The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Lucy Brooks (1851-1929)

Personal data Lucy Brooks 

  • She was born on October 28, 1851 in Broadclyst, Devon, England.
    Name: Lucy Brooks Year of Registration: 1851 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: St Thomas County: Devon Volume: 10 Page: 213

    First name(s) LUCY
    Last name BROOKS
    Birth year 1851
    Birth quarter 4
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District ST. THOMAS
    County Devon
    Country England
    Volume 10
    Page 213
    Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
    Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
    Subcategory Births & baptisms
    Collections from Great Britain
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: 34 Cheriton Street South Cheriton Horsington, Somerset.Source 1
      Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1648; Folio: 79; Page: 9; GSU roll: 542845.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1861 Address No 34 Cheriton Street Parish Horsington Registration District Wincanton
      Image Reference RG9/1648/F? [Pages 158-159] Found 9 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      George Brooks 39 1822 Head Dunsford, Devon Smith
      Harriet Brooks 37 1824 Wife Ottery St Mary, Devon Smiths Wife
      Henry Brooks 14 1847 Son Rockbeare, Devon Smiths Son
      Mary Ann Brooks 13 1848 Daughter Broad Cligst, Devon Smiths Daur
      Lucy Brooks 9 1852 Daughter Broad Cligst, Devon Smiths Daur
      Elizabeth Brooks 7 1854 Daughter South Cheriton, Somerset Scholar
      Charles Brooks 5 1856 Son South Cheriton, Somerset Scholar
      George Brooks 2 1859 Son South Cheriton, Somerset Scholar
      Agnes Brooks 10m 1861 Daughter South Cheriton, Somerset
    • in the year 1871: The Firs, Malpas, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.
      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      The Firs, Malpas, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Charles Burton Fox Head - Male 52 1819 - Wiltshire, England
      Louise Emma Fox Wife - Female 38 1833 - Ireland
      Constance Douglas Fox Daughter - Female 11 1860 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Alice Louise Douglas Fox Daughter - Female 9 1862 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Beatrica Elizabth Douglas Fox Daughter - Female 8 1863 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Maud Cecelia Douglas Fox Daughter - Female 6 1865 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Kathleen Douglas Fox Daughter - Female 5 1866 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Charles Douglas Fox Son - Male 4 1867 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Louisa Wiggin Governess - Female 22 1849 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Lucy Brooks Servant - Female 20 1851 - Devon, England
      Mary Eliza Giddings Servant - Female 29 1842 - Monmouthshire, Wales
      Elizabeth Brooks Servant - Female 18 1853 - Somerset, England
      Julia Palmer Servant - Female 17 1854 - Gloucestershire, England
      Margret Capron Servant - Female 24 1847 - Essex, England
      John James Freer Servant - Male 17 1854 - Leicestershire, England
      Jane Capron Servant - Female 18 1853 - Essex, England
    • in the year 1881: 7, Cwmbran Slate Row, Upper Llanvrechva, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales.Source 2
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 5255; Folio: 67; Page: 25; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342265.

      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 5255; Folio: 67; Page: 25; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342265.

      Census Transcript Household Monmouthshire 1881 Address 7 Slate Row Cwmbran Parish Llanfrechfa Upper Registration District Pontypool
      Image Reference RG11/5255/F? [Pages 134-135] Found 7 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      John J Freer 27 1854 Head N K, Leicestershire Engine Driver Colliery
      Lucy Freer 28 1853 Wife N K, Devonshire
      Fred Freer 5 1876 Son Cwmbran, Monmouthshire Scholar
      Lily Freer 3 1878 Daughter Cwmbran, Monmouthshire
      Elizabeth Freer 8m 1881 Daughter Cwmbran, Monmouthshire
      Frederick Freer 16 1865 Brother Colwall, Herefordshire Colliery Labourer Miner
      Mary A Freer 14 1867 Sister Usk, Monmouthshire
    • in the year 1891: Bell Street, Shaftesbury Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1628; Folio 5; Page 4; GSU roll: 6096738

