Hugh Reginald Brooks

Male23 July 1891–7 December 1960

Brief Life History of Hugh Reginald

When Hugh Reginald Brooks was born on 23 July 1891, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Jonathan Brooks, was 27 and his mother, Margaret McMillan, was 24. He married Gertrude Elizabeth Dickinson on 7 June 1921, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Algoma, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 7 December 1960, in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 69, and was buried in Esquimalt, Capital, British Columbia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Reginald Brooks
1891–1960
Gertrude Elizabeth Dickinson
1894–1989
Marriage: 7 June 1921
John Hugh Peter Brooks
1922–1979
Diana Elizabeth Brooks
1926–2012

Sources (7)

  • Reginald Brooks in household of William Brooks, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Brooks, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Hugh Reginald Brooks, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 June 1921Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (4)

    1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

    Age 15

    Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

    1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

    Age 43

    Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

    1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

    Age 52

    George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.

    Name Meaning

    English: usually a variant of Brook , with excrescent -s. The optional addition of -s, with no grammatical function, is usually post-medieval, but some examples of the same person's name occurring with and without -(e)s have been noted as early as the 14th century in South Lancashire. The -es in such cases probably has neither a plural nor a genitival function, and the name means ‘dweller at the brook’, not ‘dweller at the brooks’. A plural sense cannot be ruled out elsewhere, but a non-grammatical -(e)s must also be considered a strong possibility.

    Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

    Americanized form of German Brucks .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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