Brookson Genealogy

Latest Genealogy information on Brookson's is on: www.brookson.org

Brookson's have been traced back to the early 17th Century.

Other useful sites are UK + Ireland Genealogy. This has a lot of useful pointers to information sources within the United Kingdom.

The Public Record Office holds all sorts of information, where you can find military service records, apprenticeship records and much else. They have a useful series of on-line Fact Sheets.

The Society of Genealogists in London holds records (such as Parish Registers) to help you research pre 1837, when Civil registrations started. See some of the society data on the search pages at www.orgins.net.

1. Charles Brice Brookson (Me!)

b. 9 Feb 1954, Portsmouth, St Mary Church, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, occupation Electronic Engineer, m. 11 Jun 1983, in Bampton, Helen Elizabeth Granville.

Parents

2. Charles William Brookson

b. 17 Jan 1917, Witney, occupation Tropical Agronomist, m. 6 Jun 1945, in South Norwood Registry Office, Shiela Cummings McLeod, Charles died 14 Aug 1994, Bampton, Oxfordhire, buried: Cowley Crematorium, Oxford.

3. Shiela Cummings McLeod

Still alive.

Grand Parents

4. Charles William Brookson

b. 21 Feb 1879, Bedingfield, Surrey, occupation Schoolteacher, Soldier, m. 8 December 1915, in All Saints Church, East Hamsham, Wilts, Esther Matilda Brice, b. abt 1884, occupation Nanny. Charles died 9 Nov 1916, Salisbury Inf.56 Horsham road, Salisbury, buried: Salisbury?

5. Esther Matilda Brice

b. abt 1884, occupation Nanny, m. 8 December 1915, in All Saints Church, East Hamsham, Wilts, Charles William Brookson, b. 21 Feb 1879, Bedingfield, Surrey, occupation Schoolteacher, Soldier, d. 9 Nov 1916, Salisbury Inf.56 Horsham road, Salisbury, buried: Salisbury?.

6. Ronald Alexander McLeod

b. 1 Oct 1888, m. 19 Feb 1914, Jane Anne McKee, b. 5 Oct 1891, Thornaby West Yorks, d. 18 May 1967. Ronald died 16 Mar 1953, Redcar.

7. Jane Anne McKee

b. 5 Oct 1891, Thornaby West Yorks, m. 19 Feb 1914, Ronald Alexander McLeod, b. 1 Oct 1888, d. 16 Mar 1953, Redcar. Jane died 18 May 1967.

Great Grand Parents

8. William Brookson

b. 15 April 1851, The Causeway, Mitcham Surrey, 11 May 1851, Mitcham Surrey, occupation Carpenter, m. 30 October 1875, in Horton Kirby Parish Church, Kent, Emma Kite, b. 29 October 1852, Norton Kirby, Kent, occupation Carpenter.

9. Emma Kite

b. 29 October 1852, Norton Kirby, Kent, occupation Shopkeeper, Keens Terrace, m. 30 October 1875, in Horton Kirby Parish Church, Kent, William Brookson, b. 15 April 1851, The Causeway, Mitcham Surrey, 11 May 1851, Mitcham Surrey, occupation Shopkeeper Keens Terrace, Mitcham.

There's much more.... And I'll add to this page as I go on. Email cbrookson@iee.org me if you're working on any Brookson's at all.

There are not many of us around the world. The first I've found is in Mitcham in Surrey (United Kingdom) in the late 1600's where they seem to have been quite rich, leaving some wills in the Public Record Office. There are branches of the family in Australia, South Africa and Canada.