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Thomas Edwin Brooks was born somewhere in Staffordshire c.1835. My wife's father, Thomas Edwin Brooks was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire in 1913. He was the only boy, and the last in the family. He had about five sisters.
Could anyone help me find where the senior Thomas Edwin Brooks was born as I am banging my head against a brick wall, and it hurts!

Alan, we'll have a look but, meanwhile, could you delete your duplicate thread (it seems to have posted itself twice!)

What was the name of his son, your ancestor?
Thanks

Can you confirm the Thomas Edwin Snr's year of birth? Based upon what you have indicated he would have been approx 77/8 when Thomas Edwin Junior was born. Not impossible but unlikely I would have thought.

There are quite a few Thomas Brook(s) in Staffs around that age (c1835).

Who did he marry?

???

Births Dec 1913 (>99%)
BROOKS Thomas E Henley Basford 7b 455

The district Basford spans the boundaries of the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

According to a tree on Ancestry Thomas Edwin b1913 was the sone of Thomas Edwin Brooks and Ada Henley.

Very scant information and no dates or sources.

EDIT: Can't see a corresponding marriage.

Alan - what certificates have you got for your father-in-law? Birth, marriage or death? What were the names of his siblings?

I think there's something off here - perhaps dates wrong or a generation missing.

Alan needs to come back and answer queries.

BMD Search result details
Civil Registration event: Marriage


Name: BROOKS, Edwin
Registration District: Bridgnorth
County: Shropshire
Year of Registration: 1893
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume No: 6A
Page No: 1231

Edwin Brooks married one of the following people
HENLEY, Ada
NEALE, Ann Louisa
WEALE, Ann Louise
RABEY, Enos

Just a thought - there is this family with father Edwin in the village in 1911 Edit - They are listed as having 6 children and 4 living

BROOKS, Edwin Head Married M 44 1867 Public House Waiter And Handyman Staffordshire Kingswinford VIEW
BROOKS, Ada Wife Married
19 years F 42 1869 Staffordshire Cradley VIEW
BROOKS, Alice Daughter Single F 15 1896 Domestic Servant Daily Staffordshire Kingswinford VIEW
BROOKS, Florence Daughter F 12 1899 Derbyshire Ilkeston VIEW
BROOKS, Ivy Daughter F 6 1905 Derbyshire Ilkeston VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
20407 Reference:
RG14PN20407 RG78PN1222 RD429 SD2 ED16 SN127

Registration District:
Basford Sub District:
Ilkeston Enumeration District:
16 Parish:
Ilkeston

Address:
22 Lower Granby Street Ilkeston Derbyshire County:
Nottinghamshire

Edit - with a possible further daughter in 1911

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Dec 1911 (>99%)
Brooks Annie Henley Basford 7b 458

Looks right K, ties in with all the sisters - and in 1901:

BROOKS, Edwin Head Married M 34 1867 General Labourer Kings Winford Staffordshire
BROOKS, Ada Wife Married F 32 1869 Kings Winford Staffordshire
BROOKS, Dorothy Daughter Single F 7 1894 Kings Winford Staffordshire
BROOKS, Alice Daughter Single F 5 1896 Kings Winford Staffordshire
BROOKS, Florence Daughter Single F 2 1899 Ilkeston Derbyshire

Registration District: Basford Sub District: Ilkeston Enumeration District: 18 Ecclesiastical Parish: Holy Trinity

Civil Parish: Ilkeston (Derby) Municipal Borough:

Address: 22, Lower Granby Street, Ilkeston (Derby)
County: Nottinghamshire

pm from Alan saying his FiL's mother was Ada Henley.

Told him to come back on here.

None. Thomas Edwin Brooks b.14/Sep/1913, m.01/Jan/1938, d.27/Dec/1995

None. Thomas Edwin Brooks b.14/Sep/1913, m.01/Jan/1938, d.27/Dec/1995

FIL's birth? Basford district covers Ilkeston.

Births Dec 1913 (>99%)
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BROOKS Thomas E Henley Basford 7b 455

Alan, I would strongly recommend you order a copy of Edwin and Ada's marriage certificate to get Edwin's father's details to work back from:

Marriages Jun 1893
Brooks Edwin Bridgnorth 6a 1231
Henkley Ada Bridgnorth 6a 1231
Henley Ada Bridgnorth 6a 1231

(Obviously some confusion over spelling)

A sister?

Births Dec 1911 (>99%)
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Brooks Annie Henley Basford 7b 458

When you have a certificate for proof, you can compare with this 1871 census:

BROOKES, Thomas Head M 46 1825 Staffordshire Coal Labourer
BROOKES, Ann Wife F 43 1828 Staffordshire
BROOKES, Henery Son M 21 1850 Staffordshire Coal Miner
BROOKES, Thomas Son M 16 1855 Staffordshire Colliery Labourer
BROOKES, Sophia Daughter F 13 1858 Staffordshire
BROOKES, Mary Daughter F 9 1862 Staffordshire
BROOKES, Emmah Daughter F 7 1864 Staffordshire
BROOKES, John Son M 5 1866 Staffordshire
BROOKES, Edwin Son M 3 1868 Staffordshire
BROOKES, Paul Father M 73 1798 Staffordshire

Registration District: Stourbridge Sub District: Kingswinford Enumeration District: 6 Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish: Kingswinford Municipal Borough:

Address: California, Kingswinford County: Worcestershire

All family born in Kingswinford

pm received from Alan

Thomas Edwin Brooks was born about 1860 and married Ada Henley. He died in 1922, she was born in 1870 and died in 1922. Both died at Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Thanks K & MaieCeleste. This is the right family. Can now check the IGI for his & her parents. Thanks again folks.

This is the only Thomas Brooks that dies in Ilkeston from 1918 to 1927:
Deaths Jun 1918
Brooks Thomas H 67 Basford 7b 159
though Ada appears as stated:
Deaths Sep 1922
Brooks Ada 52 Basford 7b 159