Gertrude Elizabeth (Dickinson) Brooks (1894 - 1989)

Born 9 Sep 1894 in Rosario, Argentina

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Reginald Brooks — married 11 Jun 1921 in York, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1989 at age 94 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Gertrude was known as Betty.^[1] She was born on her father's estate, Estancia Las Castanas in Las Rasas, Argentina. She was baptized at the Estancia on November 26, 1894.^[2]
A year later she accompanied her mother and two older brothers on a trip to England on board the Danube, arriving at Southampton on November 25, 1895.^[3] They would shortly return to Argentina, where her brother Roger would be born the following July. Following his birth, the family would return once again to live in England in the fall of 1896.^[4]
She fell in love with Hugh Brooks, a Canadian soldier during the First World War that she met in England. And after the war she came to Canada and married him. Curiously, the records show her arriving at Quebec City on the Metagama on September 30, 1921, en route to Toronto and her fiance.^[5] But the marriage record says that the wedding took place in June of the year!^[6]
She died in Victoria BC at the age of 94.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Argentina, censo nacional, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW44-XFV : 6 August 2017), Betty Dickinson, 1895; citing Las Rosas (Población urbana), Belgrano, Santa Fe, Argentina, source piece 23, Archivos Nacionales, Buenos Aires (National Archives, Buenos Aires).
2. ↑ St. Bartholomew's Church, Rosario, Baptisms (1893-1894).
3. ↑ UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 Southampton, England, 1895, November, Danube, pg. 2 of 2.
4. ↑ 1901 England Census, Somerset, Wedmore, District 6, pg. 15 of 27.
5. ↑ Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, Cunningham, Samuel To Dunlap, Ruth Iva; Devine, Harry T. To Dickson, Fredrick J., pg. 4105 of 4974.
6. ↑ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, York, 1921, pg. 4645 of 14047.
7. ↑ British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990, Registration Number: 1989-09-005117, BCA Number: B17130, GSU Number: 1709273.

See also:

• Memoirs of E Roger Dickinson, cited in Ancestry.com - James Mason Tree.