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The most interesting bits of

Brooks & Colwill of Magill 1847-2019

Including:- (a) Susan Mildred Scott Brooks ancestral Family History (b) Richards family in Camborne Cornwall 1841-1851

John Brooks 1818-1880 and his Finchley cottage.

Nicolas Richards Brooks, Auldana Vineyard supervisor c1910.

Neil D Brooks & John H Brooks

July 2020 Edition

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1. The “What this book is about” summary. (p5).

2. The descendants list of the Brooks family. (section 2 and at the end of his document).

1 Charles BROOKS b1761 in Hardwick, Bucks d1836 +Mary SEAMONS b1761 in Hardwick, Bucks m1780 in Hardwick, Bucks d1855 in Thame, Oxfordshire (Father: John SEAMONS Mother: Hannah TURPIN) 2 Martha BROOKS b1781 in Hardwick, Bucks 2 John BROOKS b 1781 in Hardwick, Bucks + Penelope SPINDLER m1805 in St. Mary's Church, Hardwick, 2 William BROOKS b1785 in Hardwick, Bucks m1818 in Hardwick d1827 in Hardwick with Weedon, Bucks. + Ann SENEY b1793 in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire d1862 in Aylesbury, Bucks (Ann m13/11/1828 William Burrell) 3 John BROOKS b1818 in Hardwick, Bucks, UK d1880 in Finchley/ Magill, SA

+ Elizabeth RICHARDS b 1827 in Cornwall m1855 Kensington, SA d1903 in (Res of Son Nicolas) Magill, SA (Father: William RICHARDS 1790-1847 Mother: Grace Retallack 1801-1854)

3 William BROOKS b1820 in Hardwick, Bucks d1901 Upper Mitcham, SA +Elizabeth TAYLOR b1821 in Hardwick, Bucks m:1845 St Mary's Church, Aylesbury, Bucks d:1885 in Magill, SA (Father: Thomas Henry TAYLOR Mother: Ann WAITE)

3 Mary BROOKS b1822 in Hardwick, Bucks, d Dec1822, 3 Thomas BROOKS b1824 in Hardwick, Bucks d:1827 in Hardwick with Weedon, Bucks, UK

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3. The Brooks family in Hardwick/Weedon, Buckinghamshire (section 3).

Nicolas' father John Brooks and his brother William, came from Hardwick/Weedon in Buckinghamshire on the ship "Theresa" in 1847. William had a wife (Elizabeth Taylor) and a daughter Sarah – Elizabeth’s parents & family were also on the ship. John & William’s father William Brooks (1785-1827) died in 1827 (as did their brother Thomas Brooks (1824-1827) leaving their mother Ann Seney Brooks a widow with 2 children, John 9 & William 7 years old. Ann Seney Brooks had a close relative (some say sister, but others a cousin) Elizabeth Seney who had married a William Burrell (1791-1867) of Hardwick/Weedon, but Elizabeth died. Ann Seney married William Burrell on 13 Nov 1828, and had 3 more children, Matthew, Emily & Betty.

Hardwick’s local pub in 2016.

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Weedon & Hardwick are only separated by a farm and a river.

Anne Brooks married William Seamons & lived in this thatched cottage (next to the “Five Elms Pub)” in the late

1700’s- This photo is 2016

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4. The transcription of the actual diary. (see appendix A14).

In Aug 2017 a photocopy of the actual diary of John Brooks' voyage on the Theresa in 1847 was posted to the authors by David Brooks, son of Harland Brooks, proving conclusively John & William Brooks came to Adelaide in 1847 from Weedon, Buckinghamshire. William’s wife Elizabeth Taylor’s family also came on that voyage. The diary shows John Brooks as a devout Wesleyan Christian, as every entry in the diary has reference to “the Lord”. John Wesley (1703-1791) was an English cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day.

5. The Seamons and Brooks family of Hardwick/Weedon (see section 3.3). The Seamons family history is inter-twined with the Brooks family in the late 1700s and there is a detailed history published by a John Leslie Seamons on the web (http://seamons.id.au/ ) site.

6. Brooks of Magill Road in 1847-1860 (see section 3). 1848-1851 William Brooks purchases lots 15 & 17 pt section 301 for £49/19/6. (ots11/356, 66/142) 1853 William sells 50% interest to his brother John (and his fiance?) for £24/19/6. (ots30/436) 1853 William buys John's share back.

1853 John Brooks purchases blocks 25 & 26, Section 284, Finchley for £130.00 (ots242/66) Note: The distance between William’s property at Kensington Park and John's Finchley is only 1 mile! 1855 John Brooks marries Elizabeth Richards Trewenack.

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1855 Thomas & Sarah (Tabraham) Brooks arrive on the "Norman" from Cambridge. 1860 Thomas Brooks purchases lots 12-14, 16 pt section 301 After much investigating, we determined that Thomas Brooks was not related to our William & John Brooks. 1862 Ann Seney Brooks Burrell (John & William’s mother) aged 69, dies in Aylesbury Bucks, UK. 7. William & Elizabeth Taylor Brooks (see section 3.2) 1. Thomas Henry Taylor 1791-1875 (84yo Sandy Creek) m Ann Waite b1793 2. William Brooks b1820 d1901 m1845 Elizabeth Taylor (1822-1885)

(See John Brooks marriage certificate eg witnesses) 3. Sarah Ann Brooks (1846-1926) m1869 Charles George Pulford (1846-) 3. Mary Ann Brooks (1848-1914) m1878 William John Peterson (1845-) 3. Lydia Brooks (1851-1897) m1878 William Henry Pound (1852-1896) 3. James Richard Brooks 1855-1896 m1875 Rebecca/Beatrice Bates (1852-1887) William Brooks had only 4 children, but the extended family extended to 13 grandchildren. The Pulfords seemed to be quite prosperous and also had many descendants. Note: Lydia Brooks (1851-1897) m1878 her sister’s husband brother William Henry Pound (1852-1896).

8. The Richards family of Condurrow (Camborne, Cornwall) 1841-1851 (see section 4.1).

John Brooks married Elizabeth Richards Trewenack in 1855 and her story is a fascinating if not sad one up to then. The details of her family has been proven with DNA testing as several of her siblings had migrated to the Victorian Gold fields, and some of those descendants have been showing up as DNA matched cousins to the authors Neil & John Brooks.

The Richards siblings and where they went, and what DNA matches have been discovered 2020

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9. Elizabeth Richards & Henry Trewenack in Condurrow 1851. (see section 4.1)

We have been able to track Henry Trewenack down to Bolenowe Croft, near Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall as a lodger in the Mayne household.

1851 Census (from the Online Cornwall Census Project) 13,Bolennow Croft, Jane Mayne ,Head,W,,60,Miners Widow Home With Family, Wendron , ,,John Mayne,Son,U,23,,Miner,Camborne ,,Jane Mayne,Dau,U,,19,Mine Girl,Camborne ,,Richard Mayne,Son,U,17,,Miner,Camborne

Henry Trewennack, Lodger,U,20,,Sawyer, Cornwall ,,Elizabeth Harvey,Mother,W,,87,Infirm,Wendron , 4,Bolennow Crofts, William Richards,Head,M,22,,Miner,Camborne ,,Mary Ellen Richards,Wife,M,,23,Work To Mine,Illogan , ,,Charlotte Rosewall,Servnt,W,,63,Servant,Beer Alston Devon,,

Close by was a William Richards & wife Mary Ellen, who may have been cousins to Elizabeth Richards of Condurrow, about a mile closer to Camborne, and may have introduced Henry Trewenack to Elizabeth Richards of William & Grace Richard’s family. 10. Trewenacks - 1841 UK census via “Cornwall Online Census”

Civil Parish of Mawgan In Meneage Book 7 Folio 5 Page 3-5 Roseveor,1,John Trewenack,80,,Potter,, (died 1846) (William Trewenack b1795 in Mawgan to John & Elizabeth) ,,Ann Trewenack,,40,,, (died 1860) ,,William Trewenack,20,,,,(William Trewenack 40???) ,,John (Henry ) Trewenack,20,,,, ,,Jane Trewenack,,20,,,??? ,,Julia Nettle,,10,,, Roseveor,1,Nicholas Bond,60,,Blacksmith,, ,,Grace Bond,,60,,, ,,Edward Bolitho,14,,Tailor Apprentice,,

,,James Allen,15,,Male Servant,, Roseveor,1,Henry Trewinack,35,,Blacksmith,, ,,Jane Trewinack,,30,,, ,,John Trewinack,12, ,,Elizabeth Trewinack,,10,,, ,,Henry Trewinack,9, ,,Grace Trewinack,,8,,, ,,Celia Trewinack,,5,,,(Celia/Ann?) ,,Samuel Trewinack,4,,,, ,,Emily Trewinack,,2,,, ,,Celia Chygweden,,40,Female Servant,,

The above UK census for 1841 (St Mawgans in the Parish of Mawgan of Meneage, near Helston in Cornwall). The census shows the Trewenack family, John Trewenack 80, Potter, while his son William and wife Ann (Johns). William’s brother Henry was a Blacksmith, the Trewenacks were Potters and Blacksmiths in Cornwall. In 1843 William Trewenack, Henry’s father had been transported to Tasmania for “Sheep stealing”.

William Trewenack/Trewennick’s Convict Records from the Tasmanian Library Online

The extended family migrated to Adelaide in 1852 on the ships "Amazon" & "Caucasian".

11. The Trewenacks in South Australia from 1852 onward.

The family settled in Kensington Gardens after 1852 and John Henry Trewenack (who married his 1st cousin Elizabeth Trewenack) established a Pottery, and may have brought with him from Cornwall his father’s (& grandfather’s) pottery tools & equipment. The Bennets took over the pottery in 1887 and it is still in business in Briant Rd Magill. Henry & Elizabeth Richards Trewenack probably stayed close to Henry’s brother (John Henry) who started up a pottery business in Corryton/Magill. They had a daughter Julia Ann. Henry Trewenack was a “Sawyer” & “Miner” (as per wedding certificate, 1851 census & his daughter’s death certificate) and we think he was drawn to the Victorian Goldfields, where we think he died in 1853 leaving Elizabeth & Julia. Unfortunately Julia daughter died a year latter, at 18 months of age, 15 June 1854, of dysentry. Henry’s brother John Henry signed the Death Certificate.

