Oliver Brook (1855 - 1892)

Born 1855 in Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1892 at about age 37 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Oliver Brook was born at Jamberoo, NSW, in 1855.^[1] He was the son of Thomas Brook and Eliza Colton.

Oliver married Elizabeth Roberts at Goulburn, NSW, in 1879.^[2] They had a family of five girls.

He died from typhoid fever at his home in Goulburn on the 7th of April, 1892.^[3][4]

Obituary

Death from Typhoid Fever^[5]

MR. OLIVER BROOKS, a well-known resident of the city, died at his residence, Bourke-street, opposite the Wesleyan Church, on Thursday last after an illness of three weeks. The deceased gentleman held a position in the railway service, being inspector of quarries. He was held in much esteem, his genial, unassuming manner winning him many friends, and his death is much regretted. Mr. Brooks was a well-known figure in the cricket field, his services as umpire, in which capacity he gave the greatest satisfaction, being always in great demand. The deceased, who was 36 years of ago, leaves a wife and five children, all girls, and all under fourteen years of age. He was a member of the Victoria lodge of Oddfellows, the members of which attended his funeral yesterday.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW BDM: birth registration 2361/1855 V18552361 56 BROOK, OLIVER, father: THOMAS, mother: ELIZA
2. ↑ NSW BDM: marriage registration 3077/1879 BROOK, OLIVER, ROBERTS, ELIZABETH, district: GOULBURN
3. ↑ NSW BDM: Death registration 5641/1892 BROOK, OLIVER, father: THOMAS, mother: ELIZA, district: GOULBURN
4. ↑ Family Notices (1892, April 16). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 4. Retrieved November 7, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98479373
   DIED, APRIL 7th, 1892, at his late residence, Bourke-street, Goulburn, OLIVER, the beloved Brother of Mrs. E. Hampshire, Bradley-street. DIED, APRIL 7th, 1892, at his late residence, Bourke-street, OLIVER, the youngest beloved son of Thomas and Eliza Brook, Bradley-street, aged 36 years and 8 months, leaving a wife and five children to mourn their loss.
5. ↑ Death from Typhoid Fever. (1892, April 9). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 4. Retrieved November 7, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98480874

• PROBATE JURISDICTION. (1892, October 11). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 8177. Retrieved November 7, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222206833
  In the estate of Oliver Brook, late of Goulburn, in the Colony of New South Wales, railway employee, deceased, intestate. APPLICATION will be made, after fourteen days from the publication hereof, that administration of the estate of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to Elizabeth Brook, the widow of the said deceased.