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English Heritage would like to contact descendants of Henry Brooks with a view to recreating a Stonehenge photograph.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-58058188

May be in 1861......

Name: Caroline J Brooks
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: 1859
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Henry Brooks
Mother's Name: Caroline Brooks
Gender: Female
Where born: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Civil Parish: Salisbury St Thomas
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:

Registration District: Salisbury
Sub-registration District: Salisbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 113
Piece: 1316
Folio: 15
Page Number: 26
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Brooks 35
Caroline Brooks 40
Frank Brooks 6
Caroline J Brooks 2

FMP version showing birthplaces and occupations

High Street, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Henry Brooks Head Married Male 36 1825 Photographist Harnham, Wiltshire, England
Caroline Brooks Wife Married Female 40 1821 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Frank Brooks Son - Male 6 1855 Scholar Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Caroline J Brooks Daughter - Female 2 1859 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Henry is in the GR tree of member Alex Torpey

Name: Caroline Jane Brook
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1860
Marriage or Bann Date: 25 Jul 1892
Marriage or Bann Place: Salisbury, St Thomas, Wiltshire, England
Father: Henry Brook
Spouse: Francis Charles Baylis

Name: Caroline Jane Bayliss
Death Date: 20 Oct 1921
Death Place: Leicestershire, England
Probate Date: 15 Nov 1921
Probate to husband

NO children

Name: Frank Brooks
Age in 1911: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Civil Parish: Ealing
Country: England
Street Address: 9 Mount Park Crescent, Ealing
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Artist Painter
Registration District Number: 128
Sub-registration District: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 06
Piece: 6873
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank Brooks 56
Bertha Brooks 50
Gwendoline Brooks 19
Madeline Brooks 17
Lily Baines 18


Name: Frank Brooks
Birth Year: 1854
Death Year: 1937
Has Photo: No
Source: Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Volume I. By Grant M. Waters. Eastbourne, England: Eastbourne Fine Art Publications, 1975. (DcBrAr 1) The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Second edition. By Christopher Wood. Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. (DcVicP 2)

Name: Gwendoline Brooks
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 26
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1892
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1918
Marriage Place: St Peter, Ealing, Ealing, England
Father: Frank Brooks
Spouse: Douglas Sidney Ones Tucher
Register Type: Parish Register

1939
16 Forest Drive, Keston Mark, Bromley M.B., Kent, England
Douglas S O Tucker 10 Sep 1877 Male Bark Officer Retail Married 165 1
Gwendoline Tucker 07 Nov 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 165 2
Guy S Tucker 08 May 1921 Male Costing Clerk ? Single 165 3
Herbert H Pepp? 31 Jan 1879 Male Solicitors Out Of Employed Widowed 165 4

Births Jun 1921 (>99%)
Tucker Guy S Brooks Bromley 2a 1054

Marriages Jun 1951 (>99%)
ISAAC Veronica M TUCKER Samford 4b 1721
TUCKER Guy S ISAAC Samford 4b 1721

First name(s) Guy Savile
Last name Tucker
Gender Male
Birth day 8
Birth month 5
Birth year 1921
Death quarter 2
Death year 1998
District South Hams
District number 4171

Thank you Erika. That is a lot of helpful information.

I have sent a message to Alex outlining the situation and sent a link to this thread.