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12. John Brooks (1818-1880) & Elizabeth (Richards) Trewenack (1830-1903).

1818 William Brooks, b1785, of Hardwick marries Ann Seney/Seeney, b1793, of Middleton Cheney Northampshire in Aylesbury, on March 31st. 1818 John Brooks born, presumably in December. 1820 William Brooks born. 1822 Mary Brooks born, dies 1822. 1824 Thomas Brooks born, dies 1827. 1827 William Brooks snr dies in Weedon, leaving wife Ann Seney Brooks a widow with 2 sons, John 9 & William 7. 1828 Widow Ann Seeney Brooks marries her dead sister Elizabeth Seeney’s husband William Burrell and have 3 more children, Matthew Burrell (1829-1901), Emily Burrell (1831-1865) & Betty Burrell (1835-1904). 1841 William & Grace Retallack Richards family are listed in the 1841 census living at Condurrow, Cambourne, Cornwall. 1847 John Brooks and brother William Brooks with his wife Elizabeth Taylor and child arrived in South Australia on the ship "Theresa". 1851 William & Grace Retallack Richards family are listed in the 1851 census living at Condurrow, Cambourne, Cornwall, and Henry Trewenack (mine carpenter) was lodging next door to a Richards family at nearby Bolenowe Croft. 1851 Henry Trewenack b1827, married Elizabeth Richards b1830 in Tuckingmill Cornwall. 1852 Henry & Elizabeth emigrated (with Henry’s family) on the "Amazon" arriving 1852 in SA. 1847-1851 William Brooks purchases lots 15 & 17 section 301 Kensington Park for £49/19/6. 1853 Julia Ann Trewenack born to Henry & Elizabeth. (Note the different spellings of Trewenack/Trewennick in various registers). 1853 Henry Trewenack dies aged 46 (at Victorian Goldfields?) making Elizabeth a widow. 1853 William sells 50% interest to his brother John for £24/19/6. (ots30/436) . 1854 Julia Ann Trewinnick (Death Certificate spelling) dies of dysentery. 1853 John Brooks purchases blocks 25 & 26, Section 284, Finchley for £130.00 (ots242/66) Note: it is only 1 mile from Kensington Park to Finchley Park. 1855 John & Elizabeth are married in the Kensington & Norwood Congregational Church.

"Cottage with John Brooks, 1880" & Elizabeth Richards Brooks

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1. John and Elizabeth (Richards Trewenack) Brooks' children – (see sections 5.1 to 5.6) 2. Thomas Brooks (1856-1918) & Emily Austin & Elizabeth Williams 2. Nicolas Richards Brooks (1858-1953) & Fanny Ann Burrows Colwill (1864-1944) 2. Grace Anne Brooks (1861-1921) & Thomas Clayson (1844-1927)

2. Mary Elizabeth Brooks (1863-1864) 2. Elizabeth Mary Brooks (1865-1936) & Thomas Edwin Clayson (1868-1958)

2. William John Brooks (1867-1868) 2. Sarah Jane (1870-1912) & Alexander Badman (1865-1951) 13. Thomas Brooks (1856-1918), Emily Austin (1856-85) & Elizabeth Williams (1861-1906)

Thomas, the eldest of John and Elizabeth Brooks, was raised in the cottage (pictured above left) on the corner of Third St and South St (now Shakespeare Av). In 1877 Thomas purchased lot 17 Finchley, on the corner of Second St & South St (now Shakespeare Av). He and his brother were masons (builders) and after his father died on 7th January 1880, Thomas subdivided his lot 17, selling the western half to the Colwills on 18th January, and by the 9th August he had arranged a mortgage on the eastern half of lot 17 which usually means he then had funds to build a house. On 20th Sept, Thomas married Emily Austin. Emily and Thomas had 2 children, Hilda and Wenzel, but Emily died in 1885 leaving Thomas with Hilda 4 yo and Wenzel only 12 months old. Thomas' mother, Elizabeth was widowed but had her 2 daughters (Elizabeth Mary & Sarah Jane) still at home, would have been 55 years old and may have helped with the children in her cottage (lots 25 & 26 Finchley). Two years later in 1887, Thomas married Elizabeth Ann Williams, and had 2 more children Gwennie and Gordon, but sadly Gwennie died when she was 9 years old. In about 1900 Thomas’ mother Elizabeth handed over her land and cottage, lot 26 and southern half of lot 25, for "natural love and affection". The northern half of allotment 25 was given to her second son, Nicolas, who would not build on it until 1924. Thomas had been a builder for many years, and after his mother died in 1903, built a very impressive Villa which he named "Wandeen". Thomas's 19 yo son Wenzel and 18 yo nephew Leonard John Brooks were both carpenters, and we would like to assume, would have been involved in the project. Thomas had been elected a Campbelltown Councillor in 1899 and was involved until 1914. In 1918 Thomas died only 62yo and left his property "Wandeen" to his eldest daughter Hilda. Thomas’ son Wenzel was living in Jervois street in a house owned by Wenzel’s wife who had inherited that and other properties from her parents. Wenzel inherited a piece of vacant land on Magill Road from his father Thomas. (see appendix A4.3 for a copy of Thomas’ Will) 3 Thomas Brooks (1856-1918) m1-1880 Emily (Austin) (1856-1885) 4 Hilda Grace Brooks (1881-1960) unm 4 Wenzel John Brooks (1884-1964) m1905 Nellie Margaret Roberts (1884-

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5 Ernest James (Jim) Brooks b1905 5 Fredrick John (Jack?) Brooks (1906-1961?) 6 Daryl John Brooks (86 Alice St Nailsworth, ceiling fixer, 1960. 5 Margaret Emily Brooks b1910 m1925 Harold Robert Doddridge (1904-1950) 45yo 6 Joyce Margaret Rosetta Doddridge 12.7.1925*-1941 6 Harold Philip Doddridge b1926- (see WW2 enlistment 1945 in RAAF) 3 Thomas Brooks (1856-1918) m2-1887 Elizabeth Ann (Williams) (1861-1906) 4 Olive Gwendoline (Gwennie) Lena Brooks (1888-1897) 8yo 4 Frederick (Gordon) Brooks (1890-1924) m1913 Vera Gladys Cocks of "Kilburnie", Forestville. (1893-1960)

14. Hilda Grace Brooks (1881-1960) & Wenzel John Brooks (1884-1964)

Hilda and Wenzel, whose mother was Emily (Austin) Brooks.

Wenzel was a carpenter initially but by 1939 he was listed as a tram driver

1918 Thomas Brooks dies. See the appendice A4.3 for the full transcription of Thomas' Will. 1920 Hilda officially inherits "Wandeen", probably maintained by her brother Wenzel, who was a carpenter living in Jervois St Murray Park.

Thomas Brooks's house he called "Wandeen", corner of Third St and Shakespeare Av Magill.

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1924 Nicolas Richards Brooks builds a home on the northern half of lot 25 on Third Ave. 1957 Hilda sold the northern pt lot 26 to Robert Harold Clisby (builder). I suspect he is a nephew of Annie Lavinia Brooks' husband, William Redmond Clisby. 1960 Hilda Grace Brooks died a spinster. 1961 Wenzel as executor of Hilda's estate, sold the remainder of the land and "Wandeen", to Aged Cottage Homes Incorporated, and "Wandeen" was demolished.

15. Frederick Gordon Brooks (1890-1924) & Vera Gladys Cocks (1893-1978) (see section 5.6) 1. Frederick Gordon Brooks. married Vera Gladys Cocks, (1893-1978)

2. Loie Gladys Brooks, 1915 m1939 Pierce Eric Burgess. 2. Harland Gordon Brooks (1920-1985). He married (1) JOAN HALE marriage of 25.6.1947 annulled in 1951. (2) Norma Margaret Jeffery, 1923-1971 (3) ELIZABETH TURNER..

3. David Brooks. b1953 m1975-83 Alison Summers, (2) 1984-2004, Nicolette Stasko (3) m2005- Teja Pribac 2. Dawn Isabel Brooks (1924-2012) m1945 Rex Wilfred Pratt (1921-2005

3. Tony Gordon Pratt b1948 m1972 Anne Vickers Richardson, b1952 Adelaide, S.A. 3. Wendy Marie Pratt m1975 Quentin Richard Marshall b1955

The only son of Thomas Brooks with his second wife Elizabeth Ann Williams Brooks, married (as Gordon Frederick) Gladys Vera Cocks (born as Vera Gladys) on 26th Nov 1913 at the Christian Chapel Grote Street. Her father was William Nicholas Cocks. 1918 Gordon and his father Thomas Brooks owned Brooks & Brooks Motor Works Pt Pirie which is situated on Ellen St (the main street of Pt Pirie), presumably around the corner from the Motor & Cycle works on Alexander St.

This photo is not of Gordon, but the Harley Davidson pictured was made around 1916

Harland Gordon Brooks (1920-1985) was an R.A.A.F. Officer before joining the Department of Immigration in 1950, where he held various senior positions. In 1969 he was awarded an A.N.U. Fellowship to undertake a research into Australia's post war immigration planning programmes relating to non- British European Assisted Migration. He returned to the Department of Immigration, as a Special Project Officer and remained there until his retirement in 1978. From David Brooks, Nov 2017- After the war, upon moving to Canberra, he did an Accountancy qualification at Canberra University College branch then at the University of Melbourne, graduating 1952?. Before that (after the war) he must have matriculated by going to night school somewhere , since he didn’t even finish high school first time around, left school at 14 (1934) to earn money for the family (a “counter jumper” he called himself, at Harris Scarfe’s men’s clothing store, but what primary and secondary schools he attended in Adelaide I just don’t know. David Brooks’ email of August 2017

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My father Harland's (he hated the name; the only person to use it was his sister Dawn, to torment him) marriage to Joan Hale lasted only until 1951. Annulled in time for him to marry my mother, Norma Margaret Jeffery (1923-71) and produce me in 1953. After Norma's death he married again, this time an Elizabeth Turner, for whom I have no dates: we don't speak. But I don't see that you follow any lines up this far. FYI I am a writer - poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist. I taught Australian Literature at various Oz universities from 1981 until 2013 (rtd to write full time). Mainly the University of Sydney, 1991-2013. Married twice, to Alison Summers, 1975-83, and to Teja Pribac, 2005-, with a twenty-year de facto relationship between, with Nicolette Stasko, a relationship which produced my sole (known) offspring, Jessica Brooks, in 1985. She and her partner made me a grandfather in 2014. 16. Nicolas Richards Brooks (1858-1953) & Fanny Ann Colwill (1864-1944) (see sction5.7)

1858 Nicolas Richards Brooks was born at Finchley. He lived within 200 metres around the Finchley/Magill area all his life.

