, OH, and operated a nursery.  Moved to Burton, MI, and lived on the old Cramer homestead.  When children were grown, Erastus got a job in the State Capitol and moved to Lansing, MI.  Later moved to Willoughby, OH, near Cleveland, to be closer to 2 of their children.

Family 1:  Susie Rachel Cramer, b. 2/18/1867 Burton, MI, d. 5/26/1936 Willoughby, OH, m. 8/22/1888 Burton, MI.  Teacher.

1.  Harold Carlyle Brooks, m. Sylvia Mae Young.
2.  Ashley Cramer Brooks, b. 10/2/1899, d. ~1960, m. Olive Ann (?Mary) Johnson 6/6/1936, worked for Nickel Plate Road in Cleveland as a clerk starting in 1936 and advanced to traffic representative.
3.  George Leroy (Roy) Brooks, b. 1/5/1891 MI, d. 6/3/1977 Las Vegas, NV, m. Edna ?.
4.  Mary Ellen Gage Brooks, b. 5/16/1897, m. John Deith Pardee 5/27/1918.

Joseph James Young—G 4, son of James Young and Catherine McIntyre.
b. 1/6/1860 Sparta, Markham Twp., Canada.
d. 8/11/1929 Lansing, Ingham Co., MI, of blood poisoning secondary to a cut sustained while working as a millwright at REO.
Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid, MI.

Family 1:  Julia Lydia Smith, daughter of Peter Smith and Julian Sumner, b. 10/26/1862 Ovid, MI, d. 2/10/1925 Ovid, MI, m. (1) ? Voorhees (daughter Bertha L. Vorhees, b. 12/22/1883 Ovid, MI, d. 5/29/1948 Kingston, NY, m. Claud F. Hicok, were separated many years before Bertha died, one son, Kenneth L., b. 4/28/1913, d. 11/30/1992 NY, m. Bethany June Tyler, children William Tyler, Paul Wilfred, Connie Grogan, Bethany Faith Miller), (2) J. J. Young 10/26/1885 in Middlebury, Shiawassee Co., MI, by Rev. David S. Cramer, with Albert Smith and Esther E. Smith as witnesses.  Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid, MI.

1.  Nina Belle Young, b. 10/12/1886, d. 2/29/1976 Lansing, MI, m. Harry Seymour Clark 11/1908, b. 3/15/1883, d. 11/1/1956.  Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, MI.  No children.
2.  Sylvia Mae Young, m. Harold Brooks, divorced.
3.  Female Twin Young, stillborn, b, 10/4/1891, d. 10/4/1891.

William Burten Shipley—G 4, son of John Shipley and Elanor Mills.
b. 8/1/1840.
d. 2/8/1927.
Buried Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, MI.

Family 1:  Huldah Saloma Garnsey, b. 3/8/1836, d. 4/23/1908, m. 5/24/1864 Elgin Co., Ontario.

1.  Kate Corrina Shipley, b. 7/2/1877, d. 12/14/1961 Clare, MI, m. Alpheus Dale 12/16/1897.
2.  Mary Amelia Shipley, b. 10/21/1866, d. 4/13/1960, m. (1) Frank Richards 4/20/1887, (2) ? Baker.
3.  Charles Eliphalel Shipley, b. 5/5/1868, d. 4/14/1914, m. Loretta Johnson.
4.  Nellie May Shipley, b. 8/15/1874, d. 4/29/1959, m. Clement Chalker 3/6/1918.
5.  Emma Jane Shipley, b. 12/19/1872 Canada, d. 8/2/1960 Perry, MI, m. Willis Hill.
6.  Clarence Alexander Shipley, m. Estelle Mae Garner.

Family 2:  Emma Lepard.

William Garner—G 4, son of Samuel Garner and Ann Gaunt.
b. 7/15/1852.
d. 6/24/1887.
Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, MI.

Family 1:  Lucy Emeline Whidden, daughter of David and Ellen Tracy Whidden, b. ~1857-1859 ?OH (per Whidden Reunion), b. 9/30/1859 Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia (per FamilySearch), d. 1928, m. (1) William Garner 10/18/1882 Tuscola, MI, (2) Damon Eno.  Buried with Damon Eno in Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, MI.

1.  Estelle Mae Garner, m. Clarence Alexander Shipley.
2.  Arthur T. Garner, b. 4/24/1885, d. 10/18/1948, m. Clara A. Frahm.
3.  Hattie D. Garner, b. 3/23/1887 Vassar, MI, d. 1/6/1975 Grand Rapids, MI, m. Frank Goodrich (a blind piano tuner) 3/24/1914.