Joseph Brookes

[mjay]

Private 40373 Joseph Brookes
Abt 1893 -20/9/1917 (24)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... kes-joseph

Dob abt 1893

Baptism

Parents Elijah Brookes & Mary Ann

Parents Marriage

1901 99 Harvills Hawthorn, West Bromwich, Staffs.
Mary A. Brooks (33, Widow, born West Bromwich), and her 4 children: Samuel (10, born West Bromwich), Joseph (8, born West Bromwich), Lizzie (6, born West Bromwich), and Thomas (3, born West Bromwich).

1911 5 Dial Lane, West Bromwich, Staffs.
Elijah (33, Puddler, born West Bromwich), Mary Ann (44, born West Bromwich), 3 of Mary's 4 children by her first marriage: Samuel (20, Labourer, born West Bromwich), Joseph (18, Labourer in Tube Works, born West Bromwich), and Thomas (13, Moulder's Help, born West Bromwich), also Elijah and Mary's 3 children: Charlotte (8, born West Bromwich), Elijah (6, born West Bromwich), and Annie (9 months, born West Bromwich).

Marriage 23/8/1915 St Paul Golds Hill
Joseph Brookes and Winifred Bates registered in September quarter 1915 in West Bromwich.

Staffordshire Gold's Hill
Church name St Paul
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 205
Marriage date 23 Aug 1915
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname BROOKES
Groom age 22 Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Ironworker
Groom abode 5 Dial Lane
Bride forename Winifred
Bride surname BATES
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride occupation Warehouse Assistant
Bride abode 5 Dial Lane
Groom father forename Elijah
Groom father surname BROOKES
Groom father occupation Ironworker
Bride father forename Harry
Bride father surname BATES
Bride father occupation Tube Roller(deceased)
Witness 1 William DICKINSON
Witness 2 Elizabeth BROOKES

Son, Joseph, was born in June quarter 1917, his birth was registered in West Bromwich.

WW1 Records
Private 40373 Joseph Brookes
Died of Wounds on Thursday, 20th September 1917, age 24.
Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 of Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
10th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. 57th Brigade of 19th Division.
Formerly 24835 South Staffs Regiment.
Son of Elijah and Mary Ann Brookes, of 5, Dial Lane, Hill Top; husband of Winifred Brookes, of 219, Dial Lane, Hill Top, West Bromwich.
Born: West Bromwich, Enlisted: West Bromwich, Resident: Unknown.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Commemorated on the St. Luke's, and St. Paul's, Golds Hill memorials.

Dod 20/9/1917 (24) Died of Wounds Belgium

Burial No known grave

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/843112/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119 ... ph-brookes

Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 of Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
& St. Luke's, and St. Paul's, Golds Hill memorials.

Any other info

[mjay]

Elijah wasn't Joseph's father
Mother Mary Ann Partridge was previously married to Elijahs brother Samuel Brookes

Samuel Brooks
Marriage Age 30
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1859
Residence Place W Bromwich
Marriage Date 21 Apr 1889
Marriage Place Tipton, St Martin, Staffordshire, England
Father Thomas Brooks
Spouse Mary Ann Partridge
Religion Anglican
Page number 38

children of Samuel Brookes & Mary Ann Partridge

Samuel Brookes
1891–1954

Joseph Brookes
Joseph Brookes
1894–1917

Elizabeth Brookes
1895–1959

Thomas Brookes
1897–1970

Samuel Dod abt 1898

2nd Marriage
Elijah Brookes
Mary Ann Partridge
Registration Year 1901
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District West Bromwich
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6b Page 1613

BROOKES Mary A BROOKES Elijah 1901 West Bromwich Register Office (WBRO)
Sandwell Register Office WBRO/37/37

Elijah & Mary Ann children

Charlotte Brookes
1902–

Elijah Brookes
1904–1971

Annie Brookes
1910–1983

[mjay]

I've starting adding Joseph Brookes
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =285816780

I'll continue to add once the info I've found on his father is confirmed

Elijah wasn't Joseph's father
Mother Mary Ann Partridge was previously married to Elijahs brother Samuel Brookes

Samuel Brooks
Marriage Age 30
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1859
Residence Place W Bromwich
Marriage Date 21 Apr 1889
Marriage Place Tipton, St Martin, Staffordshire, England
Father Thomas Brooks
Spouse Mary Ann Partridge
Religion Anglican
Page number 38

children of Samuel Brookes & Mary Ann Partridge

Samuel Brookes
1891–1954

Joseph Brookes
Joseph Brookes
1894–1917

Elizabeth Brookes
1895–1959

Thomas Brookes
1897–1970

Samuel Dod abt 1898

2nd Marriage
Elijah Brookes
Mary Ann Partridge
Registration Year 1901
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District West Bromwich
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6b Page 1613

BROOKES Mary A BROOKES Elijah 1901 West Bromwich Register Office (WBRO)
Sandwell Register Office WBRO/37/37

Elijah & Mary Ann children

Charlotte Brookes
1902–

Elijah Brookes
1904–1971

Annie Brookes
1910–1983

[kdwoodie]

BROOKES, SAMUEL PARTRIDGE
GRO Reference: 1890 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 771

BROOKES, JOSEPH PARTRIDGE
GRO Reference: 1893 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 888

BROOKES, ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE
GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 922

BROOKES, THOMAS PARTRIDGE
GRO Reference: 1897 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 848


Death ?
BROOKES, SAMUEL 39
GRO Reference: 1898 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 522

[kdwoodie]

Samuels death is 1898 not 1989

[mjay]

Updated and and added all that I can

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =431164492

[Northern Lass]

ok to archive?

[grangers14]

Marriage
Elijah Brookes
Mary Ann Partridge
Registration Year 1901
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District West Bromwich
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6b Page 1613
Notes: Mary Ann used her maiden surname, when she was Brookes as she was previously married to Elijahs brother Samuel Brookes

Could I please query where this information came from mjay?

Freereg has
Marriages Dec 1901 (>99%)
Brookes Elijah W. Bromwich 6b 1613
Brookes Mary Ann W. Bromwich 6b 1613
Cartwright Elizabeth W. Bromwich 6b 1613
Harris Herbert W. Bromwich 6b 1613

West Mid has,
BROOKES Elijah BROOKES Mary A 1901 West Bromwich Register Office (WBRO) Sandwell Register Office WBRO/37/37

I have been unable to see a family with both Samuel and Elijah Brookes with father Thomas, so far.

[kdwoodie]

BROOKES, SAMUEL TIMMINS
GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 64

BROOKES, ELIJAH TIMMINS
GRO Reference: 1879 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 860

Freereg
Staffordshire
Place West Bromwich
All Saints
Parish Register
Register entry number 490
Marriage date 24 Aug 1857
Thomas BROOKS 19 bachelor Puddler West Bromwich Thomas BROOKS Labourer
Ann Maria TIMMINS 20 spinster West Bromwich Edward TIMMINS Labourer
Witness1 John ONIONS
Witness2 Mary INCE
Notes Bride & both witnesses sign X

[mjay]

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