Notes for: George Brooks
The histories of this George Brooks and his father are difficult to decipher. A summary of them and their likely families is as follows.
1. 1841 census Islington: George 30 Coachman with wife Susan and children including George 12.
2. 1851 census Islington: George 23 Greengrocer born Trumpington with wife Julia 21 born Hackney, also son George 1 born Islington.
3. 1861 census Islington: Julia M Brooks 31 born Hackney, married, with son George 11 and daughter Ada 2 born Shoreditch.
4. 1861 census Clerkenwell: George Cabman 39 born Cambridge with wife Georgiana 27 born Vauxhall and Sarah 3, Georgiana 2 (both born Caledonian Road), Jessie 1.
5. 1861 census Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone: George Brooks Cab Driver 39 born Trumpington, married, patient.
6. 1861 census Islington: Susannah Brooks age 52 born Trumpington, widow, with daughter Sarah.
7. 1871 census Clerkenwell: Georgiana Brooks 35 born Surrey, married, with Georgiana 12, Jessie 10, Walter 8 and Arthur 2 all born London.
8. 1871 census Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone: George Brooks Cab Driver 40 born Trumpington, married, patient.
9. 1871 census Chertsey: Susan Brooks 67 born Trumpington, widow.
10. 1881 census Clerkenwell: George Brooks Cab Driver age indecipherable born Trumpington with wife Georgiana 42, Arthur 15, John 13, Edward 8 all born Islington.
11. 1891 census St Luke: Georgina Brooks 56 born Vauxhall, widow, with Arthur 25 and Edward 18, both born Clerkenwell.
12. Possible marriage for George Brooks and Georgiana Dance: Dec 1853 Clerkenwell 1b 751