Family of Robert BROOKES and Martha UNKNOWN

Husband: Robert BROOKES

  • Name:

  • Robert BROOKES

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1843

  • Forncett St. Mary

Wife: Martha UNKNOWN

  • Name:

  • Martha UNKNOWN

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1843

  • Newton

Child 1: William BROOKES

  • Name:

  • William BROOKES

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1870

  • Forncett

Child 2: James BROOKES

  • Name:

  • James BROOKES

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Edith Rachel POTTER (1872-1965)

  • Birth:

  • 1 Jul 1872

  • Forncett St. Mary1,2

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Sep 1872 (age 0)

  • Forncett St. Mary1

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 8-9)

  • Forncett St. Mary3

  •  

  • living with parents Robert (38, general labourer) and Martha (38), siblings William (11), John (6) and Eda (4), and lodgers George HAUGHTON (23, railway labourer) and James ABLETT (29, railway labourer)

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 18-19)

  • Forncett St. Mary4

  •  

  • agricultural labourer, living with father Robert (widower, 48, railway labourer), and brothers John E (19, agricultural labourer) and Charles W (9, scholar)

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 28-29)

  • Forncett St. Mary5

  •  

  • Address: Low Road, Forncett St. Mary

    railway labourer, living with wife Edith (28), son Jim (2), mother-in-law Hannah POTTER (73) and sister-in-law Frances POTTER (33)

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 38-39)

  • Tharston6

  •  

  • railway labourer, living with wife Edith R (37), children Jim R (12, scholar), Harry (8), Claude O (6), Donald L (4), Margaret A K (2) and Margery E (1mth), and sister-in-law Frances POTTER (42)

  • 1939 Register:

  • 1939 (age 66-67)

  • Tharston2

  •  

  • Address: Tharston Street, Tharston

    retired railway man, b.01.07.1872

  • Death:

  • 16 Jun 1949 (age 76)

  • Tharston7,8

  • Burial:

  • 20 Jun 1949

  • Tharston8

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston9

  •  

  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF•  JAMES BROOKES • DIED JUNE 16TH 1949 • AGED 76 YEARS. • “AT REST” • ALSO • EDITH RACHEL • BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE • DIED OCT 15TH 1965 • AGED 92 YEARS. • REUNITED.

Child 3: John E BROOKES

  • Name:

  • John E BROOKES

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1875

  • Hapton

Child 4: Eda BROOKES

  • Name:

  • Eda BROOKES

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • c. 1877

  • Hapton

Child 5: Charles W BROOKES

  • Name:

  • Charles W BROOKES

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1882

  • Forncett St. Mary

Sources

1.

Parish register - baptism. Forncett St. Mary. Cit. Date: 29 September 1872.

2.

1939 Registration. RG101/6542D/002/5 : TREK. Cit. Date: 1939.

3.

1881 Census. RG11 1970 45 9. Cit. Date: 1881.

4.

1891 Census. RG12 1546 24 2. Cit. Date: 1891.

5.

1901 Census. RG13 1864 39 6. Cit. Date: 1901.

6.

1911 Census. RG14 PN11462 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN74. Cit. Date: 1911.

7.

Civil Registration - death. 1949 Q2 Depwade 4B 325. Cit. Date: Q2 1949.

8.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 20 June 1949.

9.

Memorial. Tharston.

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