Allen Brooksbank (1807 - 1845)

Born 26 Jul 1807 in South Crosland, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Collins) Brooksbank — married 25 Aug 1835 in Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Died 1845 at about age 37 in Hurst, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Allen was born in 1807 and baptised in 1807^[1] at Almondbury, Yorkshire. He was the son of William Brooksbank and Hannah Taylor. Allen moved to Lancashire, probably in his teens to learn his trade, and in 1835^[2] he was married to Susannah Collins at Manchester Catherdral, Lancashire. They would have five children, including three daughters. In 1841^[3] Allen was recorded as a Butcher at Higher Hurst, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. He then died in 1845^[4] at Hurst, leaving a will and was buried at Ashton under Lyne^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP12 (accessed via Ancestry.co.uk)
2. ↑ Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJRN-QMH : 13 March 2020), Allen Brooksbank, 1835
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGL-XMS : 23 May 2019), Allen Brooksbank, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NTD-LBP : 31 December 2014), Allen Brookbank, 1845; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast
5. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JC4N-57S : 13 April 2023), Allen Brookband, 1845

Baptism: West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP12 (accessed via Ancestry.co.uk)