Connellsville  A Family History

Richard Kenneth Brooks “Dad”

Parents: Frances Louise Bishop & Kenneth Melvin Brooks

Dad’s maternal grandparents: Means, Bishop
Dad’s fraternal grandparents: Hartzell, Brooks

Richard Kenneth Brooks Mother:

Frances Louise Bishop Means

mother: Minnie Isabel Bishop Means
[Notable Connellsville past Bishop ancestors include: Robbins < < Crawford]
First immigration to America (PA) 1735 (Thomas McCormick)

father: Albert Eicher “Bert” Means < Eeicher
First immigrated to America (Chester, PA) 1699 (Samuel Means)

Richard Kenneth Brooks Father:

Kenneth Melvin Brooks
mother: (French) Hartzell < Smith

father: (English or perhaps Irish) Brooks < unknown
First immigrated to America (Chester, PA) 1795 (Samuel Means)

How Did They Meet?

 

Children

Richard Kenneth Brooks
Parents: Frances Louise Means (mother) Kenneth Melvin Brooks (father)
wife 1: Charlotte Brooks
children: Michael Brooks, Brian Brooks, Andrew Brooks
wife 2: Myrna Brooks
children: Danielle Brooks

Maternal Side [Means]

Fraternal Side.

Maternal:
Richard’s mother Louisa Means of the family traces its roots to early settlers in the region, predating the official founding of Connellsville.

Frances Louise Means Brooks (Nana)
father: Albert Eicher “Bert” Means
mother: Minnie Isabel Bishop Means
husband: Kenneth Melvin Brooks
children: Richard Kenneth Brooks, Sharon Louise Brooks Riffle Birth: April 11 1912
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Oct 4 2000 (aged 88)
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial: Normalville Cemetery; Normalville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Memorial ID 129547299

Brooks Boys > Dad > Nana > Minnie Isabel Bishop (mother) > Samuel S. Bishop (father) > George Bishop (father)
Brooks Boys > Dad > Nana > Means (father)

 

Fraternal:
Richard’s farther Kenneth Brooks’ side of the family arrived to Western PA from England in 1799.

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