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Hi my name is Amanda, I'm hoping that some one might be able to help me with some info on my great grandfather. All I know about him and his wife is that he was serving in India under the black watch,  his name was Tommy Wilson. At some point he married my grandmother Edith Brook or Brooks after leaving the Army, he then worked for the railway at JAJA as a engine driver, My great grandmother then passed away when my Nan was only 3yrs old so the girls were put in St Josephs convent until they left and came to England. I think Tommy remarried. My Nan left the convent in the 1940 some time and she was the youngest.

One of her witnesses at the wedding was a lady called Kate Brookes, she well may have been Edith”s mother, but little is known within our family.

The only thing i found out was on the wedding certificate of Edith and Thomas which i have a soppy of, it said one of the witness's was Kate Brookes , i assumed at first this might be her sister but i later discovered { i can't remember how i did it } that she was Ediths mother and her name was Katherine who at the time was remarried. I believe Edith may have been an only child. Also possibly Edith's grandfather may have been called Henry John Duckett.

My Nan is the only one left and is 91 this yr and I would love to found out more about my Nana’s  Mum so I can pass it onto her. Jean was only a small child when Edith died and doesn’t have much memory of her Mum or any family members linked to her mum . Thanks in advance, Amanda Boden  amandaboden1@gmail.com

 

Edith BROOKS married Tommy WILSON

 

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info from NORMA C. CROOKS (nee BROOKS)  ncrooks@on.aibn.com
ONE OF THE BROOKS SISTERS MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY OF "GREEN" THERE WAS ONE NIECE OF HERBERT'S I REMEMBER CALLED MILDRED GREEN I THINK SHE RESIDES IN ENGLAND NOW.  BELIEVE THE OTHER TWO SISTERS LIVED IN INDIA AROUND BANGALORE.. ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE ME ON THIS FAMILY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

 

?? BROOKS married ??, children:

  1. George Thomas Brooks (born in Bangalore, believe he lived in Georgetown)

Next Generation

George Thomas BROOKS (born in Bangalore) married ??, children:

  1. ??

(George was married twice, had 5 children of his own and 3 step children. Believe he lived in Georgetown -only the know the name of his eldest girl...eldest brother George was killed in Bangalore at the age of 21 in a bicycle accident. ) 

 

George Thomas BROOKS (born in Bangalore) married, 2nd marriage,  Violet ??, (b 1883, d 9 Aug 1918 Bangalore) 5 children:

  1. Millie Brooks

  2. Antonia Mildred Brooks (b 6 Feb 1903 Bangalore)

  3. Anthony George William Brooks (b 29 Sep 1907 Bangalore)

  4. Antonia Mary Gertrude Brooks (b 27 Oct 1908 Bangalore)

  5. Anthony Alfred Brooks (b 23 Aug 1910 Bangalore)

  6. Herbert Anthony Brooks (b 13 Dec 1911, d 1979 Canada)

Next Generation

Millie BROOKS married ? WHYMSS and lived in Mazagaon, Bombay.  children:

  1. Muriel Whymss

Herbert Anthony BROOKS (b 13 Dec 1911, d 1979 Canada) married Blanche Maud GIBBS, 2 children:

  1. Len Brooks

  2. Norma Claire Brooks (b 4 Sep 1941 Bycullah, Bombay)

(Herbert worked in Richardson & Cruddas in Byculla and then emigrated to UK in 1959, and finally to Canada where he passed away in 1979,)

 

Next Generation

Len BROOKS married Margaret McGRATH (They LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE ONTARIO, and HAVE THREE CHILDREN,

  1. TINA,

  2. DAVID

  3. TARA BROOKS.

Norma Claire BROOKS married Basil Donald CROOKS of Bombay (CURRENTLY LIVE IN TORONTO, ONTARIO (CANADA). THEY HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND 3 GRANDCHILDREN.

  1. STEPHEN CROOKS married CHARLENE ??, 2 CHILDREN, JUSTIN MICHAEL CROOKS, AND AMYEE CHARLENE CROOKS

  2. SHARON ANNE Crooks married ?? COLES, daughter: Sarah

  3. SIMONE BLANCHE Crooks married JIM BAWA

  4. SACHA CROOKS.  

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