Frank E BROCKMANN

Name: Brookman

Birthdate: 29 Aug 1878

Birthplace: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Gender: Male

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Father's name: Frank C. Brookman

Father's birthplace: New Jersey

Age of father: 28

Mother's name: Emma Shinsle Dceker

Mother's birthplace: Ohio

Mother's age: 23

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Film number: 1287797

Digital GS number: 4271508

Image number: 382

Reference number: 6370

FRANK E. BROOKMAN.

Frank E. Brookman, vice president and general manager of the

Equitable Realty Building Company of Denver, started upon his business

career in connection with factory work and in the winter of 1901

arrived in this city a comparative stranger. Watchful of opportunities

pointing to success, he at length became prominently identified with

industrial and commercial interests of the city and is today occupying

a substantial position in business circles by reason of the keen

foresight which he has displayed in investment and the indefatigable

energy which has characterized him in the conduct of all of his

business affairs. Mr. Brookman is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He was

born on the 29th of August, 1878, and is the only child of the marriage

of Frank E. and Emma (Shingledecker) Brookman. The father was born in

New Jersey and was of Austrian descent, his father Anton Brookman,

having become the founder of the family in the new world. Frank E.

Brookman, Sr., was reared and educated in New Jersey and removed

westward to Chicago prior to the great fire of 1871. He engaged in the

manufacture of heavy chemicals and conducted a profitable business, his

success being attributable entirely to his own efforts, for he started

out empty-handed. His political allegiance was given to the democratic

pirty and he did everything in his power to advance the interests of

his party and promote civic standards. He represented the Lakeview

district in the state legislature on a number of occasions

notwithstanding this was a strong republican district. The vote which

he received indicated his personal popularity and the confidence

reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He died in Chicago, February 14,

1891, when forty-seven years of age. His wife is a native of

Cincinnati, Ohio, and is of Dutch descent. She is still a resident of

Chicago.

Frank E. Brookman of this review began his education in the

public schools of his native city, passed through consecutive grades to

the high school and afterward became a student in the Athenaeum

Business College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the class

of 1898. During the following two years he was employed in his father's

factory, but he believed the west offered better business opportunities

and in 1899 he removed to Denver, where he arrived in the winter-a

comparative stranger. For several years he did not engage in active

business pursuits. He then entered business circles by purchasing the

carriage works of the firm of Robertson & Doll. He conducted the

business for several years, after which he sold out to the Denver

Omnibus & Carriage Company. Later he became connected with his present

business and on the 16th of February, 1912, became vice president and

general manager of the Equitable Building, in which capacity he has

since continued. He is thus directing important business interests and

is meeting with success as the result of his keen sagacity and

unfaltering enterprise.

Mr. Brookman was married in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the 30th of

August, 1913, to Mrs. Leona (Spencer) Barth, a native of Ohio and a

daughter of Mrs. Susan Spencer. Mr. Brookman belongs to the Lakewood

Country Club and also to the Denver Civic and Commercial Association.

In politics he maintains an independent course. His religious faith is

indicated by his membership in the Galilee Baptist church, of which he

formerly served as trustee. He has made for himself a creditable place

in business circles and in public regard since becoming a resident of

Denver and is today accounted one of its progressive and representative

citizens.

Collection: Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates 1878-1922

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Name: Brookman

Birthdate: 29 Aug 1878

Birthplace: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Gender: Male

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Father's name: Frank C. Brookman

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Mother's name: Emma Shingledecker

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Film number: 1287723

Digital GS number: 4254960

Image number: 397

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Collection: Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers 1871-1915

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