GEORGE BROOKS
SURNAME: | Brooks | FORENAMES: | George | BORN: | c1808 Cx. 15 11 1807 Pattingham Staffordshire |
AT: | Pattingham Staffordshire | OCCUPATION[S]: | Labourer | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | . | FATHER: | John Brooks | MOTHER: | Mary | SIBLINGS: | . | OTHER RELATIONS: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st REGIMENT NO: | 535 | 2nd REGIMENT NO: | . | ENLISTED: | 15 08 1827 Birmingham | ATTESTED: | . | HEIGHT AT ENLISTMENT: | . | TROOP NO: | 1828: Troop 8 1831: Troop 8 |
TROOP CAPTAIN: | 1831: Captain Alexander Houstoun | RANK: | 1828: Private 1831: Private 1833: Private |
PROMOTIONS: | . | REDUCTIONS: | . | DESERTIONS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | GIVEN UP TO: | . | GOOD CONDUCT BADGES: | . | MEDALS: | . | EMBARKATIONS: | 18 02 1828 Duchess of Atholl England 27 01 1833 Bombay India |
DISEMBARKATIONS: | 01 06 1828 Duchess of Atholl Bombay India | CAMPAIGNS: | . | OTHER DUTIES: | . | TRANSFERRED FROM: | . | TRANSFERRED TO: | . | DISCHARGED: | 1833 | DISCHARGED BY PURCHASE: | . | FREE DISCHARGE: | . | DISCHARGED ON REDUCTION: | . | DISCHARGED WITH IGNOMINY: | . | DISCHARGED UNFIT: | . | COMPLETED LIMITED SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]: | . | DIED: | . | BURIED: | . | WILL: | . | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | . | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | 1st WIFE: | Mary Charlotte Jordan née ? | MARRIED: | 25 12 1830 at Poona after banns by Minister Randall Ward, Chaplain. Witnesses James Dyke, Ellen Smith, John Swanson Chaplain's clerk |
NOTES: | Widow of Private Thomas Jordan 4LD who died at Kirkee India and was buried 29 09 1830. Could be the wife of the other George Brooks, 18__-1839 but this one seems more likely. Possible entry for Mary Charlotte Brooks in 1851 census: HO/107/1513 |
TNA SOURCES: | WO/12/637-638 WO/12/641 WO/12/642 WO/97/23/59 |
BL SOURCES: | IOR/N/3/9 | OTHER SOURCES: | IGI FIBIS |
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1851 Census:
Middlesex, Holborn, St. Andrew, St George, District 5H
16 Fulwood Rents
Mary Charlotte BROOKS, Head, Mar, 38, Seamstress, Middlesex St Andrew
Elizabeth C BROOKS, Dau, 8, Middlesex Clerkenwell
Charles BROOKS, Son, 11 months, Middlesex St Andrew
Sarah BROOKS, Mother-in-law, Widow, 65, Middlesex Clerkenwell