James and Sarah were married in a religious & civil ceremony on August 4th, 1844 at St. Peter's (Bolton).1 Their marriage was annulled about 1872 in Bolton.
Marriage/Union Notes
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1844 rch / Register Office Registers At Reference MATHER Sarah BROOKS James Bolton, St Peter Bolton 18/6/404
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. She was buried on June 24th, 1864 in Ainsworth.43
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