Carolyn Broadbooks

b. 30 December 1890, d. January 1983
  • Carolyn Broadbooks was born on 30 December 1890 in New York.
  • Martin P. Broadbooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York. Other members of the household included Carolyn Broadbooks, Cleveland Broadbooks, Edith Broadbooks and Ruth Broadbooks.
  • She married Ray Grant Sierk, son of Henry Sierk Jr. and Cora Almeda Lindsey, circa 1915. Carolyn's first cousin Alta Broadbrooks married widower Percy Luther Cady, father of their daughter Evelyn's husband Percy Jr..
  • Cleveland Broadbooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Attica, New York. Other members of the household included Carolyn Broadbooks, Caroline Bauer, Ray Grant Sierk, Norman Lindsey Sierk, Evelyn Cora Sierk and Edith Sierk.
  • Ray Grant Sierk and Carolyn Broadbooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York, at Creek Road living next to Ray's brother Glenn.. Other members of the household included Norman Lindsey Sierk, Evelyn Cora Sierk, Edith Sierk and Paul R. Sierk.
  • The following appeared on 20 October 1950 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Out-of-town guests attending the Wilson-Guenther wedding tomorrow will be: Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Vorwerk, Lauerlton, N.J; Mr. and Mrs. Carroll W. Corliss, Batavia; Dr. and Mrs. Leo C. Sierk, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ames, Miss Beverly Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sierk, all of Attica; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sierk, Mr. Paul Sierk, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cady, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sierk, Darien; Miss Edna Dusinberre, Mrs. Sarah Lindsay, Geneva; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hunn, Pavilion; Mr. Paul A. Mitchell, Forest Hills, L.I; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hayworth and family, Mimico, Ont., and Miss Gertrude Everett, Toronto, Ont.
  • Carolyn Broadbooks became a widow at the 15 July 1968 death of her husband Ray Grant Sierk.
  • The following appeared in the Wyoming County Times: Ray Grant Sierk, 81, of Harper Rd., Darien, was discovered dead in a field behind his home early July 15, 1968. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He had been in failing health for some time. State Troopers theorized he was fatally stricken while walking in the field.
         Mr. Sierk was born in Attica, Jan. 15, 1887, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sierk. A member of the Darien Methodist Church, he was a retired farm operator.
         Surviving with his wife, Carolyn Broadbrooks Sierk, are two sons, Norman and Paul Sierk of Darien; two daughters, Mrs. Percy (Evelyn) Cady of Darien and Mrs. Sherman (Edith) Bolles of Houghton; six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Lillian Ames of Attica; two brothers, Dr. Leo Sierk of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Glenn Sierk of Attica. He was a brother of the late Mary Guenther.
          Services were July 17, 1968 at the Marley Funeral Home with the Rev. W. Donald Houser officiating. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
  • The SSDI lists Darien Center, Genesee County, New York, as the last residence of record of Carolyn Broadbooks.
  • Carolyn Broadbooks died in January 1983 at age 92.
  • She was interred in 1983 at Forest Hill Cemetery, Attica, Wyoming County, New York.
  • Last Edited: 8 Dec 2011

Family: Ray Grant Sierk b. 15 January 1887, d. 15 July 1968