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Staffordshire completed Look up Requests / Re: 1861 census look up brooks
« on: Tuesday 19 January 10 20:37 GMT (UK)  »

Hi There

Yes Emma and Sarah Brookes were sisters.  I'm not certain about their mother apart from the fact that she was Elizabeth Royl and she married Thomas in Tiverton in 1846.  Unfortunately the marriage entry shows nothing for Elizabeth apart from her name - I have a copy of the GRO certificate and I have also seen the PR in Exeter and they are identical in this respect. 

As you can see from the above, yes Thomas was the father of both Emma and Sarah Ann and he was the son of Thomas Brrokes and Mary Mason (later Jarvis).

Regards

Libby

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Staffordshire completed Look up Requests / Re: 1861 census look up brooks
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 20:46 GMT (UK)  »
Hi There

I have been researching the Brookes family for a friend and I have information on both Emma and Sarah Brookes who appear to have been sisters.  I have Emma as having two children (I have their birth certificates),  Mary Ann in 1871 and Emma Eliza in 1882, both having been born in workhouses.  I am very curious as to what happened to these two as they were living in the same house in 1911 along with Mary Ann's husband and her children. Mary Ann is a boarder in Leek in 1881 whilst her mother is in Hanley as a servant.  Emma had her daughter Emma in the workhouse and seems to still be there with her in 1891, this strikes me as being so sad.

The Brookes family were from Cheadle but seem to have had connections with Tiverton where they sold china.  Thomas' brother James also lived in Tiverton and is a vistor with Thomas' widow Elizabeth in 1851. There were four children born to Thomas and Elizabeth in Tiverton, Charity appears to have died in about 1868, Sarah went on to marry and died after 1911, Emma had the two illeg children but Hannah seems to disappear after 1861.

Regards

Libby

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Carmarthenshire / Re: Five Roads and Seaside Llanelly interests
« on: Thursday 23 July 09 22:34 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: jkimc2 on Tuesday 18 October 05 10:10 BST (UK)
On the subject of Seaside, I have discovered that my g g grandfather owned a lot of property on Caroline St and Burry St which I believe was in that area.
I thought that this was property belonging to the Lead/Copperworks- so how would he have acquired it?
he appears not to have had a very affluent job so why wpould he have owned 5 houses to give away in his will?
(His name was John Francis)

He was also my ancestor and I have been told that he may have won the properties playing cards!!

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