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In Clara Brooks' trunk we found Nicolas' certificate of apprenticeship as a mason dated 1877.

The document reads:- Uneley May 21st 1877 I the undersigned do hereby agree to enter Nicolas Richard Brooks as an apprentice to the Masoniry and do all that is in my power to teach the said Nicolas Brooks the trade of Masoniry and to pay to the above named the sum of six shillings per day for every days work done by him for the term of six months commencing May the 21st 1877 and ending November the 21st 1877. signed G(eorge) Foreman, Builder, Uneley

1877 Nicolas’ brother Thomas, also a mason purchased lot 17 Finchley on the corner of South St (Shakespeare Ave) and Second St. 1880 was a very eventful year! 1880 2nd Jan Nicolas & Thomas’ father, John Brooks died aged 60 (dementia related). 1880 18th Jan Thomas sold the western half his lot 17, Second St, to Richard Colwill, who had arrived from the UK in 1878 with his family. (The Colwills’ life is documented nicely by the 1871 UK Census, where the Colwills and the Burrows lived in the Clovelly and Hartland districts in North Devon. see chapter 7.1.Colwills). 1880 May, Richard Colwill raised a mortgage to build a cottage for the large Colwill family (7 children from 1 to 20 years of age). As Thomas Brooks was a mason/builder it is highly likely that Thomas and his brother 22 yo Nicolas Brooks helped build this cottage for the Colwill family of wife Betsy and children. (Richard Colwill’s eldest daughter was 16 year old Fanny Ann Burrows Colwill so you can see how Nicolas and Fanny would be known to each other for at least 3 years.) 1880 9th Aug. Thomas may have built a house on the eastern half of his lot17, Second St as there was a mortgage registered over it, 2nd Sept, Thomas married Emily Austin. (details Section 5.6) 1882 SA Almanac, both Thomas Brooks and Nicolas Richards Brooks were listed as Masons of Finchley. 1883 Nicolas purchased Lot 53 (now #71) Colton Ave Murray Park on 16/8/1883 for £10.00. Nicolas and Fanny Ann Colwill married on 8/10/1883 at the Wesleyan Parsonage Norwood. On 2/11/1883 they were granted a mortgage and they built their first home. The property backed onto South Street (Shakespeare Ave) only a 100 metres from Thomas Brooks' and Richard Colwill's homes, and across the road to his mother's land (lots 25 & 26 Finchley).

This is a 2015 photograph of 71 Colton Ave Magill.

Bruce Brooks:- "Nicolas had one job at Mile End, and he walked from Magill to start work at 7 am."

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Bruce Brooks:- Nicolas was a freelance stone mason on building of the Adelaide Arcade, which was completed in 1885, Nicolas in an interview said:- "Start at each end and meet half way or lookout!".

1889 “July 4th Sarah Jane, daughter of the late John Brooks, marries at the residence of Elizabeth Brooks, at Murray Park”. (Nicolas Brooks’ house in Colton Ave Murray Park! – he would have had 3 children in the house eg Mary b1884, Leonard b1885 & Florence b1889) 1895 Fanny Ann Burrows Brooks inherited her father’s property (lot 207), and kept it until 1920 when she transferred it to Mary Jane Colwill, presumedly Arthur Colwill's wife.

Bruce Brooks "Nicolas helped build Auldana wine cellars then became foreman in charge of all outside work in the Auldana vine yards." 1902 SA Almanac Nicolas & Thomas were listed as builders.

1903 Nicolas became "outside manager" for Auldana Winery, so, around 1903 the family moved to the old "Brookside North" house, which Auldana had acquired along with the related vineyard. Allen (1903) and Clara (1906) were born there.

The family lived at “Brookside North” (14 Fourth St Tranmere, sold for about $1m in 2017) , see the Toop & Toop brochure in section 5.7

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1926 after Nicolas retirement, he built his house, 100 metres east, on “pt lot 25, Finchley” in Third Street which after Nicolas’s death passed to his youngest daughter Clara in 1953, who had stayed single and looked after her aged parents until their death (1944 & 1953).

Note:- 8 Third St. Magill has been renovated and was on the market for $900,000 in November 2014 with Toop&Toop. 17. Summaries of the Nicolas Richards & Fanny Ann Brooks' children (see section 6). 1 Nicolas Richards Brooks (1858-1953) & Fanny Ann Colwill (1864-1944)

2. Mary Winifred Brooks (1884-1970) & Thomas Edwin Smith 2. Leonard John Brooks (1885-1974) & Susan Mildred Scott (1889-1974)

3. Douglas Richards Brooks (1913-2001) & Joy Cavell Green 3. Leonard William (Peter) Brooks (1916-1975) & Yvonne Joy Bramley 3. Allen Brooks (1918-1991) & Laurel May Humphrys

2. Florence Irene Brooks (1889-1970) & Edward Redmond Jennings (1881-1955) 2. Emily Alberta Brooks (1891-1973) & Robert Goyder Thomson (1889-1952) 2. Annie Lavinia Brooks (1894-1995) & William Redford Clisby (1890-1949) 2. Stanley Cyril Brooks (1897-1974) & Jessie Verner Veitch (1900-1977) 2. Ernest Wilfred Brooks (1899-1990) & Sylvia Anita Pointon (1902-1992) 2. Allen Stirling Brooks (1903-1975) & Constance Matilda Hill (1904-1985) 2. Clara Mildred Brooks (1906-1998)

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17.1. Mary Winifred Brooks (1884-1970) & Thomas Edwin Smith (section 6.1).

Mary Winifred Brooks (often known as Nin) was the eldest daughter of Nicolas and Fanny Brooks, and she was born in 1884 in the (now #71) Colton Ave Murray Park cottage that Nicolas had built in 1883-1884.

1908 She married Thomas Edwin Smith II and they lived in various houses near Firle. 1912 purchased lot 64 Gardiner St Newstead (now St Morris), then in 1917 sold it. 1918, they moved into a new house at Gurrs Road, Kensington Park. (Note: Mary’s younger brother Stanley was later to buy allot 43, backing onto the Smith’s block.) Their son Raymond Thomas & Jack Edwin were very successful in education, having both been educated at Kings College and the University of Adelaide. Raymond & Jack collaborated on Chemistry & Physics text books which were to be standard text for secondary schools in South Australia.

17.2. Leonard John Brooks (1885-1974) & Susan Mildred Scott (section 6.1).

3. Douglas Richards Brooks (1913-2001) & Joy Cavell Green 3. Leonard William (Peter) Brooks (1916-1975) & Yvonne Joy Bramley 3. Allen Brooks (1918-1991) & Laurel May Humphrys

Len, Peter, Susan, Douglas, Joy, Laurel, Allen in the 1940s.

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Leonard was the authors’ grandfather and was a carpenter all his life. After he married Susan Mildred Scott in 1912, they purchased land at Firle, and built a bungalow house, which they lived in all their lives. The 3 sons were very good at sport, with Douglas playing cricket with Donald Bradman, Leonard (Peter) being a good footballer, cricketer and cross country runner. The youngest son Allen played football and cricket, but the brothers lives were changed forever when World War 2 broke out and they enlisted. Douglas went into the Medical Corps in pharmacy, Allen also went into the medical Corps (dentistry technician), but Leonard (Peter) was a prisoner of war in the dreaded Changi jail in Singapore where he survived but at great expense to his health.

17.3. Florence Irene Brooks (1889-1970) & Edward Redmond Jennings (1881-1955) Florence married a widower Edward Jennings who had 6 children ranging from 5 to 16 years of age. Edward was in the Tailoring business, and they purchased a house in Birkinshaw Ave Tranmere, very close to some of her siblings and her parents at Finchley. We could not find anything really interesting in her life. She did not have any children of her own. 17.4. Emily Alberta Brooks (1891-1973) & Robert Goyder Thomson (1889-1952)

Emily is a very interesting person, as she basically eloped with her beau, Robert Goyder Thomson, a Railways employee. Judy (Thomson) Gregory wrote in 2015:- "Now to Nanna Emily and "Harry" Robert Goyder. Nanna always told me she met Harry when he was either the conductor or driver (can’t remember which) on a tram that she took to work (on Magill line I think). She said he always called her "peaches and cream" - "chatting her up" they would call it these days. Nanna Emily didn't tell me, but my cousin Merilyn (Betty's daughter) told me many years ago, that Nanna and Harry ran away and got married, thus making Nanna Emily "persona non grata" with the Brooks family for quite a few years I think. Robert was the only child of Robert Vincent Thomson, a drover of the Birdsville to Maree (Birdsville track). Robert Goyder was born at Goyders Lagoon, hence his middle name.

Goyders Lagoon Station is probably still part of Clifton Hills Station, lying on the edge of Goyders Lagoon.

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His father also became the Owner/Proprietor of the Birdsville Hotel Qld, and even owned a race horse “Micawber” which won the Birsdville Cup in 1888. Unfortunately Robert Vincent died in 1893, and his wife and 4 year old child Robert Goyder lived in a maisonette at Beulah Park. More misfortune came to Robert Goyder as when he was cutting across the rail yards after a shift, his foot got caught in switch gear and a shunting train severed his leg just below the knee. Emily & Robert brought up their five children at his mother’s home, and he inherited it after she died, and Emily inherited it after Robert Goyder died at 63 yo. 17.5. Annie Lavinia Brooks (1894-1995) m1930 William Redford Clisby (1894-1949) 4 Ruby Roberts (1896-1927) m1919 William Redford John Clisby (1894-1949) 5 Ruby May Clisby (1920-1985) m John Cocks 5 Dorothy Violet Clisby b1923 m Alfred Barlow and had three children Allen, Ray and Helen 5 Redford Winthorpe Clisby (1927-50) m Joan Longbottom. 4 Annie Lavina Brooks (1894-1995) m1930 William Redford John Clisby (1894-1949) 5 Ruth Yvonne Clisby b1932 m Brian James Weidenhofer (1932-2007) 5 Ruth Yvonne Clisby 1932 m Brian Gertig on 14-9-2010

Clisbys, Annie, Ruth and Dorothy.

