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Brookers from Dorking Surrey

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Michael

Michael Report 14 May 2012 22:23

Hi
So far this evening I have found 4 possible leads that have JT Brooker (Born in Edenbridge 1847) all the replies I have seen are relevant and contain loads of info !
I am the grandson of Evelyn mentioned in a couple of replies !
Thank you all very much for your help ! :-)

jax

jax Report 14 May 2012 20:45

Thanks for your message could you reply on the thread by adding in the white box under all the posts

To find any connections go the the search trees at the top of the screen

Search all trees

put in John Brooker year 1847 +/- 2 years ....search

Click on the purple find out more beside the tree owners name and send a message

You can also do the same with the other names you have been given for his children incase there are some different contacts to try

You can check the year of births and find any marriages and children on freebmd

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Good Luck

jax

jax Report 14 May 2012 19:36

There are a few people with John Brooker Edenbridge 1847 in their tree, worth trying to contact them for a start

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 14 May 2012 19:31


Name: Robert Breach
Age in 1911: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Steyning, Sussex
Civil parish: Hove
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street Address: Dedisham Portland Road Hove Sussex
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 1
Estimated Marriage Year: 1910
Occupation: solicitor
Registration district: Steyning
Registration District Number: 80
Sub-registration district: Hove
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 242
Piece: 5198
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Breach 33
Mabel Breach 35
Florence Nellie Chant

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 14 May 2012 19:29

Births Sep 1911
Breach Robert J Brooker Steyning 2b 467

Marriages Dec 1910 (>99%)
Breach Robert St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 989
Brooker Mabel St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 989

Rose

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 14 May 2012 19:28

Still not sure what he is looking for really.

Apart from the looking in 'search trees' names above, as suggested, you can look for marriages for them on Freebmd.

Jan

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Marriages Dec 1924
Brooker Evelyn Hopkins Swansea 11a 2029
Hopkins Idris Brooker Swansea 11a 2029

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 14 May 2012 19:26

Michael must have the 1911 census as John's occupation matches exactly.

Births Dec 1890
Brooker Evelyn Dorking 2a 144

Rose

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 14 May 2012 19:22

Does this help at all? More names to search for.

1911 England Census

Name: John Thomas Brooker
Age in 1911: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Edenbridge, Kent, England
Civil parish: Dorking
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: Hurstbourne, Ranmore Rd, Dorking
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Timber Merchant and Wooden Goods Manufacturer
Registration district: Dorking
Registration District Number: 36
Sub-registration district: Dorking

John Thomas Brooker 64
Ellen Brooker 60
Ellen Ada Brooker 37
William John Brooker 33
Hubert Brooker 31
Harold Brooker 27
Evelyn Brooker 20
Constance Margaret Brooker 18
Annie Hilda Brooker 21
Bertha Ellen Sparks

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 14 May 2012 19:10

Not entirely sure what you are after! We could do with some dates really.

Would this make any sense?

Name: John T Brooker
Birth Date: abt 1847
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1930
Age at Death: 83
Registration district: Dorking
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 241

Jan

Michael

Michael Report 14 May 2012 18:56

Hi
I am starting to research my fathers family from Dorking in Surrey !
We have never met any of his family as we live in Swansea and his mum Evelyn Brooker was forbidden to make contact with her family after about 1933. Her farther was John Thomas Brooker (Timber Merchant and wooden goods manufacturer in Dorking) dwellings mentioned are Hurstbourne which I understand may have been purchased by the local authority as their offices , also Parkside in Nower Lane ! Other names mentioned are Robert Breach who we think may have been a solicitor !
If anyone has a couple of leads for me it would be appreciated ! :-)