BIO: The following was written by Rachel's sister Evelyn (Happy) Brooks Belford, July 1996, and transcribed by PHP
RACHEL IRENE BROOKS was the second child and first daughter of Ova Mae Hill and James William Brooks. She was born April 27, 1903, on the home place in rural Nickerson, Kansas. She was like Grandma Brooks, short and a little plump. She had a nickname of "Peggy". Evelyn did not remember where her nickname came from. After her grade school days, she did house work. Got a dollar a day. Evelyn thought that she was really making money. She would come home between jobs. Happy does not remember how she got to Buffalo, Oklahoma, but she worked in a cafe there called "Swede's Cafe". In due time, she married the owner, C. W. Youngberg. His wife had passed away. He had one daughter and two sons. None of them were living at home at the time they were married. C. W. was a good cook. He made his coffee in a small pot, fresh every hour. His coffee and pie business was excellent. They had a daughter Louella Ruth and a son called J. B. The dirty thirties came along and somewhere in that timeframe, they moved to California. C.W. worked in the shipyards in the San Francisco area. After the war, he worked for the city of San Pablo as a building inspector. Evelyn remembrers him telling about some of the lousy housekeepers homes he would have to inspect. He said "they would raise an arm and the crockroaches would run out". C.W. is buried at Belle Plaine, Kansas in his family plot. Rachel is buried in Fremont, California. Evelyn remembered Rachel coming home and always sewing. Always putting the little extra on her sewing. Rolled roses, so pretty. She was a housewife in California. She had four grandchildren.
Rachel Irene Brooks, married Clarence William "CW" Youngberg, June 17, 1933, in Buffalo, Harper Co., Oklahoma, USA. Rachel and Clarence had two children:
Louella Ruth Youngberg who married Chuck Powell and James Brice Youngberg who married Evelyn Ruth Hammack.
RACHEL IRENE BROOKS was the second child and first daughter of Ova Mae Hill and James William Brooks. She was born April 27, 1903, on the home place in rural Nickerson, Kansas. She was like Grandma Brooks, short and a little plump. She had a nickname of "Peggy". Evelyn did not remember where her nickname came from. After her grade school days, she did house work. Got a dollar a day. Evelyn thought that she was really making money. She would come home between jobs. Happy does not remember how she got to Buffalo, Oklahoma, but she worked in a cafe there called "Swede's Cafe". In due time, she married the owner, C. W. Youngberg. His wife had passed away. He had one daughter and two sons. None of them were living at home at the time they were married. C. W. was a good cook. He made his coffee in a small pot, fresh every hour. His coffee and pie business was excellent. They had a daughter Louella Ruth and a son called J. B. The dirty thirties came along and somewhere in that timeframe, they moved to California. C.W. worked in the shipyards in the San Francisco area. After the war, he worked for the city of San Pablo as a building inspector. Evelyn remembrers him telling about some of the lousy housekeepers homes he would have to inspect. He said "they would raise an arm and the crockroaches would run out". C.W. is buried at Belle Plaine, Kansas in his family plot. Rachel is buried in Fremont, California. Evelyn remembered Rachel coming home and always sewing. Always putting the little extra on her sewing. Rolled roses, so pretty. She was a housewife in California. She had four grandchildren.
Rachel Irene Brooks, married Clarence William "CW" Youngberg, June 17, 1933, in Buffalo, Harper Co., Oklahoma, USA. Rachel and Clarence had two children:
Louella Ruth Youngberg who married Chuck Powell and James Brice Youngberg who married Evelyn Ruth Hammack.
BIO: The following was written by Rachel's sister Evelyn (Happy) Brooks Belford, July 1996, and transcribed by PHP
RACHEL IRENE BROOKS was the second child and first daughter of Ova Mae Hill and James William Brooks. She was born April 27, 1903, on the home place in rural Nickerson, Kansas. She was like Grandma Brooks, short and a little plump. She had a nickname of "Peggy". Evelyn did not remember where her nickname came from. After her grade school days, she did house work. Got a dollar a day. Evelyn thought that she was really making money. She would come home between jobs. Happy does not remember how she got to Buffalo, Oklahoma, but she worked in a cafe there called "Swede's Cafe". In due time, she married the owner, C. W. Youngberg. His wife had passed away. He had one daughter and two sons. None of them were living at home at the time they were married. C. W. was a good cook. He made his coffee in a small pot, fresh every hour. His coffee and pie business was excellent. They had a daughter Louella Ruth and a son called J. B. The dirty thirties came along and somewhere in that timeframe, they moved to California. C.W. worked in the shipyards in the San Francisco area. After the war, he worked for the city of San Pablo as a building inspector. Evelyn remembrers him telling about some of the lousy housekeepers homes he would have to inspect. He said "they would raise an arm and the crockroaches would run out". C.W. is buried at Belle Plaine, Kansas in his family plot. Rachel is buried in Fremont, California. Evelyn remembered Rachel coming home and always sewing. Always putting the little extra on her sewing. Rolled roses, so pretty. She was a housewife in California. She had four grandchildren.
Rachel Irene Brooks, married Clarence William "CW" Youngberg, June 17, 1933, in Buffalo, Harper Co., Oklahoma, USA. Rachel and Clarence had two children:
Louella Ruth Youngberg who married Chuck Powell and James Brice Youngberg who married Evelyn Ruth Hammack.
RACHEL IRENE BROOKS was the second child and first daughter of Ova Mae Hill and James William Brooks. She was born April 27, 1903, on the home place in rural Nickerson, Kansas. She was like Grandma Brooks, short and a little plump. She had a nickname of "Peggy". Evelyn did not remember where her nickname came from. After her grade school days, she did house work. Got a dollar a day. Evelyn thought that she was really making money. She would come home between jobs. Happy does not remember how she got to Buffalo, Oklahoma, but she worked in a cafe there called "Swede's Cafe". In due time, she married the owner, C. W. Youngberg. His wife had passed away. He had one daughter and two sons. None of them were living at home at the time they were married. C. W. was a good cook. He made his coffee in a small pot, fresh every hour. His coffee and pie business was excellent. They had a daughter Louella Ruth and a son called J. B. The dirty thirties came along and somewhere in that timeframe, they moved to California. C.W. worked in the shipyards in the San Francisco area. After the war, he worked for the city of San Pablo as a building inspector. Evelyn remembrers him telling about some of the lousy housekeepers homes he would have to inspect. He said "they would raise an arm and the crockroaches would run out". C.W. is buried at Belle Plaine, Kansas in his family plot. Rachel is buried in Fremont, California. Evelyn remembered Rachel coming home and always sewing. Always putting the little extra on her sewing. Rolled roses, so pretty. She was a housewife in California. She had four grandchildren.
Rachel Irene Brooks, married Clarence William "CW" Youngberg, June 17, 1933, in Buffalo, Harper Co., Oklahoma, USA. Rachel and Clarence had two children:
Louella Ruth Youngberg who married Chuck Powell and James Brice Youngberg who married Evelyn Ruth Hammack.
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