1894 Annie Lavinia (Brooks) Clisby was born on 6 May in the little cottage of her parents Nicolas and Fanny Brooks at (now #71) Colton Avenue, Magill. She was the fifth child in a family of nine. Annie commenced Sunday School at the age of five, her first teacher being Mrs. Uren and then Miss Potter who later became Mrs. Seppy Lillywhite. Annie later became Leader of the Kindergarten and thus began a life of service to the Church. Her school days were spent at Magill and Wellington Road Primary School. 1930 Annie married William Redford Clisby, known as Rett. He was a widower with three children, Ruby May, Dorothy Violet and Redford Winthorpe. He was the son of William Clisby and Emma Brenton with 5 brothers & sisters. Rett had married Ruby Roberts in 1919, but Ruby died in 1927 in child birth of their son Redford (1927-1952) at their Murray Park home. 1931 After a short time at Rosslyn Park the family shifted to a dairy farm at Woodside. 1932 Annie's daughter Ruth was born. 17.6. Stanley Cyril Brooks (1897-1974) m1923 Jessie Verner Veitch (1900-1977) 4 Stanley Cyril Brooks (1897-1974) m1923 Jessie Verner Veitch 1900-1977

5 Kathleen Mildred Brooks (1923-2010) m Stanley Webber (1921-2006) 5 Geoffrey William Brooks (1925-1977) m Margot Wallace b1932 6 Andrew Geoffrey Brooks b1962 (Professor) 5 Barbara Brooks b 1930 m Brian Headland b1930

A short Biography of Stan Brooks by Brian & Barbara Headland 2015 Together with his eight siblings, Stan was brought up in the family home at Magill. They all attended the Primary School at Wellington Road, a walk of about 4 kms each way. After school he completed an apprenticeship in

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carpentry, and worked for several years in that trade. Unfortunately at age 27, he had a serious accident at work damaging his leg badly, and was uanable to continue in that trade. He then obtained employment as a timber salesman with Reid Timber Merchants, and remained with that firm until his retirement. He became proficient as a draftsman/estimator for timber requirements for a wide range of buildings. During WW1 he was rejected for Army Service on medical grounds (eyesight) but served in the local Home Guard and was promoted to the office of lieutenant. Stan married VernerVeitch in 1923 and they moved into their home at 15 Birnie Ave, Kensington Park, where they remained until their death.

Verner had come from a farming property in Balaklava to follow her scholarship for singing in Adelaide. They had three children while living there, Kath, Geoff and Barbara. Stan also was a good tenor voice, and music was a central interest in family and social life. Verner was also a competent pianist. Stan enjoyed gardening, especially flower growing, specialising in dahlias and gladiolis. At one stage part of the dividing fence with the (back) neighbour (sister Winnifred Brooks Smith?) was removed so that both families could extend their gardening interests. The family were members of the Newstead Methodist Church (now St. Morris Church) and were all involved in the variety of the church life. Stan was closely involved in the design and building of a new church on site in the 1960s. Stan was of a quiet and retiring nature, but strongly committed to his family and to his Christian faith. Both attitudes were found in his generosity, good humour and high standards of integrity in his daily life. Geoffrey William Brooks died of Heart Attack on the way home from work.

Andrew & Debbie went to live in Adelaide with their 2 babies, Rhiannon 6 months and Nerida 18 months. Lachlan was born in Adelaide. Andrew finished his PhD and 6 months later they went to Washington DC USA but actually lived in Maryland for 5 years. Then they came home, much to my relief. 17.7. Ernest Wilfred Brooks (1899-1990) m1925 Sylvia Anita Pointon (1902-1992)

4 Ernest Wilfred Brooks (1899-1990) m1925 Sylvia Anita Pointon (1902-1992) 5 Aileen Claire Brooks b1927 m Raymond Allen Carter (1925-1999) 5 Brian John Brooks (1929-2014) m1954 Lois Beatrice Marker b1929 5. Rosemary June Brooks b1937 m Neale Michael b1936

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Although Finchley was laid out on either side of Central Avenue into 32 2.5 acre allotments, these were bought mainly in 10 acre blocks and used for such purposes as grazing horses, running cows, growing olives and vines, and into recent memory, acting as a football ground for the Magill Royals. When Ernest Brooks bought into a re-subdivision of Finchley in 1924, he paid 8s 6d a foot or £22.10s per allotment of 50 x 140 feet, and it was only then that a suburb began to grow. Brian John Brooks was born on the 7th August 1929 in Maylands South Australia, the second of three children of Ern and Sylvia Brooks of Magill, South Australia. His two sisters are Aileen and Rosemary. Ern, his father, was a fitter and turner by trade and worked for the FW Hercus Manufacturing Co Limited, a small family owned company in Thebarton that made machine tools. Sylvia, his mother, had trained at business college as a secretary. The family lived at First Street Magill, in a house that Dad’s father (Ern) built in 1925. Dad was a child of the depression. The family was fortunate however that their father Ern, was always employed so that the family had a regular income. My Grandmother was an expert at managing the family finances and stretching the pounds, shillings and pence. At the age of five, Brian attended the Magill Primary School. 17.8. Allen Stirling Brooks (1903-1975) m1930 Constance Matilda Hill (1904-1985)

Allen &Constance, David, Bruce & Richard

4 Allen Stirling Brooks (1903-1975) m Constance Matilda Hill (1904-1985) 5 David Stirling Brooks (1933-1992) m Barbara Carter (?) 5 Bruce Allen Brooks (1937-2018) m1960 Helen Elizabeth Baillie b1939 5 Margaret Brooks (died as a baby.) 5 Richard Edwin Brooks (1943 - ) m1967 Suzan (Sue) Beryl Hornidge (1944 - An extract from Allen Stirling Brooks' Eulogy: (see appendices for the full eulogy) Yet the bonds of family stretched further to brothers and sisters, for whom the passing years meant a strengthening of the ties of family affection, interest and care. The church family at Magill, where he worshipped all his life, and the wider church, is richer for his life and gifts. There have been few offices not held (by Allen) with strength in the life of the church – church steward, trustee, choir member, Sunday School superintendent and teacher. His ability in accountancy became another resource of the church. For nearly 15 years he was a member of the Memorial Hospital Board and here again his keenness of mind enabled him to contribute to its planning. Most of his working years (after time in the Government Produce Department and Emergency Supply Department) were spent in the Government Tourist Bureau. Responsibility did not spoil the man. The man brought integrity to work and responsibility. He held his place in the work force with a firmness which was characteristic of this man of faith. Music was in him and expressed through his singing – what a gift and how he loved to use it. His home and garden meant much to him and he gained much pleasure from them. Constance Matilda Hill 1904-1985 From Bruce Brooks:- Our mother’s side, her family was smaller, but here again the influence was to be significant particularly through our mother’s father. Grandfather Hill was a coach builder who worked for the Holden Company building horse drawn vehicles. He was a highly skilled craftsman and a perfectionist at his work and this was clearly passed on to his grandson David, who as we know, was not only a perfectionist in all that he did but also inherited the manual skills of his grandfather.

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1903-1924 would have been brought up at “Brookside North”, 14 Fourth St Magill 1925-1930 would have been living at home with his parents at Third St Magill. 1922 bought a property at Blanche St Finchley Park ct1226/135 1926 Sold Blanche St, purchased Birkinshaw Av, Tranmere ct1224/143 1930 Allen Stirling Brooks married Constance Matilda Hill 1930 Feb, Mortgage to State Bank, usually indicating the loan to build a house. 1976 Allen died, his address was still 12 Birkinshaw Ave, the house passed to Constance. 1985 Constance Matilda died. See sections 6.8.1 – 6.8.3 for details of the 3 sons lives – they all became professional engineers. Eg David Stirling Brooks (1933-1992) Civil Engineer, Bruce Allen Brooks (1937-2018) Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Richard Edwin Brooks (1943-?) , degree in Mechanical Engineering. 17.9. Clara Mildred Brooks, 10/5/1906 to 13/12/1998 (see section 6.9) Note: we can thank Clara for most of the photographs and records of Nicolas & Fanny Brooks and their nine children. A trunk of the albums and records were left to Bruce Brooks, but after Bruce was unable to process it all due to ill health John & Neil Brooks borrowed the trunk and scanned as much as they could, which was a basis of the Brooks & Colwill family history. 1906 Born to Fanny Ann Burrows Colwill and Nicolas Richards Brooks at Fourth St Magill.

She was the youngest of nine children, 22 years younger than the eldest, Mary Winifred Brooks born in 1884. The Fourth St property, known at "Brookside North" was allocated/leased to Nicolas who was a mason/builder and was involved in the building of the Auldana warehouse (see the photo in section 5.7, of the bullocks and cart of grapes, behind the Auldana warehouse) and became their Vineyard Yard manager at Murray Park and Magill.

1991 Yvonne, Laurel, Clara, Douglas, Joy at Allen’s funeral

She then progressed to Norwood High School. (from Wikipedia) Norwood High School first opened in 1910 on Osmond Terrace Norwood as Norwood Boys School. In 1915 it moved to new premises at Lossie Street Kensington Park. For a period the school was named Norwood District High School. In 1962 the school moved to what is now the TNMHS Senior Campus on The Parade.

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In 1924 Clara joined the Government Produce Department, situated in Light Square, and she was there for 42 years, retiring in 1966. A fine example of a report (highlighted how interesting her working life would have been), which we assume she typed, is in the Appendices titled:- A6. A Brief History of the South Australian Government Produce Department including a particular reference to the origin and development of the Dept's Pt Lincoln Meat Works.