      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Bell Street, Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      John J Freer Head Married Male 37 1854 Engine Driver Stationary Engine Leicester, Leicestershire, England
      Lucy Freer Wife Married Female 38 1853 - Devon, England
      Frederick Freer Son Single Male 15 1876 Pupil Teacher National School Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales
      Lilian M Freer Daughter Single Female 13 1878 Dressmakers Apprentice Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales
      John Freer Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales
      Edith Freer Daughter - Female 4 1887 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
      Stanley G Freer Son - Male 2 1889 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
      Frank Freer Son - Male 0 1891 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
    • from 1901 till 1911: 4 Barton Hill Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 1965; Folio: 7; Page: 6.

      RG14PN12167 RG78PN686 RD257 SD1 ED4 SN194
    • in the year 1901: 4 Barton Hill Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.
      Census Transcript Household Dorset 1901 Address 4 Barton Hill Parish Shaftesbury Registration District Shaftesbury
      Image Reference RG13/1965/F? Found 9 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      John James Freer 47 1854 Head Leicester, Leicestershire Stationary Engine Driver
      Lucy Freer 48 1853 Wife Broadway, Devonshire
      Lilian Freer 23 1878 Daughter Upper Cwmbran, Monmouthshire Dress Maker
      Edith Freer 14 1887 Daughter Shaftesbury, Dorset
      Frank Freer 10 1891 Son Shaftesbury, Dorset
      Florence Louisa Freer 8 1893 Daughter Shaftesbury, Dorset
      George Richard Freer 6 1895 Son Shaftesbury, Dorset
      Bessie Freer 3 1898 Daughter Shaftesbury, Dorset
      Harriet Brooks 76 1825 Mother In Law Ottery St Mary, Devonshire
    • in the year 1911: 4 Barton Hill Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      4 Barlow Hill Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      John James Freer Head Married Male Engineer At Water Works 57 1854 Town and County of Leicester
      Lucy Freer Wife Married Female - 58 1853 Devonshire Broadclyst
      John Freer Son Single Male Ironmonger Clerk 28 1883 Monmouthshire Cwm Bran
      George Freer Son Single Male Cycle Machinist 16 1895 Shaftesbury Dorset
      Bessie Freer Daughter - Female School 13 1898 Shaftesbury Dorset
  • She died on May 14, 1929 in Shaftesbury, Dorset. England, she was 77 years old.
    Death Shaftesbury Jun Qtr 1929 Vol 5a page 216 age 77

    First name(s) LUCY Last name FREER Gender Female Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1852
    Age 77 Death quarter 2 Death year 1929 District SHAFTESBURY County Dorset Volume 5A
    Page 216
    Country England
    Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
    Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
    Subcategory Deaths & burials
    Collections from Great Britain
  • A child of GEORGE BROOKS and HARRIET MAUNDER
  • This information was last updated on October 5, 2016.

Household of Lucy Brooks

She is married to John James Freer.

They got married on May 19, 1874 at Merthyr Tydfill Parish Church, she was 22 years old.Source 5

Name: John Freer Year of Registration: 1874 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Merthyr Tydfil County: Breconshire, Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan Volume: 11a Page: 626

First name(s) LUCY Last name BROOKS Birth year 1852 Marriage year 1874 Marriage day 19 Marriage month May
Marriage place MERTHYR TYDFIL Spouse's first name(s) JOHN Spouse's last name FREER Groom's age 21 Groom's father's first name(s) Richard Groom's father's last name Freer Bride's age 22 Bride's father's first name(s) George Bride's father's last name Brooks
County Glamorganshire Country Wales Record set Glamorgan Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain

First name(s) LUCY Last name BROOKS Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1874 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ LUCY BROOKS married one of these people JOHN FREER, BENJAMIN THOMAS District MERTHYR TYDFIL
District number - County Glamorganshire Country Wales Volume 11A Page 626 Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain

Child(ren):

  2. Lilian Mary Freer  1877-1964
  4. John Freer  1883-1971 
  5. Edith Kate Freer  1887-1970
  6. Stanley G. Freer  1889-1891
  7. Frank Freer  1891-1977 
  9. George Richard Freer  1894-1974 
  10. Bessie Freer  1897-1959


