Biography:
William Brooks
1838 –1915
William Brooks
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Unmarked grave William Brooks (1838-1915)
William was born in 1838 Knowle, Warwickshire, to John and Anne Brooks. His father was a coal dealer.
In 1851 he was living with his family at the Two Boats Inn, Long Itchington, Warwick, on the Grand Union Canal.
He married Elizabeth who had been born in Berkhamsted.
In 1881 the census records William and Elizabeth on board canal boat Walter, moored in the Paddington basin, London.
On August 28 1886 The Herts Mercury reported that the Rural Sanitary Authority had registered “the boat Elizabeth, owner and master William Brooks.”
At the time of the 1901 census they were on board the barge “Elizabeth” moored in Berkhamsted.
William died in February 1915 at 1, Canal Side, Berkhamsted, aged 77, so he appears to have retired from the boat to dry land.
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Unmarked grave William Brooks (1838-1915)
William was born in 1838 Knowle, Warwickshire, to John and Anne Brooks. His father was a coal dealer.
In 1851 he was living with his family at the Two Boats Inn, Long Itchington, Warwick, on the Grand Union Canal.
He married Elizabeth who had been born in Berkhamsted.
In 1881 the census records William and Elizabeth on board canal boat Walter, moored in the Paddington basin, London.
On August 28 1886 The Herts Mercury reported that the Rural Sanitary Authority had registered “the boat Elizabeth, owner and master William Brooks.”
At the time of the 1901 census they were on board the barge “Elizabeth” moored in Berkhamsted.
William died in February 1915 at 1, Canal Side, Berkhamsted, aged 77, so he appears to have retired from the boat to dry land.
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