Bruce Brooks has mentioned in her eulogy:- Being the youngest member of her family of nine, she accepted without question, a special role and special responsibilities. Greatest amongst these was the care of her ageing parents, especially her father and this was a loving task she undertook for many years. Perhaps this was the greatest sacrifice she made in her life. But, I’m sure too, for Auntie Clara, there would have been no thought of the concept of sacrifice. One had the feeling that she just worshipped her parents. Her father Nicolas was a very well known Vineyard manager and was allocated a house in Fourth St, but in 1924, Nicolas retired and applied for a loan to build on the land he was given by his mother in 1903. On 2nd of September 1925, the 67 year old Nicolas had a loan approval for the erection of a property, which initially, was numbered 1 Third St. Finchley Park, but was later numbered house numbers 8 to 14 Third St. Nicolas retired from being the Vineyard Manager of Auldana in 1925 (the first year the SA Almanac did not have Nicolas at Fourth St as a Vine Manager). Clara had amongst her papers a 1925 assessment of the 1 acre of land (Part allotment 25), which valued it at £182.

Clara lived with her parents in their Third Street home, from 1925 to 1943, when Fanny Ann died (80 years old), then Clara looked after Nicolas until his death (95 years old) in 1953. Clara kept a 1951 document in which she paid the balance (£760) of Nicolas's Mortgage to the State Bank and placed a mortgage on the property in her name. Nicolas had also made a will in 1941 for the house and furniture to be left to Clara. In 1955 Clara sold 10 Third St to her sister, Annie Lavinia Clisby, who, in 1957 built a house on it. Annie lived there until 1978. (see Appendices for Annie's Eulogy).

Clara lived at number 8 Third St, after her retirement in 1966, and onto 1988, when she sold it and bought a home unit at West Street Kensington Gardens. Note:- the house was renovated in 2014 and put on the market for $900,000.

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18. Burrows/Colwills of Clovelly, Devon, UK, 1871 (see section 7). Fanny's life is documented nicely by the 1871 UK Census, where the Colwills and the Burrows lived in the Clovelly and Hartland districts in North Devon. "CLOVELLY, or Clovelleigh, is a pleasant village and fishing station, occupying a singular and picturesque situation, on the side of a steep rock, adjoining Bideford Bay, about 4 miles E. Hartland, and 11 miles W.S.W. of Bideford. It is one of the most romantic places in Devon, and the houses being built on the precipitous side of the sea cliff, one above the other; the main street ascends in terraces and flights of steps from the beach and pier. Clovelly is celebrated for its herring fishery, besides which large quantities of conger, whiting, hake, pollack, and cod fish are caught in the winter; and turbot, sole, plaice, gurnet and mackerel in summer. Its parish had 950 inhabitants in July, 1841, besides 40 seamen who were then absent; and contains about 42000 acres of land, mostly the property of Sir James Hamlyn Williams, Bart., who is lord of the manor, and has a large and handsome seat, called CLOVELLY COURT, erected about 1780, on the site of the ancient mansion, which was destroyed by fire. The views from the house and grounds are extremely grand; and above the cliffs, to the south-east of the village, are the remains of an entrenchment, called Clovelly Dikes, of a square form, and unknown origin." [W. White. History, Gazeteer, and Directory of Devonshire, 1850] 1871 Fanny was aged 7 and living with her parents at East Dyke farm at Higher Clovelly North Devon. On the day the census was taken it was obvious that she was visiting her Uncle and Aunt, John (aged 47) and Fanny Burrows (aged 44) at his farm Rosedown Mill. The 1871 census had John Burrows, born at Clovelly as a farmer of 26 acres and a miller employing 3 men.

Note: the above is a deciphered version of the actual 1871 UK census page, and maybe inaccurate! Refer to a

photocopy of the actual page later. Fanny Ann’s parents were Betsy and Richard Colwill and had 5 children living with them at East Dyke farm.

East Dyke Farm and Rosedown Mill near Hartland are only a few miles apart, and would have been quite easy for young Fanny Ann to walk between.

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From the web site https://millsarchive.org/explore/mills/entry/5678/rosedown-mill-hartland Rosedown Mill, Hartland, a water powered Corn mill in the historic county of Devon, England. Alternate names Docton Mill, Power source Water, Mill type Watermill Mill functions Corn mill, Archive ID 5678, Location Hartland Historic county Devon, Country England, NGR SS 260 240 Latitude 50.989032, Longitude -4.4805835 1871 UK Census had Richard Colwill as a 35yo Boot and shoemaker in Upper Clovelly, at East Dyke Farm, with wife and sons, John (11), Richard Jnr (9) and Thomas (3). 1878 The Colwill family arrived on the ship Hesperus on Oct24.

Note: On the passenger list their surname was spelt Coldwell!

18.1 Richard Colwill (senior) 1835-1911, family, life in S.A. (see section8).

Richard Colwill senior, Betsy, Edith and Frederick

1. Richard Colwill (1835-1911) m1 Betsy Burrows (1838-1907) m2 1907 Fanny Hupfeld (1839-1928) (68yo) 2. John Colwill (1860-1930) m1884 Anna Cowan 1863-1955 3. Annie Matilda Colwill b1887-1964 m Johnathon Peek 1884-1966 3. Elsie Hilda Colwill (1888-1978) m1929 George Percy Storey (1884-1963) 3. Ivy/Joy Annetta Colwill (1891-1968) m1911 William Godfree Baldwin (1889-1969) 3. Doris Arabella Colwill (1893-1960) m1916 Melvin Thomas Irvine Shearer (1895-1964) 3. Clarence Eldred Colwill (1897-1917) died WW1 2. Richard Burrows Colwill (1862-1914) m1885 Eliza Clark b1869 3. William Henry Colwill b1885 m1914 Annie Marie Vale (1886-1997) 3. Minnie Myrtle Colwill b1886 m1917 John Laird Vincent b1891 (no children fd) 3. Albert Leslie Colwill b1887 d 1888 3. Ethel Ruby Colwill b1891 m1913 Frederick Norman Frankcom b1894 3. Gertrude Jane Colwill b1893 m1915 William James Clark b1894 (2 kids))

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2. Fanny Ann Burrows Colwill (1864-1944) m1883 Nicolas Richards Brooks (1858-1953) 4. Mary Winnifred Brooks (1884-1970) m1908 Thomas Edwin Smith (1909-1986) 4. Leonard John Brooks (1885-1974) m1912 Susan Mildred (Scott) (1889-1974) 4. Florence Irene Brooks (1889-1970) m1917 Edward Redmond Jennings (1881-1955) 4. Emily Alberta Brooks (1891-1977) m1910 Robert Goyder Thomson (1889-1952) 4. Annie Lavina Brooks (1894-1995) m1919 William Redford Clisby (1890-1949) 4. Stanley Cyril Brooks (1897-1974) m1923 Jessie Verner Veitch 1900-1977 4. Ernest Wilfred Brooks (1899-1990) m1925 Sylvia Anita Pointon 1902-1992 4. Allen Stirling Brooks (1903-1975) m1930 Constance Matilda Hill (1904-1985) 4. Clara Mildred Brooks (1906-1998) 2. Norah Grace Colwill (1866-1942) m1895 William Bray Penno (1865-1908) 3. Harold Colwill** (1887-1948) 3. Hilda Millicent Penno b1895 m1918 Ross Jury b1895 3. Lucy May Penno (1898-1989) m1919 Joseph William Henry Peacock (1895-1962) 3. Lillian Stella Penno (1901-1911) 2. Thomas Colwill (1866-?) ? Probably died in England as not on ships’s list 2. Agness Colwill (1870-1948) m1891 Daniel Simon Hunt b1864 3. Stella Hunt b1891 2. Frederick Colwill (1875-1944) m1901 Edith Kranz (1876-1909) 3. Mervyn Henry Burrows Colwill (1902-1977) m1931 Edna Maud Osmond (1909-1970) 3. Lily Irene Colwill (1904-1984) (buried with parents at Magill) 3. Frederick Leslie Colwill (1906-1959) m1929 Edna Ada Mabel Allanson b1908 2. Henry (Harry) James Colwill (1879-1921) m1905 Alice Lillian Tapp (1884-1969) 3. Edward Henry Burrows Colwill b1907 m1929 Gwendoline Audrey Smyth b1907 2. Arthur Colwill (1882-1943) m1906 Mary Jane Heinrich (1884-1941) 3. Arthur Thomas Colwill (1908-1909) 3. Eva May Colwill b1907 3. Richard Harold Colwill (1917-1919)

An 1890’s map of Finchley, showing the Brooks/Colwills properties

In 1880 shortly after the death of his father John Brooks, the 24 yo Thomas Brooks divided his lot 17 Finchley into 2, the eastern portion Thomas kept and built a home for his new wife.

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Richard Colwill purchased the western half of lot 17 in February 1880, and in May 1880 raised a mortgage to build a cottage for the large Colwill family (7 children from 1 to 20 years of age).

As Thomas Brooks was a mason/builder it is highly likely that Thomas and his brother 22 yo Nicolas Brooks helped build this cottage for Richard Colwill, his wife Betsy and children. The 3rd child was 16 yo Fanny Ann Burrows Colwill, who would marry Nicolas Brooks, 3 years later. 1882 Betsy & Richard had another child (Arthur) but in 1884 the first son John Colwill, and in 1885 the second son Richard Burrows Colwill left the nest and married local girls. 1907 Betsy Colwill died and Richard (72yo) remarried that same year, to the widow Fanny Hupfeld, nee Penfold. Fanny Penfold, b1839 Ticehurst, Sussex had married William Zimmerman Hupfeld who lived around Port Gawler and Watchman, near Balaklava. They had ten children between 1859 and 1884, according to the family history database. William Hupfeld died in Balaklava, but with an unconfirmed date. Fanny Hupfeld's father was William Friend Penfold (1806-1884) who we think died at Port Gawler, her mother was Hannah Waghorne (1810-1884). There were many Penfolds in the Port Gawler area in the 1860s. 1907 Richard purchases lots 261-262 Balmoral Av Murray Park (to live with Fanny Hupfeld?) 1910 Richard sold pt lot 17 to Charles Marscham, gardener, who kept it for another 10 years. 1910 March. Lots 261-262 transferred into Fanny Hupfeld/Colwill’s name 1910 March. Richard senior, transferred his land (lots 203-206) to his youngest Arthur. 1911 Richard Colwill senior dies. For the details of each of Richard Colwill’s children, see sections 8.1 to 8.9. 19. Leonard William and Susan Mildred Brooks' family (see section 9). 19.1. Douglas Richards Brooks (1913-2001) & Joyce Cavell Green (1916-1993) 5 Douglas Richards Brooks (1913-2001) m1938 Joy Cavell Green (1916-1993) 6 Diana Wynne Brooks (1939-1999) m Steven Bekker (1938- 7 Gregory Shane Bekker 1962 m Roslyn Flanagan 7 Naomi Jane Bekker 1965 m Steven Berry then m Steven Sharp 6 Meralyn Joy Brooks 1942 m Raymond George Roberts 1942- 7 Benjamin Scott Roberts 1969 m Kerri Barker 1970- 7 Tara Juliet Roberts 1970 m Anthony Mangesldorf 1967 6 Susan Claire Brooks 1948 m Ian James MacDonald (1951- 7 Alan James MacDonald 1978- 7 Fiona Joy MacDonald 1980-

