Birth Name: Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Date of Birth: May 18, 1937
Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish
Ancestry/Genealogy: Brooks Robinson is an American former baseball third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles. With 16 Gold Glove awards, Robinson is regarded as one of the best defensive third baseman of all time. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1983.
Brooks Robinson was the son of Brooks Calbert Robinson Sr. and Ethel Mae Denker.
Robinson’s paternal grandfather was Robert Bruce Robinson, the son of Samuel Calvert Robinson and Melissa Caroline Martin. Samuel was born in Pope County, Arkansas, the son of Samuel McClory Robinson and Ericksina Mary Ann Robinson. Melissa was born in Wayne County, Tennessee, the daughter of Samuel A. Martin and Rebecca Ann Lawson.
Robinson’s paternal grandmother was Bertha Teeter, the daughter of Paul Monroe Teeter and Dora Ellen Bowden. Paul was born in Pope, Arkansas, the son of Peter Napoleon Teeter and Mary Jane Parker.
Robinson’s maternal grandfather was August Denker, the son of German parents August Denker and Marie Liebel. August was the son of August Friedrich Denker and Thalke Margrethe Mete Harms.
Robinson’s maternal grandmother was Mannia Etter Burbridge, the daughter of Jack Burbridge and Mary Ann Burbridge.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130156060/brooks-calbert-robinson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130156081/ethel-mae-robinson
geni.com (of Brooks Robinson’s father)
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