Entry 22 for Bap of John son John and Frances Brooks at Woodton 7 Aug 1814 father a wheelwrighte [sic] at https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004143512.004143512_01510 Jean On 3 July 2011 18:45, Jill Bloom <jescot33@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all > > Confirmation is badly needed for the father of JOHN BROOKS, b.at Woodton > 1814-15. Parentage may be John (again) Brooks and Frances(?), but there are > other possibilities. I was hoping that John's (b.1814-15) marriage to Mary > Ann Potter (b.Norwich) also b.1814-15, would be post 1837. However, over > the years I have searched in vain all likely sources, pre- and post 1837, > with no result. > > It is of course possible that they were never officially married at all. > However, there was apparently a family tradition that our grandmother, > Matilda Norton nee Brooks (d.1935), was a non-practising Roman Catholic. > Strangely, today I came across the burial at Woodton of an unmarried Mary > Brooks (45) in 1834. "Roman Catholic" is clearly indicated by the C of E > incumbent in the register. > > I am not sure of the date when RCs were once again allowed to worship > publicly in England - I think this was early 19th century - but in any case > can't think where to go next. > > If anyone on this knowledgeable list has any bright ideas, they would be > most welcome! > > Thanks > Jill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >