Benjamin BROOKES, ,Esq.,of Moggill,Queensland,Australia

Male 1830 - 1876  (45 years)


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  • Name Benjamin BROOKES 
    Suffix ,Esq.,of Moggill,Queensland,Australia 
    Born 12 Dec 1830  Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 May 1876  "Vacy", South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref:The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 3 May 1876 p 2 Family Notices.
    Buried Dutton Park Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14729  Kirkpatrick Family
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2020 

    Family Margaret STEWART,   b. 12 Jul 1834, Ballachulish, Argyle, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1901, "Vacy", South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1856  North Brisbane , Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref:NSW BDM 1210/1856 - The marriage is registered in New South Wales,but occurred in Moreton Bay,Brisbane.The marriage was also registered in Queensland in 1859. In both registers Margarets surname is recorded as MacLachlan,from her first marriage to Robert MacLachlan,whom she married in NSW.(her death register entry lists her parents as Hugh Stewart,and Margaret McTavish)
      Marriage Ref:The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) ,Saturday 27 September 1856.."On the 16th inst, at North Brisbane, by the Rev. N. Turner, Benjamin Brookes, Esq., of Moggill, to Margaret, relict of, the late Mr. Robert Smith McLachlan, Macintyre Brook, Darling Downs".

      The family returned to England in 1862
      Ref: The Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861 - 1864) Fri 21 Mar 1862.

      " SAFE AT HOME!"By this mail intelligence has been received of the safe arrival in England of two well-known and much respected townsmen,-Mr. R. A. Kingsford,and Mr. Benjamin Brookes. The first named gentleman left Sydney in the Cairngorm, together with his family, while Mr. Brookes and family took passage in the Kent, from Melbourne."
    Children 
     1. Stewart BROOKES,   b. 23 Aug 1857, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1900, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Annie BROOKES,   b. 21 Dec 1859, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1930, "Chorlton", Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Edith BROOKES,   b. 27 Feb 1862, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1926  (Age 64 years)
     4. Arthur BROOKES,   b. 1865, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1917, Mackay, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     5. James Henry"Harry" BROOKES, of"Glentanner" Station,Queensland,Australia,   b. 30 Dec 1866, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1925, St. Helen's Private Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Edward BROOKES,   b. 17 Sep 1868, North Brisbane , Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Fannie BROOKES,   b. 29 Jan 1871, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1925, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2020 
    Family ID F6249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin was the son of Rev .William Brookes(1792-1867) and Elizabeth Oakden.


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