19.2. Leonard (Peter) Brooks (1916-1975) m1948 Yvonne Joy Bramley (1929-2010)

6 Maxwell Duncan Brooks 1950 m Karen Anne (Zecchini) (1953- 7 Adam Peter Brooks 1976 m Michelle Laffen

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7 Kimberley Anne Brooks 1983 6 Douglas Allen Brooks 1952 m Jane Skidmore 1953 m Christine Emmie (Contos) 1961 7 Carissa Louise Brooks 1975 m Geoffrey David Fraser 1970 7 Allan James Brooks 1978 7 Sally Justine Brooks 1989 6 Robert Lindsay Brooks1953 m Fay Enid Henwood 1955 7 Michelle Dianne Brooks 1973 7 David Michael Brooks 1975 6 Peter Gregory Brooks 1957 m Caroline Anne Fergusson 1956 7 Candice Marie Brooks 1979 7 Michael James Brooks 1985

Leonard William Brooks, a perspective by his sons. Leonard, or Pete or Skeeter to his friends, was born 2/8/1916. He was a private person, and we don't know a lot of his childhood, suffice to say he thought his parents were a very sadistic lot back then. In his youth he admitted he was "common sense challenged" to put it politely, and evidently one of his favourite tricks was to drive cars through people’s hedges at night. (Try getting away with that these days!). A very good cricketer and footballer and into sports, even when he was married. I can vaguely remember him coming off with blood noses etc when I was really young. Later he joined the Tea Tree Gully Golf Club and often played with his brother Allen, also a member. Two terms come to mind "Destroyer of Golf Clubs (Damned trees!)" and "the 19th hole took ages to play."

Pete joined the Army 21/1/1941 service #sx11060 at Wayville discharged 10/1/1946 and was a prisoner of war in Singapore's Changi where the prisoners were treated inhumanely, but he survived, at great expense to his health.

19.3. Allen Brooks (1918-1991) m1945 Laurel May Humphrys (1924-2012) (see section 9.3) 6 John Humphry Brooks b1946 6 Neil Douglas Brooks b1949 m1984 Beverley Ann Hartley b1948 7 Susan Alyce Brooks b1985 7 Amy Laurel Brooks b1987 6 Elizabeth Mary Brooks b1952 m1973 David Keddie b1950 7 Scott Keddie b1974 7 Chrissy-Anne Keddie b1977 m Kent Tuigamala 6 Jillian Anne Brooks b1957 partner John Blumson b1956

Stuart Frost, Viva Pollard, Laurel, Allen, Thelma Schubert & Dorothy Forward

After Allen and Laurel married in 1945, they lived at Leonard and Susan’s house in Gwynne St Firle, until they were able to build a house at 5 Lanark St, Rosslyn Park. There, they raised two sons and just after (5 weeks) the birth of their first daughter, Elizabeth, moved to Mt Gambier as a

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result of Allen accepting a promotion with his employer, Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company. It was hard for Laurel to have to sell their Rosslyn Park home and to move away from her mother and favourite siblings: her life was much lonelier at Mt Gambier, especially as Allen’s work involved mixing with the clients and potential clients at the Cricket Club or Golf Club, where he was an enthusiastic playing member.

20. Susan Mildred Scott’s Family History in detail (see appendice A15)

Susan Mildred Scott Brooks 1889-1974 The Scott Ancestry from Buccleuch, Scotland, Annegrove Abbey, Ireland, Melbourne,

Australia, Kensington & Firle, Adelaide Australia.

Siblings :- Lieut. Robert William Scott 1917 -- Lillian and Susan Scott, c1910. – Frederick Scott c1906

with research of Dr James Edmund Scott,

adopted from Susanne Argus Lawson’s ancestry com public family tree.

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Susan Mildred Scott was born on 6th January1889 at Kensington, the 5th child of eight, to John Frederick Scott 1856-1924, a “commercial traveller” and Emily Eliza Brooke 1859-1942. Susan married Leonard John Brooks 1885-1974 on 20th April 1912 at the Baptist Church, Norwood.

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They lived at Orient Road Corryton (now Kensington Park), and had 3 children Douglas Richards, Leonard (Peter) William and Allen Brooks. Allen Brooks is the father of the authors, John & Neil Brooks. Susan Mildred Scott’s grandfather, was a Dr James Edmund Scott. James Edmund Scott is a name given to many of the Scotts’ ancestors, so it may have been of particular significance in history. An exciting find was an article about Annegrove Abbey of Ireland, which was purchased by a Captain Scott of King William II’s (of Orange) army after the battle of the Boyne in 1690. The Scotts of Buccleuch were a very wealthy titled Scottish family and in 1661 Anne Scott inherited the wealth and titles of countess of Buccleuch, and was betrothed to Charles II of England’s 1st illegitimate son James. (See section 4. Scotts of Buccleuch from 1600-1750.) James who had no surname, adopted the surname of Scott, and James Scott, Duke of Monmouth was created. We haven’t completely traced who were the parents of Captain James Scott of Annegrove Abbey Ireland, but it was an exciting start. The Scotts of Annegrove Abbey’s feature in great detail in an internet summary of “great houses of Ireland” and in particular a reference by Elizabeth Rosetta Scott Glover in her 1923 book, that they were descended from the Duke of Buccleuch of Scotland. In October 2017 another ancestry website reference to Dr James Edmund Scott was found, research by Susanne Argus Lawson where she had traced Dr James’ wife Sarah Scott to Parramatta NSW via her death certificate which stated she was born Sarah Scott, a cousin of Dr James Edmund Scott.

228 Napier St Fitzroy/Collingwood Vic

His youngest was John Frederick Scott, born in Chelmsford UK in 1856 and the family immigrated to Melbourne very soon after. We have no idea of his education or upbringing, but his death certificate stated he was a “Commercial Traveller”, living at Cleve St Norwood. He married Emily Eliza Brooke, the 20yo daughter of Samuel Brooke and Mary Ann Soper, (of Gouger St Adelaide) at St Michael Mitcham on Sept 5th 1879. Samuel Brooke, b1833 arrived in SA in 1848, was the son of William Brooke & Harriett Sewell of London UK. John Frederick and Emily Eliza Brooke had 8 children, the 5th being Susan Mildred Scott, while at York Street Kensington, all the children born in either Kensington or North Adelaide SA between 1880 and 1890.

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John Frederick Scott died in 1924, aged 68 years with his residence listed as Hughes St Mile End. His wife Emily Eliza (Brooke) Scott lived until 1942, aged 83yo. Her address then was her daughter’s (Constance Singyard) address 18 Gwynne St, Firle. Several of her children lived nearby (Susan at 15 Gwynne St (opp. #18), and Allen Scott at Bakewell St).

James Edmund Scott (From Ancestry.com we have transcribed a post by susannel147) According to his death certificate James Edmund Scott was born in Devonshire about 1813 and his parents were James Scott and Susan Butler. (This name continues through the family, his daughter was Susan Butler Scott, granddaughter was Susan Butler Mattingley, also according to his death certificate he married about 1840 to Sarah nee Scott in Queens County Ireland and he was a Surgeon. I have him listed as a Medical Practitioner in Melbourne prior to his death in 1863. He came to Australia as a Surgeon on the ship Hebe in 1857, and as his children were married they listed the birthplaces on their marriage Certificates. The first 2 were born in Queens County New York, the others alternated between England and Ireland. I found his marriage in Mountrath in Ireland in 1840 which listed James Edmund Scott of Ancaster Canada and Sarah Scott of Mountrath, married Witnesses were John Scott, Sarah Scott and Matthew Butler Scott. (there is that name Butler again). I also found him and Sarah listed on the Passenger List for the maiden voyage of the ship “President” in 1840 from Liverpool to New York. This ship was one of the first Steam Ships to travel regularly from England to the USA, unfortunately the next year it was lost at sea and no sight or sound was heard of it again, (they believe it hit an iceberg). I then found them in the 1850 US census in Chester County Pennsylvania. He was listed as Medical Doctor and their youngest child aged 2 months was listed as born in England. I think James worked as a ships Surgeon back and forth between England and the USA taking his family with him.

