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George Brook & Lydia Wood

Taken on April 14th, 1888 and sourced from Certificate - Marriage.

1888 George Brook & Lydia Wood

This picture was taken on April 14th, 1888 and sourced from Certificate - Marriage.

George and Lydia were married in a civil ceremony on April 14th, 1888 in Paris.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969

They had a daughter named Dorothy. There are no more children.

Personal Details
- George Brook
  George was born in March 1857 in Berry Brow.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Aged 4 in 1861, born Almondbury
      Brother John was born at Berry Brow, Almondbury.
      
      Can only be this record, if mother died in Sep 1857
      
      BROOK, GEORGE STOCKS
      GRO Reference: 1857 M Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD
      Volume 09A Page 282
  He died at the age of 72 on April 7th, 1929 in Bradford.³
  - Death Notes
    - BROOK George of 52 Roydstone terrace, Bradford Moor, Bradford died 7 April 1929. Probate Wakefield 23 May to Mabel Brook spinster. Effects £543 11s 7d.
  Lydia Wood
  Lydia was born on November 9th, 1847 in London and her baptism took place on March 2nd, 1864 in Middlesex.⁴⁵
  - Birth Notes
    - Born Pimlico, London
  Lydia is no longer alive.

Children
- Mabel (Dorothy) Brook
  Mabel, known as Dorothy, was born in December 1892 in North Bierley.⁶
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 8 in 1901
    
    BROOK, MABEL WOOD
    GRO Reference: 1892 D Quarter in NORTH BIERLEY
    Volume 09B Page 229
  She died at the age of 70 on November 22nd, 1963 in Bradford. Her burial was on November 25th, 1963 in Bradford.⁷³
  - Death Notes
    
    Not 26 Dec 1961 (wife)
    22 Nov 1963 (spinster)
    
    BROOK Mabel of 17 King Street, Low Moor, Bradford, spinster died 22 November 1963. Probate Wakefield 6 Jan to Keith Lillie Motor Driver. £480.
    
    Name:    Mabel Brook
    Death Date:    22 Nov 1963
    Burial or Cremation Date:    25 Nov 1963
    Burial or Cremation Place:    England, West Yorkshire
    URL:    https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=14086255
    
    Deaths Dec 1963   (>99%)
    BROOK     MABEL     53     BRADFORD     2B, 236
    
    Deaths Mar 1962   (>99%)
    BROOK     Mabel     68     Spen Valley     2d, 489

¹ Ancestry.co.uk
² 1861 UK Census
³ National Probate Records
⁴ 1901 UK Census
⁵ London Births & Baptisme 1813-1906
⁶ 1911 UK Census
⁷ Deceased Online