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Anne Coorpender Young | see FAMILY TREE |
Born: 14 Dec 1880 Seguin, Guadalupe Co., TX Married: 21 Mae 1914 Clifton, Greenlee Co., AZ Died: 04 May 1969 San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX
FATHER MOTHER HUSBAND CHILDREN 1. Chase Jackson Brooke b. 11 Jan 1915 2. Richard Coorpender Brooke b. 24 Oct 1919 |
Anne was born in Seguin, Texas. on 14 De 1880. (1) After the financial setback of her parents
she moved to Clifton, AZ and helped her mother run a boarding house. She was the
third oldest of 9 children so a lot of the responsibility for the care of the
younger ones fell upon her.
Anne never received much formal education but she worked and helped the younger
children go on to college.
She married Chase Jackson Brooke on 21 Mar 1914
in Clifton, AZ. (2)
Ann wrote many letters to her siblings and cousins. Living in Rosita, Mexico she was cut off from much of her family except for when she came to Seguin or San Antonio for visits. In her letters she often writes of her poor health. She wrote frequently to her brother Field living in Clifton, AZ. After he lost his job in 1939 she sent him checks of $10 or $15 on a regular basis.
Anne died 4 May 1959 in a nursing home in San Antonio, TX. (3)
Sources
(1) Oral history says Anne Coorpender Young was born on 14 Dec 1880 in
Seguin, TX
The
1900 census for Solomonville, Graham, AZ territory confirms this date
(2) Marriage License
1968 San Antonio, Texas. Anne and C J Brooke
.