His last trip was to Melbourne where he settled in 1857 and died in 1863 (only 50yo). I have now found the death of his wife Sarah. She moved to Paramatta N.S.W. to stay with her eldest daughter Susan Butler Granger where she died in 1899. On her death certificate was listed she was born in Dublin Ireland, married in Mountrath Ireland in 1840 aged 27 to James Edmund Scott (cousin)

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and her children are listed as Suisan B 55 years, Emma E 46 years, Marion H 40 years & John F 38 years, 1 male and 2 females deceased. Her father is listed as George Bradshaw Scott, Muster Master General of Dublin Castle and her mother’s maiden name as Handcock. How long in the Australian Colonies 30 years in Victoria, 13 years in N.S.W. – posted by susanneL147 25/8/2008. (Susanne Argus Lawson)

Flowchart of Susan Mildred SCOTT’s ancestors

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21. Appendices

A1. Vine growing and wine making in S.A. in 1879 A2. Vine Pruning Competition at Reynella 1925 (Nicolas Brooks one of the judges) A3. The Rock Tavern in an 1899 article of "A trip through the Adelaide hills". A4. Eulogies and transcribed Wills A4.1. John Brooks Will 18/3/1871 – died 1880 A4.2. Sarah Tabraham Brooks’ Will 1877. A4.3. Thomas Brooks Will 8/1/1918 A4.4. Annie Lavinia (Brooks) Clisby A4.5. Ernest Wilfred Brooks A4.6. Allen Stirling Brooks A4.7. Constance Matilda Brooks' Will 1975. A4.8. Clara Mildred Brooks A4.9. David Brooks, by his Kinhill associates A4.10. Fanny Ann Burrows (Colwill) Brooks. A4.11. Nicolas Richards Brooks’ Will 1953. A4.12. Brian John Brooks. (1929-2014). A5. “Lady Lilford” 1839 A5.1. The passenger list of the “Lady Lilford” 1839. A5.2. Diary of Joseph Mercer of the “Lady Lilford” voyage on 1839 A5.3. The ship “Theresa” 1847 passenger's recollections & passenger list A6. History of the S.A. Produce Department by Clara Brooks. A7.1. An essay:- Aileen (Brooks) Carter’s Life and Achievements A7.2. An essay:- Bruce and Helen Brooks’ Life and Achievements A7.3. An essay:- John Humphry Brooks (1946-) A7.4. Emily Alberta Brooks's story by Judith Gregory 2015 A8. Colwills of Cornwall from the 15th century A9. Descendants of Thomas Edwin and Elizabeth Ellen Smith A10. Questions that you will be able to answer, after studying this book. A11. Seney/Brooks/Burrell connections 1793-1862 A12. Taylor Family Tree 1791- A13. William Taylor’s diary of the voyage of 1845 London to Adelaide, on "Phoebe" A14. John Brooks’ diary of the voyage of 1847 London to Adelaide, on "Theresa" A15. Susan Mildred Scott Brooks ancestral Family History detail 22. The following Flowchart summarises the Brooks ancestry.

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22.1. William Brooks (1785-1827) & Ann Seney (1793-1862) of Hardwick, descendants.

1 William Brooks (1785-1827) Hardwick Bucks m1818 Ann Seney (1793-1862) Middleton Northamptonshire. 2. William Brooks (1820-1901) m1845 Elizabeth Taylor (1822 1885) 3. Sarah Brooks (1846-1926) m1869 Charles George Pulford (1846-) Blacksmith 4. Eva Elizabeth Marian Pulford (1870-) Pt Gawler + 11 siblings. 3. Mary Ann Brooks (1848-1914) m1878 William John Peterson (1845-) 4. Elizabeth Daisy Peterson (1879-1973) Mitcham 4. Hilda Eleanor Peterson b1881-? 4. Ida May Peterson b1882 m1915 Sampson Mitchell Jose b1849 - note age difference. 4. William Olaf Peterson b1882 m1910 Mabel Gertrude Goldfinch 4. Ralph Brooks Peterson (1887-1941) Hyde Park, buried Mitcham. 3. Lydia Brooks (1851-1897) m1878 William Henry Pound (1852-1896) 4. Eva Tabitha Pound (1879-1958). 4. William Reginald Pound (1880-) m Ethel May Brooks b1881. 4. Henry Norman Pound (1880-1945) m1908 Selma Marie Eitzen b1884. 4. Violet Elizabeth Pound (1884-) m1910 John Peter Best b1881. 4. Daisy Pearl Pound (1884-) m1913 William Lonsdale Hughes b1882. 4. Ruby Emma Brooks Pound (1888-) m Alfred Edward Bolt b1887. 3. James Richard Brooks b1855 m1875 Rebecca/Beatrice Bates (1852-1887) 4. William James (1876-1940) m1897 Eliza Jane Moss (1878-1948). 2. Mary Brooks (1822-1822) Hardwick Bucks 2. Thomas Brooks (1824-1827) Hardwick Bucks 2 John Brooks (1818-1880) m1855 Elizabeth (Richards/Trewenack) (1830-1903) 3 Thomas Brooks (1856-1918) m1 Emily (Austin) (1856-1885) 4 Hilda Grace Brooks (1881-1960) 4 Wenzel John Brooks (1884-1964) m1905 Nellie Margaret Roberts (1884-1960) 5 Ernest James Brooks (1905-?) 5 Frederick John (Jack?) Brooks (1906-1961?) m Lillas Muriel Brooks 5 Margaret Emily Brooks b1910 m1925 Harold Robert Doddridge b1904 3 Thomas Brooks (1856-1918) m2 Elizabeth Ann (Williams) (1861-1906) 4 (Gwennie) Olive Gwendolen Lena Brooks (1888-1897) 9yo

4 (Frederick) Gordon Brooks (1890-1924) m1913 Vera Gladys Brooks, 1893-1978 5. Loie Gladys Brooks 1915-1983 m1939 Pierce Eric Burgess 1916-1983.

6. Nola Burgesss m Gary Luhman. 7. Karen Luhman married Mark Roberts.

8. Damien Roberts 8. Justin John Roberts, b1986.

7. Jody Luhman. 6. Carol Burgess m David Allen.

5. Harland Gordon Brooks , 1920-1985. m (1) Joan Hale marriage annulled in 1951. m (2) Norma Margaret Jeffery, 1923-1971 (3) m1972 Elizabeth Turner.

6. David Brooks. (1953-) m1975-83 Alison Summers, (2) 1984-2004, Nicolette Stasko (3) m2005- Teja Pribac

7. Jessica Brooks 1985-.(to N Stasko) 6. Denise Brooks.m Ralph.

5. Dawn Isabel Brooks , b 1924 6. Tony Gordon Pratt b1948 m1972 Anne Vickers Richardson, b1952

7. Graham Pratt, b m Louise Gillan, b 1982. 7. Darryl Pratt, m2013 Rachel Evitts b1981.

8. Evelyn Grace Evitts Pratt b2011. 8. Xavier Joseph Evitts Pratt b2014

6. Wendy Marie Pratt b1952 m Quentin Richard Marshall b1955 7. Debra Jane Marshall b1980 m2009 Dylan Roberts.

8. Cassian Rhys Roberts, b2014 7. Katie Louise Marshall, b1983 m2010 Brenton Oldfield

3. Nicolas Richards Brooks (1858-1953) m1883 Fanny Ann Burrows (Colwill) (1864-1943) 4. Mary Winnifred Brooks (1884-1970) m1908 Thomas Edwin Smith (1884-1942)

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5 Raymond Thomas Smith (1909-1986) 5 Jack Edwin Smith (1914-1986) (see Appendices for a more complete Smiths descendants list) 4 Leonard John Brooks (1885-1974) m1912 Susan Mildred (Scott) (1889-1974) 5 Douglas Richards Brooks (1913-2001) m Joy Cavell Green (1916-1993) 6 Diana Wynne Brooks (1939-1997) m1962 Steven Bekker 1938- 7 Gregory Shane Bekker b1962 m Roslyn Flanagan b1961 7 Naomi Jane Bekker b1965 m1 Steven Berry m2 Steven Sharp 6 Meralyn Joy Brooks b1942 m1967 Raymond George Roberts b1942- 7 Benjamin Scott Roberts b1969 m Kerri Barker b1970 7 Tara Juliet Roberts b1970 m Anthony Mangelsdorf b1967 6 Susan Claire Brooks b1948 m Ian James MacDonald b1951- 7 Alan James MacDonald b1978 7 Fiona Joy MacDonald b1980 5 Leonard William (Peter) Brooks (1916-1975) m Yvonne Joy Bramley (1929-2010) 6 Maxwell Duncan Brooks b1950 m Karen Anne Zecchini b1953 7 Adam Peter Brooks b1976 7 Kimberley Anne Brooks b1983 6 Douglas Allen Brooks b1952 m1 Jane Skidmore b1953 7 Carissa Louise Brooks b1975 m Geoffrey David Fraser 7 Allan James Brooks b1978 6 Douglas Allen Brooks b1952 m2 Christine Emmie Contos b1961 7 Sally Justine Brooks b1989 6 Robert Lindsay Brooks b1953 m Fay Enid Henwood b1955 7 Michelle Dianne Brooks b1973 m1999 Matthew Henderson b1970 7 David Michael Brooks b1975 6 Peter Gregory Brooks b1957 m Caroline Anne Fergusson b1956 7 Candice Marie Brooks b1979 7 Michael James Brooks b1985 5 Allen Brooks (1918-1991) m1945 Laurel May Humphrys (1924-2012) 6 John Humphry Brooks b1946 6 Neil Douglas Brooks b1949 m Beverley Ann Hartley b1948 7 Susan Alyce Brooks b1985 m2014 Elmar Kriel 8 Henri Alexander Kriel b2019 7 Amy Laurel Brooks b1987 m2015 James Vaughan 8 Hugo Vaughan b2016 8 Harvey Vaughan b2018 6 Elizabeth Mary Brooks 1952-2006 m1973 David Keddie b1950 7 Scott Keddie b1974 7 Chrissy-Anne Keddie b1977 m1 Kent Tuigamala m2 2017 Leo Shannon 8 Alvin b2000 8 Portia b2002 8 Andrae b2003 8 Chanel b2004 8 Jasmine b2005 8 Leo Shannon-Keddie b2017 6 Jillian Anne Brooks b1957 partner John Blumson b1956 4 Florence Irene Brooks (1889-1970) m1917 Edward Redmond Jennings (1881-1955) (no children, but Edward had 6 children from an earlier marriage...see later for detail) 4 Emily Alberta Brooks (1891-1973) m1910 Robert Goyder Thomson (1889-1952) 5 Goyder Robert Thomson (1911-1985) m1939 Bridget Ruby Haylings b1919 6 Judith Anne Thomson b1940 m Bruce Colin Gregory (1936-2004) 7 Paul Robert Gregory b1965 7 Melissa Thomson Gregory b1968 5 Goyder Robert Thomson (1911-1985) m1959 Shirley Lois Warren 6 Amanda Sue Thomson b1961 6 Peter Robert Thomson (1965-1997)

