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Personal Details of Francis Henry (Henry) Brooks

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Born:
Died:	26/02/1863
Buried:	29/06/1863

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Francis Henry (Henry) Brooks.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone: Sacred to the memory of/ Henry Brooks/ who died June 26th 1863 aged 25 years/ "His mouldering dust shall here repose in peace, till that great day when time itself shall cease"

Name on Memorial	Henry BROOKS
Date of death	26/06/1863
Age	25
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone & footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Reasonable, footstone broken off
Pattison Location Code	NCH 3

Memorial Images

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Brooks

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Francis H. Brooks
Date of burial	29/06/1863
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. W. Milton
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 66

Accounts Entry for Francis Henry (Henry) Brooks
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

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Henry Brooks' gravestone
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Biographical Information

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Francis Henry Brooks (1838 – 1863) Unnamed Brooks (1862 – 1862)

Francis Henry Brooks (1838 – 1863)

Unnamed Brooks (1862 – 1862)

Little is known of Francis, he cannot be found in the 1841 or 1851 censuses and no birth or baptism records have been traced.

Francis married Elizabeth Ann Paulin in Q4 1859 in Newbury. Elizabeth was baptized on 26 March 1837 at St Nicolas in Newbury, the daughter of Thomas, a shoemaker, and Elizabeth Ann Paulin. Elizabeth was recorded with her parents and siblings living in Bartholomew Street in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, her father Thomas was recorded as a shoemaker in both.

In the 1861 census Francis and Elizabeth were recorded in Jack of Newbury Street in Newbury along with daughter Agnes aged 6 months. Francis was recorded as 23 years old journeyman silversmith who was born in Kingsclere.

A few months later Francis and Elizabeth had an unnamed daughter who was buried on 18 February 1862 at Newtown Road Cemetery.

Francis died on 26 June 1863 aged 25 and he was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 29 June.

Nearly two years later Elizabeth married a widower John Allen Payne on 10 May 1868 at St Mary in Speenhamland. Elizabeth and John continued to live in Newbury. Elizabeth died on 19 November 1916 aged 80 while living at Brooklyn, Hambridge Road in Greenham and was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 22 November. A more detailed biography of Elizabeth can be found as Elizabeth Ann Payne.

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