James Brooks & Sarah Bayley

Personal Details

• James Brooks
  James was born in 1814 in Ireland.² 

  • Birth Notes
    • Of this parish according to Marriage
      From Lancashire according to 1841 census
      
      Aged 25 in 1841 (born Lancashire, Collier)
      Aged 36 in 1851 (born Ireland)
      Aged 46 in 1861 (born Ireland)
      Aged 56 in 1871 (and married to Mary)

  He died at the age of 68 in March 1882 in Bolton.³ 

  • Death Notes
    • Deaths Mar 1882   (>99%)
      BROOKS James     67     Bolton     8c, 171
  
  
  Sarah Bayley
  Sarah was born in 1804 in Ringley.² 

  • Birth Notes
    • Age 35 in 1841 (rounded)
      Age 47 in 1851, born Ringley
      Age 66 in 1861, born Ringley (assume age an error)
      
      Born: Ringley, Lancashire, England (1851 census)
      
      Ringley is 4 miles SE of Bolton, 2 miles south of Little Lever, and near Kearsley.
      
      There are no baptisms in Ringley (or Lancashire) for a Sarah Bayley, even though we have confirmed her maiden name from her father bieng John Bayley, a Calco Printer.
      

  She died at the age of 60 in June 1864 in Bolton.  Her burial was on June 24th, 1864 in Ainsworth.^4 3 

  • Death Notes
    • Did Sarah divorce James Brooks, or did she die?  There are two matching death record for Bury between 1860 and 1865 (when James remarried), both in 1864.
      
      Deaths Jun 1864   (>99%)
      BROOKS     Sarah          Bury     8c, 291
      
      Actually, she probably died in June (see Ainsworth burial)
      
      Name:    Sarah Brooks
      Gender:    Female
      Burial Date:    24 Jun 1864
      Burial Place:    Middleton, Ainsworth, Lancaster, England
      FHL Film Number:    1545704
      Reference ID:    item 2a p 99