Brooks, John Thomas

Birth Name Brooks, John Thomas
Gender male
Age at Death about 50 years, 5 months, 28 days

Notes

Note

Name John Brooks
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 03 Feb 1872
Event Place , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Spouse's Name Hannah Leaman or Seaman
Citing this Record "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-2CFD : accessed 31 May 2016), John Brooks and Hannah Leaman, 03 Feb 1872; citing , Prince Edward Island, Canada, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,630,094.

John T. Brooks married Sarah Brooks in Margate PEI in 1880. The eldest daughter in the household, Mellone or Millera, is possibly Melissa, born 1873, daughter of John and Hannah Brooks.

John, age 34, and Sarah, age 26, were in the 1881 census with Mellone, age 7; John Robert. age 4, and Johanna Maud, one month. In 1891, there were Millera, 17; Robert 15, Johanna 10, and David Alexander, age 6.

Robert died at age 19. A son Thomas, baptized in 1897, does not appear in the 1901 census with the family.

John Brooks died June 29 1897, buried 30th June 1897, aged 60. "At Fredericton on the 28th inst., John T. Brooks, aged 52 years, leaving a wife and four children to mourn the loss of a kind father and loving husband."

Sarah was a widow in the 1901 census, with daughters Martha (Johanna Maud?), Alexander, and Sadie. She married again, to John Carew, and died in 1940. According to her obituary, she was survived by Mrs. Ernest Stead (Sadie), Mrs. Maud Wall, and Mrs. Melissa Wall. "Her only son predeceased her three years ago."

Brooks, John T.
Summerside Journal - 30 June 1897, page 5, col. 3

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1847 Fredericton, Lot 67, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada born 1847 in the 1881 census, 1852 in 1891 - died at age 52  
Death June 29, 1897 Fredericton, Lot 67, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Brooks, Johnabout 1810June 19, 1886
Mother Ramsay, Christiana Christyabout 1811about 1862
    Sister     Brooks, Johanna April 21, 1836 1923
         Brooks, John Thomas about 1847 June 29, 1897
    Sister     Brooks, Margaret Jane April 22, 1840 1912
    Brother     Brooks, William April 8, 1844 May 2, 1935
    Sister     Brooks, Mary Ann April 2, 1843 November 28, 1911
    Brother     Brooks, Robert February 11, 1850 March 25, 1915
    Sister     Brooks, Flora about 1844 1879
    Brother     Brooks, George 1850
    Brother     Brooks, David about 1852 1928
    Sister     Brooks, Sophia about 1858 1916
    Sister     Brooks, Martha Mattie about 1859 March 15, 1898

Families

Family of Brooks, John Thomas and Frizzell, Sarah

Married Wife Frizzell, Sarah ( * about 1855 + 1940 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage May 31, 1880 Prince Edward Island, Canada    
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Brooks, Minnie May18821885
Brooks, David AlexanderApril 21, 1884October 1937
Brooks, Johanna MaudApril 1, 1887
Brooks, Thomas Landford Stewart1888May 19, 1889
Brooks, Mary Minon Bell1891May 1892
Brooks, Sadie Marguerite18961981

Family of Brooks, John Thomas and Seaman, Hannah

Married Wife Seaman, Hannah ( * + before 1880 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage February 3, 1872 Prince Edward Island, Canada    
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Brooks, Melissa AnnJuly 1, 1873April 23, 1947
Brooks, John Robert18761895