Jessie Brooks

Jessie Caroline Brooks 

Born: 29 May 1888, Lincoln 

Baptised: 8 July 1888, Skellingthorpe 

Father: Richard Hatton Brooks (b. 1860)

Mother: Elizabeth Mary Brooks (nee Bayly) (b. 1854) (d. 1895) [LDTC 1875]

Stepmother: Henrietta Brooks (b. 1862)

Brothers: John Richard Brooks (b. 1883), Henry Arthur Brooks (b. 1884)

Sisters: Ma(r)y Elizabeth B Brooks (b. 1891) [LDTC 1911]

Half-brother: Frederick William Brooks (b. 1901)

In 1891 – 

She is at Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Jessie and her brother, John and Henry, are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Skellingthorpe, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her grandfather, John E Brooks (b. 1838), is listed as ‘Colliery Agent’. Jessie, her stepmother and siblings (May and Frederick) are unlisted. 

In 10/07 – 

PT at Monks Road, Council School, Lincoln.

Qualification: Pass.

In 10/09 – 

Appointed to Garden Street Mixed, Mexborough, Rotherham. £75.

In 04/10 – 

Address is 22 Hall Gate, Mexborough, Rotherham. 

In 1911 –

She is at 73 Nether Edge Road, Sheffield. Her uncle, George Cooper Brooks (b. 1867), is listed as ‘Coal Merchant’. Her aunt, Mary Eleanor Brooks (b. 1864), is unlisted. Jessie is listed as ‘Certificated School Teacher’. There is a servant, Mary Lily Bramham (b. 1896).  

In 04/11 – 

Appointed to Carbrook School, Sheffield. Assistant.

In 1921 – 

She is at Bushey Wood Road, Dore. Mary Blyton (b. 1878) is listed as ‘Teacher of Pianoforte and Singing’. Jessie and her sister, May, are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 33 Grove Road, Sheffield. Jessie is listed as ‘Unpaid Domestic Duties’. Alice M Crossland (b. 1878) is listed as ‘Piano Forte Teacher’. 

d.         19 September 1966, Grantham 

BROOKS, Jessie Caroline of Beck House, Wilsford, Lincolnshire died 19 September 1966 at Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Probate Lincoln 7 December to Mary Elizabeth Brooks, spinster. £13, 827.