Individual Notes

Note for: Charles William Brooks, 13 FEB 1872 - 22 MAR 1941 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Estevan City Cemetary, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Individual Note:
     1. The Brooks Letter from Saskatchewan:
BRACEBRIDGE GAZETTE Sept. 30, 1909 "RYDE TOWNSHIP OLD BOYS....Charlie Brooks Jr. and his estimable wife, Anna,(nee Dierks her full name is Johanna Sophia Henrietta Dierks..) have erected a comfortable home on their furtile land at Estevan Saskatchewan. Sorrow has come to them in the death of the later's mother, Henrietta Dierks (June 8, 1909) one of the most estimable of womankind.

2. Marriage registration: #013116-03 (Muskoka Dist) Charles W. BROOKS, 30, farmer, Ryde Twp., same, s/o Chas BROOKS & Christina TAYLOR married Anna DIERKS, 23, Ryde Twp., Ryde. d/o Henry DIERKS & Henrietta TIMCH? Wtn.: Theo DIERKS & Alphie LONG both of Ryde Twp. 18 March 1903 Gravenhurst

3. From Brooks, C.W. / Family
submitted by Edna Vander Ploeg
In 1903 Charles William Brooks and Johanna Sophia Henrietta (Annie) Dierks were married in Bracebridge, Ontario. Their first married years were spent in Ontario, where Charlie worked in the lumber mill. A daughter, Verna, was born in Bracebridge. Later they moved to Fernie, B.C. and Charlie worked in the lumbering Industry. Here daughter Edna was born. The tragic Fernie fire in 1908 completely destroyed their home and all their possessions. By taking refuge in coke-ovens their lives were saved. A railway coach took them and many other Fernie residents to the coke-ovens where they stayed until the forest fire burned out.

After the fire, the Charles Brooks family decided to try farming in Saskatchewan. In the fall of 1908 father filed on his homestead in Estevan. He secured the N.W. quarter of 23-1-13 W2 and in the spring of 1909 the family settled on this land. The Mount Green post office was at this location from 1912 until it closed in the late 1930s, with the exception of a few years when it was moved to the Grosvenor farm but again moved back to the Brooks' farm.

In the early years the breaking of land was done with a team of oxen and horses combined. The same teams hauled coal from Estevan mines, a distance of over 40 miles. A small wooden house was built in 1909 and a sod kitchen added. The barn was made of sods. These buildings were used until 1915 when the Hudson's Bay quarter across the road was purchased and new buildings were erected.

Charles Brooks was on the Greenmount School Board and served as Secretary-Treasurer for many years. During the early years he was a Councilor of the Rural Municipality of Souris Valley No. 7. Five children were born on the Mount Green farm, namely: Theodore, Mildred, Helen, Russell and Gene.

4. Buried Sec: 14 Plot: 15 Lot: 2 Estevan City Cemetery, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada: BROOKS, Charles William 1873 22 Mar 1941

Individual Notes

Note for: Joanna Sophia Henrietta Dierks, 5 APR 1879 - 20 JAN 1973 Index

Alias:   /Annie/

Burial:
     Place:   Estevan City Cemetary, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Individual Note:
     1. Buried Sec: 14 Plot: 15 Lot: 2 Estevan City Cemetery, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada: BROOKS, Annie Johanna Sophia[DIERKO] 5 Apr 1879 20 Jan 19

Individual Notes

Note for: Franz Höhn, 8 MAR 1873 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   16 MAR 1873
     Place:   Josefsberg, Galizien Kroenlande, Austria (now Korosnica, Ukraine)

Religion:
     Place:   Evangelical Reformed

Individual Notes

Note for: Elizabeth Jane Brooks, 4 JUL 1878 - 15 APR 1881 Index

Individual Note:
1. Ontario Death: BROOKS, Elizabeth, f, April 15, 1881, 3 years, Housey’s Rapids Muskoka, cause - measles, infm - Charles Brooks, father, farmer, Ryde Twp (Muskoka Dis) 012281-81

Individual Notes

Note for: James Walter Brooks, 8 AUG 1875 - 8 OCT 1924 Index

Burial:
     Date:   11 OCT 1924
     Place:   Ocean View Burial Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Individual Note:
     1. #012633-75 (Muskoka Dist) BROOKS, James Walter, m. born 8 August 1875, father Charles BROOKS, farmer, mother-Christina TAYLOR, Infm.- Charles Brooks, Ryde Twp. (died 24/10/1924 Vancouver, B.C.)

