• Born: 21 May 1893, Auburn, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
• Marriage (1): Everetta WESCOTT on 19 November 1914 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
• Marriage (2): Beatrice Pearl BYRNES about 10 November 1927 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
• Died: 6 August 1974, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA at age 81
• Buried: 8 August 1974, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

   Other names for Alva were Alva H. BROOKS, Alva Holdridg BROOKS, Alvin A. BROOKS and Elva BROOKS.

  Death Notes

5 a.m. at Woodlawn Convalescent Home

  Burial Notes

Fairview Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: James Brooks and Cordelia Kelsey.

• He had a residence on 5 June 1917 in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa, USA.

• He worked as a farmer on 12 January 1920 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, USA.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 12 January 1920 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, USA. Alva H Brooks       26
  Dolly Brooks       25
  Howard Brooks       5
  Dorcy Brooks       2
  Mrs. Lee       75

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

• He worked as a salesman for a tea company on 9 May 1930 in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA.

• He 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

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

• He worked as a saloon bartender on 1 April 1940 in Justice Precinct 1, Nueces County, Texas, USA.

• He 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

• His obituary was published on page 5 of the Waterloo Courier on 7 August 1974 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  
  Elva Brooks
  Graveside rites for Elva Brooks, 79, of the Woodlawn Convalescent Home, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fairview Cemetery.
  He died at 5 a.m. Tuesday at the convalescent home. Born May 21, 1894, he was employed for 27 years at the Galloway Co. of Waterloo.
  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Wifeman, Glendale, Ariz; and four sons, Howard and Glen Bitters, both of Iowa Falls, and Wayne and Kenneth Brooks, California.
  Friends may call at Parrott and Wood Funeral Home until noon Thursday.

Alva married Everetta WESCOTT on 19 November 1914 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA. The marriage ended in divorce before 1923. (Everetta WESCOTT was born on 27 November 1893 in Lorimor, Fayette County, Iowa, USA, died on 5 November 1973 in Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA and was buried in 1973 in Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA.)

Alva next married Beatrice Pearl BYRNES, daughter of George BYRNES and Laura Burnette HANCE, about 10 November 1927 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. (Beatrice Pearl BYRNES was born on 30 May 1897 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA,² died on 3 February 1949 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA and was buried on 7 February 1949 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.)