Colin, Will write to you at your personal email address. Thankyou for your reply. Patsy on 19/2/08 6:46 pm, BrooksGen4@aol.com at BrooksGen4@aol.com wrote: > > Patsy, > I have a THOMAS BROOKES who was married on May 14, 1848 to a Lucy Splain > at St. Peters in Hereford. He is documented as living on St. Owen street!! > His > father is William who worked as the Hereford Jailor. In some American > documents, Thomas has a middle initial "G." Based on a history, the claim was > his > Grandfather was George Brookes who worked as a gamekeeper during the reign of > King George. > Unfortunately, Thomas left Hereford circa 1850 after his wife Lucy died. > Lucy died while giving birth to HARRIETT on 23 March 1849 at Hereford. > Harriett was christened at St. Owens cathedral, Hereford. The 1851 census has > HARRIETT age 2 living with WILLIAM BROOKES and family in St. John, Hereford. > When Thomas had more children in California the names were: Mary Ann > (died young), Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Thomas, William, Lily May, Rose May, Mary > Emma , James Robert. > > I used to think that Thomas and George were brothers. Then I found the > marriage certificate , and WILLIAM is absolutely the father of Thomas. SO > could > George the "Gamekeeper" have at least two sons named William and John, both > living in Hereford practically next door since St. Owen street was so small, > and > those sons gave birth to Thomas and George who as cousins grew up together in > Hereford. > Given those records, and my information, there really is no doubt those > two, George and Thomas, are connected. Exactly how is the question. > > I have done a 67-marker DNA test with Family Tree DNA. IF you can find a > male Brooks on your side, we could possibly make a 100% match to prove that > connection. That would be awesome. Unfortunately, until we find other source > material I don't see any other option. Given the lack of specific Hereford > data > available online like deeds, court records, tax record etc, I'm tapped out on > sources. I could spend a lot of money doing random searches, but I'm not Bill > Gates. The cost of researching England from America is really prohibitive. > If you find something worth our money, I'd gladly share. Thomas is my > direct line and finding his family would mean alot. > > Colin Brooks > Quakertown, PA USA > > P.S> Family legend was we were Welsh. I seriously doubt it, but then > again... that's why we search > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In a message dated 2/19/2008 5:01:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > roger.witchell@virgin.net writes: > > Hi Polly, > I noted you had an interest in BROOKES. > Do not know if you have come across: > > LUCY MARIA BROOKES b. Jun. qua. 1849 Heref. > > I have found Lucy Maria & family on the 1851 census but have had little > luck with 1861/71. > In 1872 Lucy Maria was in Monmouth. > > 1851 St Owen's St.. > > GEO. BROOKES 47 Furniture Broker NK Herefs. > ANN 30......................... HUNTINGDON > Children all b. Heref. > JAMES 6 > LUCY MARIA 1 > SARAH ANN 3m > two others. > > IGI- Parents JOHN and ANN BROOKES > > LUCY MARIA BROOKES 25 Oct 1849 St Peter's Herefs. > SARAH ANN BROOKES 29 Oct 1851 St Peter's Herefs. > > IGI has a JOHN BROOKES m. ANN CLARKE @ BREINTON 6 NOV 1848......this poss > ruling out JAMES b.1845 approx.. > > Hereford BMD: > CANNOT find JAMES BROOKES as CLARKE or BROOKES . > > George Brookes/father of Lucy approx 1804 Herefs: > IGI has a Geo. Brookes 6 Jan 1804 Linton by Ross Samuel & Hannah.......but > poss other Geo. Brookes around! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MONMOUTH BMD: > > LUCY MARIA BROOKES m. HENRY SIMMONS 1872 qua. 11a 35. > > LUCY MARIA SIMMONS d. Dec. qua. 1897 aged 49. > > HENRY SIMMONS..... d. Dec. qua. 1899 aged 51. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Do not know if you or any other members have come across these Brookes in > your research and would be grateful if you have. > > > > Kind regards, > Patsy > > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- > A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duff > y/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- > A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message