Notes about Lucy Brooks

Birth: Dec 1851 S. Thomas X 213 1861 34 Cheriton Street, South Cheriton, Horsington, Somerset RG9 / 1648 79 p9 George 39 Smith, b Dunsford Devon Harriet 37 b Ottery St Mary Devon Henry 14 b Rockbeare, Devon Mary Ann 13 b Broadclist Devon Lucy 9 b Broadclist Devon Elizabeth 7 Scholar b South Cheriton Somerset Charles 5 Scholar b South Cheriton Somerset George 2 Scholar b South Cheriton Somerset Agnes 10mths b South Cheriton Somerset ??1871 1881 Slate Row No 7, Lower Llanvrechva, Cwmbran, Monmouth FREER John James 27, Engine Driver Coll'y, b Leicester Lucy 28, Frederick 5, Scholar Lily 3, b Cwmbran Elizabeth 8m, b Cwmbraan Frederick 16, brother, Colliery Labr (Miner), b Colwall, Hereford Mary A 14, sister, b Usk, Monmouth 1891 Bell Street, Shaftesbury Holy Trinity RG12/1628 f5 p4 FREER John James 37, Engine Driver Stationary, worker, b Leicester Lucy 38, b Broadclist, Devon Frederick 15, Pupil Teacher (National School), b Cwmbran, Monmouth Lilian 13, Apprentice Dresmaker b Cwmbran, Monmouth John 8 Scholar b Cwmbran, Monmouth Edith 4 b Shaftesbury, Dorset Stanley G 2 b Shaftesbury, Dorset Frank 3 weeks b Shaftesbury, Dorset 1901 4 Barber Hill, Shaftesbury (Holy Trinity with St Peter) RG13 / 1965 f7 p6 sch 42 FREER John James 47, Engine Driver Stationary, worker, b Leicester Lucy 48, b Broadclist, Devon Lilian 23, Dressmaker, worker, b Upper Cwmbran, Monmouth Edith 14, b Shaftesbury, Dorset Frank 10 b Shaftesbury, Dorset Florence 8, b Shaftesbury, Dorset George Richard 6, b Shaftesbury, Dorset Bessie 3, b Shaftesbury, Dorset Harriet BROOKS 76 W, Mother in law, b ? St Mary, Devon 'My Grandmother Lucy Brooks was ill for many years before her death and I remember always seeing her in bed as a child.' Cedric Freer 'I never knew much about the Brooks side of the family, although there was a Winnie and Eddie Brooks, who are related in some way, but I have never been quite sure how.' Cedric Freer

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lucy Brooks

CHARLES BROOKS
1799-1851
SARAH DAY
1799-1841
WILLIAM MAUNDER
1785-1854
MARY W. CARRIEL
1785-1869
GEORGE BROOKS
1822-1885

Lucy Brooks
1851-1929

1874

John James Freer
1853-1935

Frederick (Richard) Freer
1875-1950
Lilian Mary Freer
1877-1964
Elizabeth Harriet Freer
1880-1884
John Freer
1883-1971
Edith Kate Freer
1887-1970
Stanley G. Freer
1889-1891
Frank Freer
1891-1977
Florence Louisa Freer
1892-1980
George Richard Freer
1894-1974
Bessie Freer
1897-1959

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    Sources

    1. 1861 Census England, 1861 Census
    2. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
    3. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
    4. 1901 Census England
    5. Data from tree of Kate Harding (Genes Reunited)
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    Historical events

    Birthday October 28, 1851

    • The temperature on October 28, 1851 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
      • May 1 » Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
      • July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
      • September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
      • December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
      • December 29 » The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

    Day of marriage May 19, 1874

    • The temperature on May 19, 1874 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
      • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
      • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
      • July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
      • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
      • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

    Day of death May 14, 1929

    • The temperature on May 14, 1929 was between 8.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
      • February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
      • July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
      • August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
      • September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
      • October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
      • November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
    

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