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    John BROOKS

    Male 1853 - 1918  (65 years)


    Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

    • Name John BROOKS 
      Born 15 Jan 1853  Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      • Registered by: Elizabeth Brooks his Mother.
      Gender Male 
      Census
      • 1861 Bilton with Harrogate - age 7, Scholar.
        1871 Devonshire Place, Harrogate - Farm Boy.
        1881 Bilton Lane - Agricultural Labourer.
        1891 9 Haywra Street, Harrogate - Hay Dealer.
        1901 31 Grange Avenue, Harrogate - Builder.
        1911 19 Euclid Avenue, New Park, Harrogate - Builder.
      Newspaper Articles
      • Thursday 15th February 1900 The Yorkshire Herald.
        Knaresborough - Offence Against The Building Bye-Laws.

        At the Petty Sessions yesterday - John Brooks of Harrogate builder, was summoned by the Knaresborough Rural District Council for an offence under the Building Bye-Laws. The defendant was about to build some houses for which he submitted plans that were not approved of, and commenced building on some altered plans and was told he was doing so on in own responsibility, as he was erecting houses of a different class without approval, and not in accordance with the By-laws.

        Penalty was £3 and costs of 6s 6d and allowed one month to pay.
      Residence
      • 1887 Knox, Harrogate
        1888: 25 Strawberry Dale Avenue, Harrogate
      Died 12 May 1918  The Bungalow, Electric Avenue, Harrogate Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Cause: from a Carcinoma of the Stomach 
      • Informant: Albert Brooks his son.
      Will 1 Dec 1918  [3
      • BROOKS John of the Bungalow, New Park, Harrogate died 12th May 1918. Administration London 1st December to Charles Brooks builder £60.
      Person ID I64  BROOKS Family History
      Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 

      Father John BROOKS,   b. Abt 1812, Warsill, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1893, Knox, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
      Mother Elizabeth ANDERSON,   b. Abt 1820, Kearby, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1898, Crab Lane, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
      Married 11 Jun 1838  Christ Church, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
      Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Emily (King) PAVEY,   b. Abt 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown 
      Married 26 Mar 1918  the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Killinghall Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
      • Witnessed by: Robert A Smith & Hettie B Corker.
      Last Modified 24 Oct 2024 
      Family ID F580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Margaret IBBOTSON,   b. 7 Dec 1854, Green Hammerton, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1916, The Bungalow, Electric Avenue, Harrogate Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
      Married 1 Jul 1876  the Primitive Methodist Chapel Harrogate Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
      • Witnessed by: Thomas Ibbetson & Eliza Ibbotson.
      Children 
       1. Charles BROOKS,   b. 17 Aug 1877, Bilton Lane, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1923, 7 Hyde Park Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
       2. Sydney BROOKS,   b. 23 Feb 1880, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1881, Bilton Lane, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
       3. Hetty BROOKS,   b. 30 Oct 1881, Bilton Lane, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1932, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
       4. Lily BROOKS,   b. 3 Apr 1884, Knox Mill, Killinghall, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
       5. Albert Berty BROOKS,   b. 23 Feb 1886, Knox Mill, Killinghall, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1983, Flat 1, 26 Woodside, Harrogate Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
       6. Mary BROOKS,   b. 27 Jan 1890, Haywra Street, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1984, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
       7. John Edward BROOKS,   b. 2 Oct 1894, Toronto, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1906, Killinghall, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
       8. BROOKS,   d. Yes, date unknown
      Last Modified 24 Oct 2024 
      Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S8] Birth Certificate [UK].

      2. [S2] Death Certificate [UK].

      3. [S265] National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.

      4. [S4] Marriage Certificate [UK] (Reliability: 3).

      5. [S4] Marriage Certificate [UK].