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5 Vincent Giles Thomson (1913-1956) 5 Morris Thomas Thomson (1916-1972) m Iris Dorn 6 Kaye Thomson 6 Phillip Thomson 6 Jill Thomson 5 Betty Eugenie Thomson (1923-2007) m James Arthur Cathcart b1922 6. Merilyn Cathcart b1946 m1 Jeff Hoare m2 Edward Jones 6. Quentin Cathcart b1950 m1 Glenda Freeman m2 Daphne Slee 6. Susan Cathcart b1953 m Michael Bradley 6. Alison Cathcart b1958 m Gordon Briscoe 5 Richards Thomson (1924-? 4 Annie Lavinia Brooks (1894-1995) m1919 William Redford Clisby (1890-1949) 5 Ruth Yvonne Clisby b1932 m Brian James Weidenhofer (1932-2007) 6. Raelene Weidenhofer b1955 m Paul Dudley Thredgold 6. Marylin Kay Weidenhofer b1957 m Michael John Murphy 6. Barry Grant Weidenhofer b1959 m Michelle Boucaut 6. Leslie Brian Weidenhofer b1969 m2/11/91 Debra Anne Duthie 1969 5 Ruth Yvonne Clisby 1932 m Brian Gertig on 14-9-2010 4 Stanley Cyril Brooks (1897-1974) m Jessie Verner Veitch 1900-1977 5 Kathleen Mildred Brooks (1923-2010) m Stanley Webber (1921-2006) 6. Gregory Webber b1949 m1974 Helen Margaret Hannaford b1953 7. Karen Webber b1979 7. Stephen Webber 1981 6. Brenton Webber (1950-1999) m Heather Anne Coulson b1950 6. Sandra Webber b1952 m1975 Graham Roy Andrewartha b1951 7. Renee Andrewartha b1978 7. Kelly Andrewartha b1980 7. Cathryn Andrewartha b1984 m2010 Michael Durdin b1980 6. Mark Webber b1958 m Jennifer Lynn Oermann b1958 7. Emma Louise Webber b1986 7. Timothy Paul Webber b1988 5. Geoffrey William Brooks (1925-1977) m Margot Wallace b1932 6. Andrew Brooks b1962 m Debra Maree Sharman b1963 7. Nerida Brooks b1989 7. Rhiannon Faith Brooks b1990 5 Barbara Brooks b 1930 m Brian Headland b1930 6. Christopher Headland b1953 m Anne Gillian Fry b1955 7. Rebecca Anne Headland b1982 7. Stuart Christopher Headland b1985 7. David Brian Headland b1989 6. Michael Headland b1955 m Anne Elizabeth De Garis b1958 7. Samantha Kate Headland b1987 7. Michelle Louise Headland b1990 6. Peter Headland b1960 m Heather Elizabeth McKenzie b1960 7. Alexander McKenzie-Headland b1993 7. Taylor McKenzieHeadland b1997 4 Ernest Wilfred Brooks (1899-1990) m1925 Sylvia Anita Pointon (1902-1992) 5 Aileen Claire Brooks b1927 m Raymond Allen Carter (1925- 6 Christine Margaret Carter b1956 m David Eric Edwards b1956 6 Anne Elizabeth Carter b1956 m Richard Bruce Clarkson b1958 6 Paul Richard Carter b1959 m Leonore Ruth Murton b1962 6 Jillian Kaye Carter b1964 5 Brian John Brooks b1929 m1954 Lois Beatrice Marker b1929 6 Andrew Brooks b1956 m Gillian Mavis Claire Crosby b1960 7 Claire Amanda Brooks b1985 m Graeme Andrew Watson b1980 7 Kate Elise Brooks b1987 7 Stephenie Alice Brooks b1990 6 Susan Brooks b1958 m Kym Zecchin 7 Scott Michael Zecchin b1985 7 Kaii Louise Zecchin b1989

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7 Jason Timothy Zecchin b1996 6 Peter Nicholas Brooks b1960 6 Jane Brooks b1962 5 Rosemary June Brooks b1937 m Neale Michael b1936 6. Robert Michael b1962 m Kellie-Anne Puckridge b1968 6. Anthea Michael b1964 6. Elizabeth Michael b1964 m Paul Stuart Worley b1960 4 Allen Stirling Brooks (1903-1975) m Constance Matilda Hill (1904-1985) 5 David Stirling Brooks (1933-1992) m Barbara Carter (?) 6 Michael John Brooks b1962 m Karen Elizabeth Gough b1963 6 Bryony Clare Brooks b1964 m Ian Rodney Schlein b1961 6 Stephanie Margaret Brooks b1967 m Mark John Williams Oates b1968 5 Bruce Allen Brooks (1937-) m1960 Helen Elizabeth Baillie b1939 6 David Nicolas Brooks b1962 m1987 Janene Susan Savvas b1965 7 Angus Charles Brooks b1998 6 Peter Bruce Brooks b1963 m1986 Bronwyn Janice Wilson b1961 7 Nicholas Hugh Brooks b1988 7 Kelly Alexandra Brooks b1992 7 Sophie Elizabeth Brooks b1996 6 Bronwyn Elizabeth Brooks b1966 m2000 Phillip James Reardon b1964 7 Riley Elizabeth Reardon b2003 7 Kaitlin Brooks Reardon b2006 5 Richard Edwin Brooks b1943 m1967 Suzan Beryl Hornidge b1944 6 Matthew Allen Brooks b1974 m Jessica Shaham 6 Daniel Charles Brooks b1977 m Jardine Lloyd Thompson 6 Andrew Richard Brooks b1979 Partner Tammy Fejo 4 Clara Mildred Brooks (1906-1998) 3 Grace Ann Brooks (1861-1921) m11/8/84 Thomas Clayson (1844-1927) 4 Emily Clayson (1871-) m1893 Robert Kelly b1862 4 Thirza Winifred Clayson (1885-1937) m1906 John Jones b1866 4 Minnie Clayson (1886 - 1887) 4 Clifford Clayson (1888-1948) m1913 Alice Ellen Gallac(h)er (1891-1972) 4 Oliver Clayson (1890-1955) m1910 (Burra) Henrietta (Hettie) Wahlert b1887 4 Leslie Clayson (1891-1969) m1914 Amelia Doris Althea Ferguson (1891-?) 4 Robert Andy Clayson (1893-1979) m1915 Agnes Irene Ferguson (1895-1953) 4 Beatrice Clayson (1896-1965) m1906? Frederick William Brown (1899-1966) 4 Gwendoline Clayson (1897-1952) unm 4 Frank Allan Clayson (1900-1989) m1926 Violet Rosabel Dockett (1902-1953) 4 Murray Clayson (1902-1958) m1929 (at Mclaren Vale) Trixie Doreen Seaman b1906 4 Walter Clayson (1904-1990) m1928 Zeta Laurel Hayes (1911-1987) 4 Elizabeth Emily Clayson (1904-1905) twin

see section “5.2 Grace Anne Brooks” for more generations & information.

3 Mary Elizabeth Brooks (1863-1864) 1 yo 3 (Elizabeth) Mary Brooks (1865-1936) m1892 Thomas Edwin Clayson (1867-1958) 4 Linda Millicent Clayson (1893-1979) 3 William John Brooks (1867 -1868) 1 yo 3 Sarah Jane Brooks (1870-1912) m1889 Alexander Badman (1865-1951) (8 children see section 5.5)

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23. Table of contents

1. The “What this book is about” summary. (p5). ....................................................................................2 2. The descendants list of the Brooks family. (section 2 and at the end of his document). ......................2 3. The Brooks family in Hardwick/Weedon, Buckinghamshire (section 3). ............................................3 4. The transcription of the actual diary. (see appendix A14)....................................................................5 5. The Seamons and Brooks family of Hardwick/Weedon (see section 3.3)............................................5 6. Brooks of Magill Road in 1847-1860 (see section 3). ..........................................................................5 7. William & Elizabeth Taylor Brooks (see section 3.2)..........................................................................6

8. The Richards family of Condurrow (Camborne, Cornwall) 1841-1851 (see section 4.1). .........6 9. Elizabeth Richards & Henry Trewenack in Condurrow 1851. (see section 4.1).........................7

10. Trewenacks - 1841 UK census via “Cornwall Online Census”..........................................................7 11. The Trewenacks in South Australia from 1852 onward. ....................................................................7 12. John Brooks (1818-1880) & Elizabeth (Richards) Trewenack (1830-1903)......................................8 13. Thomas Brooks (1856-1918), Emily Austin (1856-85) & Elizabeth Williams (1861-1906) .............9 14. Hilda Grace Brooks (1881-1960) & Wenzel John Brooks (1884-1964) ..........................................10 15. Frederick Gordon Brooks (1890-1924) & Vera Gladys Cocks (1893-1978) (see section 5.6).........11 16. Nicolas Richards Brooks (1858-1953) & Fanny Ann Colwill (1864-1944) (see sction5.7).............12 17. Summaries of the Nicolas Richards & Fanny Ann Brooks' children (see section 6)........................15

17.1. Mary Winifred Brooks (1884-1970) & Thomas Edwin Smith (section 6.1). ...........................16 17.2. Leonard John Brooks (1885-1974) & Susan Mildred Scott (section 6.1).................................16 17.3. Florence Irene Brooks (1889-1970) & Edward Redmond Jennings (1881-1955) ....................17 17.5. Annie Lavinia Brooks (1894-1995) m1930 William Redford Clisby (1894-1949)..................18 17.6. Stanley Cyril Brooks (1897-1974) m1923 Jessie Verner Veitch (1900-1977) .........................18 17.7. Ernest Wilfred Brooks (1899-1990) m1925 Sylvia Anita Pointon (1902-1992) ......................19 17.8. Allen Stirling Brooks (1903-1975) m1930 Constance Matilda Hill (1904-1985) ....................20 17.9. Clara Mildred Brooks, 10/5/1906 to 13/12/1998 (see section 6.9) ...........................................21

18. Burrows/Colwills of Clovelly, Devon, UK, 1871 (see section 7).....................................................23 18.1 Richard Colwill (senior) 1835-1911, family, life in S.A. (see section8). ..................................24

19. Leonard William and Susan Mildred Brooks' family (see section 9). ..............................................26 19.1. Douglas Richards Brooks (1913-2001) & Joyce Cavell Green (1916-1993) ...........................26 19.2. Leonard (Peter) Brooks (1916-1975) m1948 Yvonne Joy Bramley (1929-2010) ....................26 19.3. Allen Brooks (1918-1991) m1945 Laurel May Humphrys (1924-2012) (see section 9.3).......27

20. Susan Mildred Scott’s Family History in detail (see appendice A15) ..........................28 21. Appendices ..................................................................................................................................33

22. The following Flowchart summarises the Brooks ancestry. .............................................................33 22.1. William Brooks (1785-1827) & Ann Seney (1793-1862) of Hardwick, descendants. .............34

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