• Born: 30 May 1897, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA ¹
• Marriage (1): Lewis Leonard DOWNS on 5 July 1917 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA ¹
• Marriage (2): Alva Holdridge BROOKS about 10 November 1927 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
• Died: 3 February 1949, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA at age 51
• Buried: 7 February 1949, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

   Other names for Beatrice were Beatrice BURNS, Bessie BURNS, Bessie Beatrice BURNS,² Beatrice DOWNES, Beatrice DOWNS,³ Bessie HANCE, Beatrice JEWETT,² Bessie JEWETT and Bessie Bea JEWETT.

  General Notes

MRS. BEATRICE P. BROOKS.
   Funeral services are pending at Kearns Garden chapel for Mrs. Beatrice Pearl Brooks, 49, of 236 Powers street who died at 1:20 a. m. Thursday at home of carcinoma.
   She was born May 30, 1899, in Clay City, Ill, the daughter of George and Nettie Ryan.
   She was married to Alva Brooks at Galena, Ill, Nov 10, 1920.
   She had lived in Waterloo for 30 years, coming here from Manchester, Ia.
   A member of the Christian church, she is survived by her husband, two sons, Wayne, U.S. Army, Kenneth Evansdale, Ia, two daughters, Mrs. R. L. Johnson, 1245 Sheffield, Mrs. Frank Peterson, 1320 Commercial street, two brothers, Ray Jewett, 236 Powers street, and Charles Jewett Corpus Christi Tex, two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Russell, Corpus Christi, Tex, Mrs G Floyd Bowers, Arsas, Tex., her mother, Mrs. Nettie Ryan, and five grandchildren.
 — Waterloo Daily Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), 03 Feb 1949, p. 2, column 2



MRS BEATRICE BROOKS.
   Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice Brooks, 49, of 236 Powers street, who died Thursday, will be conducted at Kearns Garden Chapel Monday at 3 p.m. by Rev. Harley W. Farnham, pastor of Grace Methodist church.
   Mrs. Brooks was the daughter of George and Nettie Byrnes. Included among other survivors is a stepfather, Fred Jewett, Noble, Ill.
   Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
 — Waterloo Daily Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), 06 Feb 1949, p. 2, column 1


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  Burial Notes

Fairview Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• Nickname: Bessie (when young).

• She appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 25 June 1900 in Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA. James Hance       61
  Sarah Hance       50
  Laura B Hance       21
  James H Hance       18
  Hattie Hance       12
  Bessie Hance       3

• She appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 21 April 1910 in Strawberry Point, Cass Township, Clayton County, Iowa, USA. Ferd Jowett       28
  Nettie Jewett       30
  Bernice Jewett       7
  Helen Jewett       5
  Charlie Jewett       3
  Raymond Jewett       6/12
  Elias Jewett       62
  Bessie Jewett       12

• She appeared on the Iowa State Census in 1915 in Strawberry Point, Cass Township, Clayton County, Iowa, USA.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 2 January 1920 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. ¹
  
  Lewis L Downs       26
  Beatrice Downs       23

• She had a residence in 1922 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.

• She appeared on the census in 1925 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. ³

• She appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 9 May 1930 in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. Alvin Brooks       36
  Beatrice Brooks       34
  Dorothy Brooks       13
  Nellie Jewett       54
  Ina Jewett       10

• She had a residence in 1935 in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA.

• She had a residence in 1938 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. ⁴

• She appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Justice Precinct 1, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Jack Baker       38
  Bernice Baker       38
  Frankie Ann Baker       7
  
  Alva H Brooks       44
  Beatrice Brooks       42
  Wayne Brooks       9

Beatrice married Lewis Leonard DOWNS, son of Robert Shelby DOWNS and Ida Ann PECK, on 5 July 1917 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce before 26 May 1925. (Lewis Leonard DOWNS was born on 2 March 1893 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA,^{1 5 6} died in November 1973 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA ⁶ and was buried in 1973 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.)

Beatrice next married Alva Holdridge BROOKS about 10 November 1927 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. (Alva Holdridge BROOKS was born on 21 May 1893 in Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa, USA, died on 6 August 1974 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA and was buried on 8 August 1974 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.)