BRINK LEONARD H.

1896 - 1977  (81 years)

• Name	BRINK LEONARD H.
  Born	9 Jan 1896	Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jul 1977	Nashville, Illinois
  Buried	15 Jul 1977	North Prairie Cemetery, Washington Co., IL.
  Person ID	I02733	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	BRINK FREDERICK (ERNST FREDERICK GUSTAV HENRY),   b. 13 Apr 1855,   d. 20 Aug 1901, Washington Co. Illinois  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	BECKMEYER SOPHIA M. A. (BOKEMEIER BOEKMEIER),   b. 3 May 1860, (dob may be March 5, 1860) ,   d. 18 Jun 1934, Washngton Co. Illinois  (Age 74 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1880
  Family ID	F00488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GLEIBER FRIEDA,   b. Possibly Waterloo, Illinois
  Children	1. BRINK CHILD,   b. Probably born in Waterloo, Illinois ,   d. Died in infancy.
  Family ID	F00944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	HAKE ALBERTA F.,   b. 20 Sep 1904, Hoyleton Twp., Washington County, Illinois ,   d. 18 Jun 2002  (Age 97 years)
  Married	12 May 1939	Red Bud, Illinois
  Family ID	F00911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  The Origins of the Name Brink The Wiehengebirge as a Source of Unique Place Names The Origins of the Word and Name Brink by David S. Wulfman

  
  

• Notes

  When Leonard was a young boy his father died. His mother eventually remarried and the new family moved to Missouri. Leonard had many sep-brothers and sisters. Life was not so happy and when it was time for him to be confirmed he moved back to Hoyleton to live with his sister Millie and her husband Albert. Shortly after Rudie came to live with them too. Leonard was a prankster and loved to tease Frieda, Millie's daughter, when she was growing up. Leonard attended prep school and college in Elmhurst, Illinois. As an adult Leonard was a band and music teacher in Okawville, Illinois. He wrote and arranged music for the many musicals he produced. Leonard was good at woodworking and had a shop with a lathe and other necessary tools in a building next to his home in New Minden, Illinois. He built a tall grandfather clock for his yard. He also built a reed organ and he used a vacuum, cleaner to blow air into it so he would not have to pump it with his foot. He was also an avid painter. He liked working with oil paintings and had many samples of his work hanging in his home. by Carol Hotz in Brink/Beckmeyer Family History 1999 Grave at North Prairie Cemetery: Footstone - GHS-Mus US Army WW1