Mr. Brooke and Miss Wilkinson

[thorny]

Here's another one for you guys.  ggggrandfather William Steel Brooke b.1793 d. 1869 married Mary Wilkinson b.1796 d/ 1885.  I have no info for the son William Steel Brooke who married Eliz Casson b.1820 d. 1849. I'm sure I saw gravestones at Kildwick with these names.  We visited in 1986.  How come the middle name Steel?   I hope this is fun for you.    Thorny

[oly]

Hello thorny,

Let me guess William Brooke senior had a mother with a maiden name of Steel.
The sons name should have been William Steel Wilkinson Brooke?

Regards Oly

[westsmith]

Hi thorny

This is a tuffie!  I have searched Kildwick records and can find no trace of Brooke as a surname.  Brooke was used as a first name with my Smiths and one did marry a Steel.  No Cassons listed either but Kildwick did cover a wide area in those days.  Any more clues??

westsmith

[Valda]

"LONGWOOD, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 2½ miles W. of Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. Pop. 1,942. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mark, value, p.r. !£116. 8s. Patron, the Vicar of Huddersfield."

Deaths Mar 1869   
BROOK  William Steel  76  Huddersfield  9a 311

Deaths Mar 1886   
Brook  Mary Steel  89  Huddersfield  9a 265

1851 census HO107 2296 folio 428
Thorn Hill Longwood Yorkshire
Willim Steel Brook 59 Longwood Yorkshire  Head Married Manufacturer and Grocer
Mary Steel Brook 55  Lindley Yorkshire Wife Married

The 1861 census gives the same details

FreeBMD has quite a few Steel Brook registrations in Huddersfield registration district as well as some in Halifax and an odd few registered elsewhere. Steel Brooke on FreeBMD is less common. Mainly in Huddersfield and West Derby (Liverpool) registrations districts.

Marriages Sep 1845   
Brook  Charlotte Steel     Huddersfield  22 222   
Marriages Dec 1845   
BROOK  Sarah Steel     Huddersfield  22 285   
Marriages Mar 1850   
Brook  William Steel     Huddersfield  22 229   
Marriages Dec 1850   
Brook  Ann Steel     Huddersfield  22 339   
Marriages Mar 1851   
Brook  Elizabeth Steel     Huddersfield  23 255   
Deaths Jun 1854   
Brook  Louisa Steel     Huddersfield  9a 239   
Deaths Sep 1857   
Brook  Susannah Steel     Huddersfield  9a 209   
Marriages Sep 1857 
Brook  Martha Steel     Huddersfield  9a 385   
Marriages Dec 1858 
BROOK  Eliza Steel     Huddersfield  9a 389   
Marriages Mar 1860 
Brook  Mary Steel     Huddersfield  9a 365     
Births Mar 1875   
Brook  Ann Steel     Huddersfield  9a 384     
Deaths Dec 1898 
Brook  Edward Steel  50  Huddersfield  9a 255   
Marriages Jun 1903   
Brook  Ann Steel     Huddersfield  9a 639   
Marriages Mar 1904 
Brook  Carrie Steel     Huddersfield  9a 431   
Marriages Sep 1905 
Brook  Lavina Steel     Huddersfield  9a 643   
Deaths Mar 1909 
BROOK  Elizabeth Steel  56  Huddersfield  9a 284

Marriages Sep 1838   
BROOKE  William Steel    Huddersfield  22 232   
Marriages Mar 1850   
Brooke  William Steel     Huddersfield  22 229   
Marriages Sep 1858   
Brooke  Ellen Steel     Huddersfield  9a 423   
Marriages Jun 1877   
Brooke  Robert Steele     Huddersfield  9a 466

Deaths Mar 1881   
BROOKE  William Steel  61  W. Derby  8b 328

Regards

Valda