2. The Brooks Letter from Saskatchewan:
BRACEBRIDGE GAZETTE Sept. 30, 1909 "RYDE TOWNSHIP OLD BOYS....Walter Brooks (s/o Charles) and wife have sold their farm and intend looking for green pastures in Vancouver. They will be much missed among the younger element.

3. From Karen Hanna:
James Walter also died from TB. His wife is Bertha May Robbins (born Meadford Ont). Dau Hazel Beatrice married Arthur Boyd Ewing 1921, dissolved 1939.

4. In the 1901 Census for Sask - James is not listed with parents or found in the index.

5. 1906 Canada Census From Assiniboia West District of the Province of Saskatchewan Sub Dist 25A Page 28
Line, Fam, Name, Relationship to Head, Sex, Married/Single/Divorced/Widowed, Age, Country or Place of Birth, Year of Immigration, Postal Address, Sec, Twp, Rng, Mer
26, 144, Brooks, Walter, Head, M, M, 30, Ont, , Stony Beach, 7, 18, 23, W2,
27, ", Brooks, Bertha, Wife, F, M, 20, ", , ", ", ", ", ",
28, ", Brooks, Hazel, Daughter, F, S, 2, Sask, , ", ", ", ", ",

6. BC Death Registration #1924-09-330451 James Walter BROOKS, of 790 Hamilton Street, died at Vancouver General Hospital on October 8, 1924. Born Aug 8, 1876 in Ontario to parents Charles Brooks (born Ontario) and Christina Taylor (birthplace not known). Died age 48 years 2 months due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and meningitis. Married (wife not listed), occupation Teamster, racial origin Scotch. Buried Oct 11, 1924 at Ocean View Park. Information supplied by daughter Mrs. Hazel Ewing, 1245 Pender St E.

7. newspaper obit - Vancouver Sun, October 9, 1924 - BROOKS - Passed away Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1924, James Walter Brooks, 790 Hamilton St., in his 49th year. Survived by his loving wife, two daughters, one sister and five brothers. Funeral service Saturday, Oct 11, at 2 o'clock, in Nunn & Thomson's chapel, 531 Homer St., Rev. J. Richmond Craig officiating. Interment in family plot, Ocean View Burial Park.

8. Ocean View Cemetery, Vancouver - plot location Granville 2-176. Flat marker, inscription: In Loving Memory of - - Walter Brooks - - 1875 - 1924 - - "At Rest"

Individual Notes

Note for: Wellington Edgar Brooks, 27 MAR 1880 - 22 MAY 1956 Index

Burial:
     Date:   24 MAY 1956
     Place:   Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Individual Note:
     1. Birth registration: 020017-80 (Muskoka Dist) BROOKS, Wellington Edgar, m. born 27 Mar 1880, father - Charles BROOKS, farmer, mother Christina TAYLOR, infm - Charles BROOKS Housey's Rapids Ryde Twp

2. 1906 Census From Assiniboia West District of the Province of Saskatchewan Sub Dist 25A Page 20
Line, Fam, Name, Relationship to Head, Sex, Married/Single/Divorced/Widowed, Age, Country or Place of Birth, Year of Immigration, Postal Address, Sec, Twp, Rng, Mer
2, 62, Brooks, Edgar, Head, M, S, 26, Ont, , Pense, 18, 17, 23, W2,

3. Burial: Date: 24 MAY 1956 Place: Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

4.May 23, 1956 obit notice - Vancouver Sun, pg 38. BROOKS - Passed away May 22, 1956, in hospital, Wellington Edgar Brooks of 1557 Kitchener St., in his 77th year. Survived by a sister, Mrs. Agnes S. Robbins of Vancouver and a brother, Fred Brooks of Calgary. Funeral service Thursday, May 24 at 3 p.m. in Nunn and Thomson's Chapel, 10th Ave. and Cambie St., Major J.R. Patterson officiating. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.

Individual Notes

Note for: Edward Marshall Robbins, 8 NOV 1877 - 30 JUN 1940 Index

Alias:   /Marsh/

Burial:
     Date:   3 JUL 1940
     Place:   Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Individual Note:
     1. Vancouver Henderson's Directory:
1914 Robbins, Edw M con BCE Rly; Robbins, Marshall con BCE Rly r. 3516 Sophia
1929 Robbins, E Marshall cond BCER r. 208 Union
By 1929 he must have divorced Mary Maude because she and the children are listed under a different residence.

