Brent Family History & Genealogy

Born to Arthur and Eleanor(Warner) Riggs On October 20, 1895 in Tampa Florida, Mary's mother died when she was 10. As a teenager, she moved to New York City and became a model. Although she studied to become a teacher, her modeling career led to the new motion picture industry and she became an actress, at first working as an extra for $3 a day in New Jersey. As an actress, Mary Elizabeth Riggs changed her name to "Evelyn Brent" and a career began. By 1919 Betty Riggs was listed in the Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual as "Evelyn Brent". Later that year she sailed for London and appeared in a few films in Europe. She also appeared on the London stage in a comedy by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). She was back in New York to marry her first husband, movie executive Bernard Powell Fineman (1895-1971) in November 1922. The couple divorced in 1927. After marrying her second husband Harry John Edwards (1887-1952) in November 1928 at Tijuana, Mexico, she transitioned into the "talkies", though the parts she was given were increasingly secondary roles. She appeared in fewer films throughout the 1930s and 1940s. No longer in demand by the major studios, she continued to appear in lower budget films. Evelyn Brent's third marriage in 1948 was to vaudevillian Harry Fox (1882-1959) (real name - Harry Messman or Arthur Carringford), a comedian who was known as being the dancing inspiration for Harry Fox's Trot (foxtrot). Evelyn Brent made her last film in 1950. Throughout her 35 years in the industry she is credited with appearing in no less than 126 films. In her later years she worked for the Thelma White Talent Agency in Hollywood. She died 4 June 1975 aged 79 and is buried in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Evelyn's parents were Arthur and Eleanor (Warner) Riggs. When Evelyn was 10, her mother died and she was subsequently raised by her single father. Then, as a teenager, she moved to New York City and studied to be a teacher. But since she was so striking, she found jobs as a model. And after visiting a local film studio in New Jersey, Evelyn was offered a job as an extra. Extras were earning $3/day and dreams of teaching were soon left in the rear-view mirror. Evelyn's first big film was in 1915, the silent film "The Shooting of Dan McGrew". After shooting the film, she took a brief hiatus and visited London, unexpectedly remaining there for 4 years. In those years, she appeared on the London stage. Returning to the States, she picked up her silent film career, making more than 2 dozen more silent films. Although Evelyn made a successful transition to "talkies", her career waned as her looks did. She began touring with vaudeville shows and taking increasingly smaller roles in movies. By 1960, she moved on to television, appearing in an episode of the popular show "Wagon Train". Married 3 times (her 3rd husband died in 1959), Evelyn died of a heart attack in 1959 in Los Angeles.

Hi. The names Herbert Leopold Brent and Emily Brent ( nee Ashton ) came up in a reference to Alex Carter Brent. Herbert and Emily were my grand parents. Their son John Ashton Brent was my father. My great grandfather was Herbert Brent. I have done very little family research but would be interested to see if there is another branch that I don't know about. My email is : [contact link]

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lulu Rogers Brent.

Reginald H Brent of New York County, New York United States was born circa 1922 to Lulu Rogers Brent. Reginald Brent has a brother Richard W. Brent. He married Marguree J. Brent. He also married Priscilla (Cruz) Webster, and they had children Myra Brent and Diane Brent. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Reginald H Brent.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Diane Brent.

Herbert Leopold Brent of Heidelberg Australia was born in 1891 in Carisbrook, VIC, and died at age 60 years old in 1951 at Heideberg Repatriation Hospital in Heidelberg. Herbert Brent was buried in 1951.

George Alfred BRENT 2nd great grandfather of husband Birth: abt 1871 in Channel Islands. m.: Ellen WILLIAMS 1893, Victoria, Australia. Registration Place: Victoria. Registration Year: 1893. Registration Number: 6284. Death: 1947 in Thornbury, Victoria, Australia.

Gertrude Lucy (Maud) Brent of Melbourne South Australia was born in 1888 in Melbourne South, and died at age 87 years old in 1975 in Caulfield, VIC.

Helen L Brent of Mansfield, Richland County, OH was born on December 18, 1932, and died at age 71 years old on January 12, 2004.

Arthur R Brent of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on December 10, 1923, and died at age 74 years old on April 23, 1998.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard W. Brent.

Mattie L Brent was born circa 1878, and died at age 38 years old on April 20, 1917 in Manhattan County, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mattie L Brent.

Herbert Brent was born in abt 1863. He lived in Carisbrook, Victoria and enlisted to serve in the Boer War. He died on active service in a railway accident in 1900. He was a publican in Carisbrook ( Victoria ) and left his widow with four young children to bring up.Herbert was a sergeant.

Annie maria Dolby married Herbert Brent. Widowed in 1900. Remarried in 1903 to Phillip Hepburn

Marguree J. Brent was married to Reginald H Brent. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marguree J. Brent.

Willie L Brent of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, TX was born on October 22, 1916, and died at age 83 years old on April 12, 2000.

George Brent of Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, California was born on March 15, 1904 at Near Dublin in Ireland. in Dublin Ireland, and died at age 75 years old on May 26, 1979 in San Diego. George Brent was buried Cremated and ashes scattered at sea..

Jesse Emmanuel "Edwin" Brent Jr's father was Jesse Emanuel "Jess" Brent Sr. (1884 - 1955) and his mother was Ludye Hemingway Brent (1893 - 1967). He had siblings James Wilson, Charlton Giles, Catherine "Kitty" Drake, Edith Drake, George Clark, and Wilson Hemingway Brent. Jesse married Alice Ruth Hayes (born 1912) on June 11, 1930 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and they had four children - 2 sons and 2 daughters: Lea and Howard and Betty Jo and Barbara Brent. Throughout his life, Jesse liked to be called a "river rat" because he began as a deckhand and rose to be the founder of one of the largest Mississippi River towboat companies. He was also active in state and national politics - he actively worked for President Nixon's re-election campaign in 1972 and was a support of Senator John C. Stennis, who was a Democrat running for a seventh term. (He self-identified as a "middle of the road conservative.") Jesse didn't attend college, but he strongly supported higher education, funding scholarships for Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees for the college.

Myra Brent was born to Priscilla (Cruz) Webster and Reginald H Brent, and has a sister Diane Brent. Myra Brent was in a relationship with David Williams, and has a child Kayla Kayla. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Myra Brent.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Francsis Vandercook Brent.