Surname Saturday: Family of Louis Boone Brinlee and Mary Jane “Mollie” Bennett

Louis Boone Brinlee
b. 13 Oct 1882, Collin County, Texas
d. 27 Jul 1957, Madera, California
& Mary Jane “Mollie” Bennett
b. 26 Jun 1884, Odessa, Texas
d. 8 Apr 1952, Madera, California
m. 17 Apr 1906
|--Clarence Oda Brinlee
|----b. 20 Apr 1902, Oklahoma
|----d. 15 Dec 1951, Oakland, Alameda, California
|---& Hettie Mae Bradley
|----b. 11 Mar 1904, Oklahoma
|----d. 26 Mar 1987, Alameda, California
|----m. 1922
|--Cordelia Iva “Cordie” Brinlee
|----b. 7 Mar 1908, Oklahoma
|----d. 5 Nov 1979, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|---& Leslie E. Walker
|----b. 22 Mar 1896
|----d. 13 Nov 1978, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|--Lonnie E. Brinlee
|----b. 10 Jan 1910
|----d. 22 Jan 1910
|--Ethel May Brinlee
|----b. 3 Nov 1911, Oklahoma
|----d. 20 Jun 1921
|--Harold E. Brinlee
|----b. 15 Feb 1915
|----d. 18 Feb 1915
|--Trinnie Izola Brinlee
|----b. 12 May 1916, Yeager, Oklahoma
|----d. 30 Dec 1978, Coalinga, Fresno, California
|---& Rude Hazle Parker
|----b. 2 Dec 1910
|----d. 10 Jun 2000, Coalinga, Fresno, California
|----m. 12 Oct 1937, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|--Raymond Louis Brinlee*
|----b. 24 Jan 1920, Oklahoma
|----d. 14 Aug 1983, French Camp, California
|---& Alta Lorraine Settle
|----b. 9 May 1930, Tulare, California
|----d. 24 Feb 1996, Stockton, San Joaquin, California
|--Raymond Louis Brinlee*
|----b. 24 Jan 1920, Oklahoma
|----d. 14 Aug 1983, French Camp, California
|---& Lola Mae Chambers
|----b. 1928
|----d. 1949
|--Aubry Boone Brinlee*
|----b. 30 Nov 1923, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|----d. 29 Oct 2006, El Sobrante, Contra Costa, California
|--& Helen Meek
|----m. 13 Feb 1941, Wewoka, Seminole Co., Oklahoma
|--Aubry Boone Brinlee*
|----b. 30 Nov 1923, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|----d. 29 Oct 2006, El Sobrante, Contra Costa, California
|--& (Private)
|----b. 6 Oct 1924, Quinton, Oklahoma
|----m. 15 Jan 1945, Reno, Nevada
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|----b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& Roger Galbraith
|----m. 1943
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|---b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& Ronald Thomas “Ron” Casey
|----b. 28 May 1926, Alameda, California
|----d. 16 Jan 1972, Contra Costa, California
|----m. 1946
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|----b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& James Avery Ligon
|----b. 16 Apr 1923, Quinton, Oklahoma
|----d. 18 Jul 1984, Kern County, California
|----m. 1950, Reno, Nevada
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|----b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& John Johnson

Louis Boone Brinlee, youngest son of Hiram Carroll Brinlee and Diza Caroline Boone, was closest to my Grandfather Lawrence Carroll Brinlee in age among his older half-siblings and, according to my Uncle Bill Brinlee, was his favorite brother. According to him, Louis and Mollie moved out to California from Oklahoma in 1942, but sometime before my grandfather’s death in 1953 came back out to Texas to visit him, which made my grandfather very happy. They went together to visit the grave of their father Hiram. Clarence Oda Brinlee may have been Louis’ stepson.

Mary Jane "Mollie" Bennett was the daughter of John David Bennett and Exie Emmaline Casey.

I correspond with a couple of members of this family, but if there are any more of you out there, I would love to hear from you! You can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).