Feyge (Fannie) Ainbinder Brooks was born on May 29, 1900, in Balagansk, state of Irkutsk, Siberia, to Rubin Ainbinder and Minnie Hurwitz. This photo is of Fannie with her mother.
Rubin Ainbinder died in 1903, and Minnie married Harry Bailin in 1907. Fannie came to the US on August 11, 1908, through Ellis Island. She and the rest of the Bailin family were living in Webster, MA, by 1909.
Fannie married Michael Brooks (1898-1956) on June 22, 1919.
In the photo, Fannie is on the left, and Michael Brooks is on the right.
From left: Fannie Brooks, Sylvia Brooks, Betty Brooks Lev, Howard Lev, Barbara Brooks and Michael Brooks
In this 1965 photo, at the wedding of Hayman "Hi" Bailin and Sarah Sabo, Fannie is on the right, front row.
First row, from left: Hayman Bailin, Sarah Sabo Bailin, Fannie Brooks
Second row, from left: Jack Friedberg, Ceal Bailin Friedberg, Doris Bailin, Anne Bailin Greenberg, Toby Bailin
Fannie and her surviving brothers and sisters - she is second from left.
From left: Ceal Bailin Friedberg, Fannie Brooks, Hayman Bailin, Anne Bailin Greenberg
Standing in the back row, from left: Milton Bailin, Gertrude Bailin Klein, Sam Greenberg
Front row, from left: Hannah Bailin, Fannie Brooks, Anne Bailin Greenberg
With Dora Siegel Bailin, July 1963
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