Lawrence Brooks (1831 - 1915)

Born 3 Feb 1831 in Lower Stoke, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Hannah Renwick (Abbott) Brooks — married 2 Feb 1856 in Yatala Vale, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1915 at age 83 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Lawrence Brooks was born on 3 February 1831 in Lower Stoke, Kent, England.^{[citation needed]}

He was a farmer.^{[citation needed]}

He married Hannah Frances Renwick Abbott on 2 February 1856 at Yatala Vale, South Australia.^{[citation needed]} Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• Mathew James Brooks
• Thomas Brooks (1857–?)
• Louisa Brooks (1859–1946)
• Priscilla Brooks (1860–?)
• Ellen Matilda Brooks (1864–1922)
• Elizabeth Brooks (1865–1943)
• Sarah Brooks (1867–1933)
• William Laurence Brooks (1869–1937)
• Rose Brooks (1872–1954)
• Mary Selina Brooks (1874–1950)

Hannah died in 1875.^[1]

Lawrence died on 19 January 1915 in Ballarat, Victoria.^{[citation needed]}

Research notes

Bio notes: arrival ship, rajaston, port adelaide, australia

Sources

1. ↑ Death record: 9022 / 1875. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Hannah BROOKS); (Place of birth: SEA); (Spouse at death: Lawrence BROOKS); (Age at death: 38); (Mother: Mary BAILEY); (Father: Abbott Thomas)

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3B6-FG8 : 10 February 2018, Lawrance Brooks, ); citing 36, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,473,685.