George BROOKS

• aka George Henry Brooks
• Born: 1870
• Baptized: 13 November 1870
  • At: The Parish of Bickleigh (near Tiverton), Devon, England
  • Name: George Brooks
  • Parents: John and Anne Brooks
  • Abode: Tiverton
  • Father's Trade: Labourer
• Married: 12 August1897
  • At: The Parish Church of Harford
  • To: Julia Ann Kelley
  • Age: 25 years
  • Condition: Bachelor
  • Profession: Lance Corporal Royal Marine
  • Residence: HMS Britannia Dartmouth
  • Father: John Brooks
  • Witnesses: William Kelley and Maria Kelley
• Migrated: 23 October 1931
  • To: Wellington, New Zealand
  • Departed from Southampton on the Rangitata
  • Steamship line: The New Zealand Shipping Company
  • Last Address: Houndle Cottage, Cornwood, Devon
• Died: 21 November 1955, New Zealand
• Buried at Patea Cemetery, Scotland Street, Patea, South Taranaki, New Zealand
     Location: Plot id 4357. Block 8

Photographs

Patea Cemetery

Census Information

2 April 1871

• Parish: -
• Address: Yeardlestone, Lower, Tiverton, Devon
• Name Given: George Brooks
• Name of Head: John Brooks
• Relationship to Head: Son
• Condition: -
• Age given: 5 months
• Occupation: -
• Birthplace: Tiverton Devon
• Other Occupants (relative to head): Ann Brooks (wife), Bessie Brooks (daughter), John Brooks (son), William Brooks (son) and Thomas Brooks (son)

3 April 1881

• Parish: -
• Address: Hill Cottage, Tiverton, Devon
• Name Given: George Brooks
• Name of Head: John Brooks
• Relationship to Head: Son
• Condition: Unmarried
• Age given: 10 years
• Occupation: Scholar
• Birthplace: Tiverton Devon
• Other Occupants (relative to head): Ann Brooks (wife), John Brooks (son), Thomas Brooks (son) and Walter Brooks (son)

5 April 1891

• Parish: St Peter, Tiverton
• Address: Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon
• Name Given: George Brooks
• Name of Head: Ann Brooks
• Relationship to Head: Son
• Condition: Single
• Age given: 20 years
• Occupation: Groom
• Birthplace: Devon Tiverton
• Other Occupants (relative to head): Thomas Brooks (son), Walter Brooks (son), William Stevens (nephew) and Charlotte Small (lodger)

31 March 1901

• Parish: St Paul, East Stonehouse
• Address: 45 Admiralty Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, [England]
• Name Given: George H Brooks
• Name of Head: George H Brooks
• Relationship to Head: Head
• Condition: Married
• Parish of: St Paul, East Stonehouse
• Age given: 29 years
• Occupation: Private Royal Marine
• Birthplace: Tiverton, Devon
• Other Occupants (relative to head): Julia A Brooks (wife), William G Brooks (son), Eli Kelley (brother in law) and Ernest Kelley (brother in law)
• Reference: RG 13/2104 Folio 156 Page 34

1911

• Name Given: George Brooks
• Name of Head: George Brooks
• Relationship: Head
• Age given: 39 years
• Birthplace: Bickleigh, Devonshire
• Occupation: Marine (Private) - Navy
• Married for 13 years
• Children living: 1
• Children having died: 0
• Address: 9 Newport Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, [England]
• Other Occupants (relative to head): William Brooks
• Reference: RG14 PN13008 RG78PN750 RD277 SD1 ED4 SN384