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Title: William Brooke birth
Post by: gillj on Friday 04 March 05 12:22 GMT (UK)

William Brooke was born in Co. Roscommon around 1850, he later studied to be a doctor in Edinburgh and Dublin and finally lived  in Oldham Lancs.
Can anyone please help with details of his parents?

Thanks
Gillj

Title: Re: William Brooke birth
Post by: audrey on Friday 04 March 05 13:34 GMT (UK)

gillj
had a look on the BVRI and can not finde a William but there is a listing for

Brooke  male child b 13/4/1867 at 12 Brideswell Roscommon

father William

mother Bridget Finneran
audrey

Title: Re: William Brooke birth
Post by: gillj on Friday 04 March 05 13:50 GMT (UK)

Not sure if related but I'll make a note of it just in case.

Thanks

Gill

Title: Re: William Brooke birth
Post by: ros2 on Saturday 02 July 05 17:11 BST (UK)

Have you tried the alumni records of Universities at Dublin and Edinburgh?  They may have records of parentage and home or birth address.  Older records at TCD, (Trinity College) Dublin  preserve this data.  If you e mail mscripts@tcd.ie  they will search the records for you. UCD was founded in 1851.  I recall a Roscommon 1840s Surveyor acknowledging the help he received in his survey from a Castlerea, NW Roscommon clerk named (Charles , I think) Brooke. In 1846, a Miss Anne Brooke was the teacher in the Infant School of the 3- level school in Castlerea founded by Lord Mount Sandford, and probably situate on his estate in the town. In 1848- 54 Oran , the next parish SE of Castlerea,  John Brooke has something in the region of 150 acres rented from Augusta B. Daly. It is not clear if this farm contains a dwelling house.