2. British Columbia Archives # vol 547 - 1211- died June 30, 1940 Edward Marshall ROBBINS born Nov 8 1877, in Ontario Canada. Parents were Thomas ROBBINS and Isabelle WEATHERALL, both born in Ontario. Edward died at St. Paul's Hospital from a cerebral hemmorhage due to high blood pressure (occurred for 2 years). Two years previous he received an Electric Shock and only partially recovered. Edward worked 33 years as a conductor for BCE Rly, last working in July 1938. This would match to the time he received his injury and I do wonder if it was work related since the trams ran on the overhead electrical cable that the conducters would have to deal with. He died June 30 1940 Vancouver buried Mountain View Cem. Vancouver. At the time of his death he lived at 2850 West 1st St. Vancouver and was divorced from Mary Maude BROOKS

3. obit notice - Vancouver Sun July 1 1940 page 14 - ROBBINS June 30, 1940, Edward Marshall Robbins of 2850 West 1st Ave., in his 63rd year. Survived by his two sons, Earl M., Gordon E.; also 6 brothers and two sisters. Funeral service Wednesday, July 3, at 4:15 p.m., from Mount Pleasant Undertaking Co., to the Lawn Section, Mountain View Cemetery, Rev. William Deans officiating.

4. Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver. Buried Section Horne 2 block 21 lot 31 disc 291,no purchased listed. Viewed gravesite, no marker visible. (k. Hanna fall 2003)

Individual Notes

Note for: John Frederick Brooks, 5 APR 1884 - 1956 Index

Burial:
     Date:   1 JUN 1956
     Place:   Lot 12, Block 21 Section H Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Individual Note:
     1. #019640-84 (Muskoka Dist) BROOKS, John Fredrick, m, born 5 Apr 1884, father, Charles BROOKS, farmer, mother Christine TAYLOR, infm- Charles BROOKS, Ryde Twp

2. The Brooks Letter from Saskatchewan:
BRACEBRIDGE GAZETTE Sept. 30, 1909 "RYDE TOWNSHIP OLD BOYS....Fred Brooks (s/o Charles) has fallen heir to a quarter section of land, and is creating quite a stir in feminine circles. Fred is now a stalwart, high stepper, of a six-footer, and cuts a wide swath among the ladies. He expects to build a house soon, and "double on the sides."

3. 1911 Canada Census, Saskatchewan, District Moose Jaw Number 211, Sub District Moose Jaw City Number 128
Page 21
Line 45, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Brooks, Fred, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Head, Married, Born April 1884, Age 27, Born Ontario, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Presbyterian, Occupation Unreadable might be Manager
Line 46, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Brooks, Sylvia, Location 138 Fairford E, Female, Wife, Married, Born July 1892, Age 20, Born Ontario, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Presbyterian
Line 47, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Brooks, Gordon Ray, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Son, Married, Born Sept 1910, Age 11/12, Born Sask, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Presbyterian
Line 48, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Upinth, Arienne, Location 138 Fairford E, Female, Maid, Single, Born August 1893, Age 18, Born USA, Immigrated 1904, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Methodist, Occupation Maid
Line 49, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Bonard, Berte, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Hired Man, Single, Born August 1888, Age 22, Born Ontario, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Baptist, Occupation Labourer
Line 50, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Brooks, Ed, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Hired Man, Single, Born September 1881, Age 29, Born Ontario, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Presbyterian, Occupation Labourer
Page 22
Line 1, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Lester, J, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Lodger, Married, rest unreadable
Line 2, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Thomas Martin, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Lodger, Single, rest unreadable
Line 3, Dwelling X Out, Family 146, Taylor, Wesley, Location 138 Fairford E, Male, Hired Man, Single, Born October 1889, Age 21, Born Ontario, Origin English, Nationality Canadian, Religion Methodist, Occupation Labourer

Individual Notes

Note for: Mina Meckling, 14 DEC 1895 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   20 DEC 1895
     Place:   Josefsberg, Galizien Kroenlande, Austria (now Korosnica, Ukraine)

Religion:
     Place:   Evangelical Reformed