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Family of Charles Norman Brooks and Gertrude Attfield
| Husband: | Charles Norman Brooks (1856-1925) | |
| Wife: | Gertrude Attfield (1867-1937) | |
| Children: | Charles Attfield Brooks (1905-1988) | |
| Marriage | 4 Jun 1903 | St. Andrew's, Watford, Hertfordshire |
Husband: Charles Norman Brooks
| Name: | Charles Norman Brooks | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William Brooks (1813-1888) | |
| Mother: | Mary Death (1820-1856) | |
| Note: | BROOKS Charles Norman of Millbay Dovercourt Essex died 30 April 1925; Probate London 8 October to Gertrude brooks widow William Hilton Hingeston Brooks merchant and Edward Willshin Arnold electrical engineer. Effects £39704 0s 6d. | |
| Birth | 9 Feb 1856 | Mistley, Essex |
| Baptism | 23 Apr 1856 (age 0) | Wesleyan Chapel, Manningtree, Essex |
| Residence | 1917 (age 60-61) | Millbay, Dovercourt, Essex (attended death of Martha Attfield) |
| Death fact | 1925 (age 68-69) | 1925 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/659 (aged 69) |
| Death | 30 Apr 1925 (age 69) | Tendring, Essex |
| Burial | 1925 | Mistley Cemetery, Essex |
Wife: Gertrude Attfield
| Name: | Gertrude Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John Attfield (1835-1911) | |
| Mother: | Martha Harvey (1841-1917) | |
| Note: | BROOKS Gertrude of Long Furrows Mistley Essex widow died 30 September 1937 at the Nursing Home Fonnerau Road Ipswich; Probate London 17 January 1938 to Charles Attfield Brooks company director. Effects £63214 6s. | |
| Birth | 25 May 1867 | 18 Beacon Hill, Camden Road, Islington |
| Census | 1867 (age 0) | Birth: 1867 Sep Qtr, Islington, 1b/190 |
| Residence | 18 Mar 1911 (age 43) | Millbay, Dovercourt, Essex (present at death of father) |
| Death | 30 Sep 1937 (age 70) | Nursing Home, Fonnerau Road, Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Burial | 4 Oct 1937 | Mistley Cemetery, Essex |
Child 1: Charles Attfield Brooks
| Name: | Charles Attfield Brooks | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Rhoda Radcliffe (1907-1993) | |
| Note (shared): | Lt. Col. Charles Attfield Brooks was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the
5th Battalion the Essex Regiment (T.A.) and on its formation in 1939 was
appointed second-in-command, and served in Africa and the Middle East.
He joined the family business of Brooks of Mistley in the 1920s after taking a degree in agriculture at Cambridge University. He was appointed a director in 1928, and retired (as Chairman) in 1971. He held many official posts in Essex, and was also an authority on John Constable. [Thanks to Phil Whitehead for the above information] Charles Attfield Brooks was co-Author of "Constable and his country", by Alastair Smart and Attfield Brooks, Elek, London, 1976. | |
| Birth | 8 Apr 1905 | Dovercourt, Essex |
| Baptism | 16 May 1905 (age 0) | St Mary's, Mistley, Essex (by Rev. Canon Charles Frederick Norman) |
| Title | Lieut.-Col. | |
| Birth fact | 1905 (age 0) | 1905 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/784 |
| Occupation (1) | 11 Dec 1926 (age 21) | -; Commission as 2nd Lieut, 5th Bn, Essex Regiment (L.Gaz, 10.12.1926) |
| Residence | 1957 (age 51-52) | The Lecture House, Dedham, Essex |
| Death fact | Jan 1988 (age 82) | Jan 1988, Colchester, 9/2344 (aged 82) |
| Occupation (2) | 1988 (age 82-83) | -; Retired company director, 6 Frog Meadow, Dedham, Colchester, Essex (L.Gazette 22.2.1988) |
| Death | 13 Jan 1988 (age 82) | Dedham, Essex |