1830 - 1876 (45 years)
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Name |
Benjamin BROOKES |
Suffix |
,Esq.,of Moggill,Queensland,Australia |
Born |
12 Dec 1830 |
Manchester, Lancashire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
3 May 1876 |
"Vacy", South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
- Ref:The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 3 May 1876 p 2 Family Notices.
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Buried |
Dutton Park Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland |
Person ID |
I14729 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
Last Modified |
12 Sep 2020 |
Family |
Margaret STEWART, b. 12 Jul 1834, Ballachulish, Argyle, Scotland , d. 12 Feb 1901, "Vacy", South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 66 years) |
Married |
16 Sep 1856 |
North Brisbane , Queensland, Australia |
- 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."
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Children |
| 1. Stewart BROOKES, b. 23 Aug 1857, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia , d. 18 Jan 1900, Queensland, Australia (Age 42 years) |
| 2. Annie BROOKES, b. 21 Dec 1859, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , d. 23 Dec 1930, "Chorlton", Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years) |
| 3. Edith BROOKES, b. 27 Feb 1862, Manchester, Lancashire, England , d. 9 Mar 1926 (Age 64 years) |
| 4. Arthur BROOKES, b. 1865, England , d. 13 Jan 1917, Mackay, Queensland, Australia (Age 52 years) |
| 5. James Henry"Harry" BROOKES, of"Glentanner" Station,Queensland,Australia, b. 30 Dec 1866, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England , d. 18 Oct 1925, St. Helen's Private Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 58 years) |
| 6. Edward BROOKES, b. 17 Sep 1868, North Brisbane , Queensland, Australia , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Fannie BROOKES, b. 29 Jan 1871, Queensland, Australia , d. 12 Aug 1925, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (Age 54 years) |
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Last Modified |
12 Sep 2020 |
Family ID |
F6249 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Benjamin was the son of Rev .William Brookes(1792-1867) and Elizabeth Oakden.
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