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Hector Francis Brooks 1884–1939 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 1884

Birth Location: Wanganui, New Zealand

Death Date: 23 May 1939

Death Location: Napier, Napier City, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Father: William Jnr

Mother: Francis Thorburn

Spouse(s): Rowena Howe

Children(s): Claire Brooks, Peter Brooks, Alan Brooks, Keith Brooks, Hilda Brooks, William Brooks, NOT Brooks

Hector Francis Brooks was born in 1884 in Wanganui, New Zealand, the child of William Pere Brooks Jnr And Francis Burns Thorburn. Hector Francis Brooks married Rowena Jessie Howe, and had children including Alan Roland Brooks, Claire Mary Francis Brooks, Hilda Rowena Brooks, Keith Hector Brooks, Not Recorded Stillborn Brooks, Peter Watt Brooks, William Samual Brooks. Hector Francis Brooks passed away in 1939 in Napier, Napier City, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Hector Francis Brooks was born in 1884 in Wanganui, New Zealand, the child of William Pere Brooks Jnr And Francis Burns Thorburn.
  • Hector Francis Brooks married Rowena Jessie Howe, and had children including Alan Roland Brooks, Claire Mary Francis Brooks, Hilda Rowena Brooks, Keith Hector Brooks, Not Recorded Stillborn Brooks, Peter Watt Brooks, William Samual Brooks.
  • Hector Francis Brooks passed away in 1939 in Napier, Napier City, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Hector Brooks's Ancestors

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Hector Brooks
1884–1939
Birth Place: Wanganui, New Zealand
Parents
William Pere Brooks Jnr
1857–1914
Ruapatiki, Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Francis (Burns) Thorburn
1852–1926
Nelson, New Zealand
Grandparents
William (Walter) Brooks
1818–1865
Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, England OR Trinity Cambridge England
Ruihi ((Te Ngarue Pakihiwi)) Ngatara
1835–1867
Koroniti, Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Great-Grandparents
Richard Brooks
1793–1851
Charity Drake
1798–1844
Te Ngatara
1808–
Raina Pakihiwi
1815–1911
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Brooks
1775–1871
Mary Helleker
1772–1846
Rahukuratia
1799–

Hector Brooks's Descendants

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Hector (Francis) Brooks (January 1884–23 May 1939) m. Rowena (Jessie) Howe (January 1892–26 October 1955)
  1. 1. Claire (Mary Francis) Brooks 1913–1987
  2. 2. Peter (Watt) Brooks 1923–1981
  3. 3. Alan (Roland) Brooks 1918–1984
  4. 4. Keith (Hector) Brooks 1916–1983
  5. 5. Hilda (Rowena) Brooks 1915–1993
  6. 6. William (Samual) Brooks 1919–1993 m. Nancy (Jane) Sheppard 1921–1993
    1. 1. Coralie (Elaine) Brooks 1948–2005
    2. 2. Kevin (William) Brooks 1950–2013
  7. 7. NOT (RECORDED STILLBORN) Brooks 1920–1920

Hector Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1884
January 1884
Birth of Hector Francis Brooks in Wanganui, New Zealand
Wanganui, New Zealand
1939
23 May 1939
Age 55
Death of Hector Francis Brooks in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1884
    Event Place: Wanganui, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 May 1939
    Event Place: Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Napier, Napier City, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

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