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Her life
Name Margaret Brooks [1] Birth Bef 6 Feb 1874 St Mary, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
[2, 3] Christening 6 Feb 1874 St Mary’s Church, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [2] 
Baptismal Record: Margaret Brooks (1874) Gender Female Census 3 Apr 1881 72 Commercial Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [4] Age: 7 
1881 Census: 72 Commercial Street, Newport, Monmouthshire Occupation 3 Apr 1881 [4] Scholar Residence 7 Jun 1899 49 Railway Street, Splott, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [5] 
Marriage Record: Richard Herrick and Margaret Brooks (1899) Person ID I1688 Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake | Westlake family Last Modified 3 Nov 2026
Parents’ family
Father John Brooks, b. Abt 1845, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland d. Bef 14 Jan 1927, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (Age < 82 years)Mother Elizabeth Arnott, b. Bef 11 Oct 1846, St John, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales d. 2 Dec 1888, 26 Cathays Terrace, Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (Age > 42 years)Marriage 12 Sep 1869 St Mary’s Church, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [6] - John Brooks, bachelor; Elizabeth Arnott, spinster. Witnesses: Richard Brooks and Margaret Morgan.
Marriage Record: John Brooks and Elizabeth Arnott (1869) Family ID F512 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Birth - Bef 6 Feb 1874 - St Mary, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
Christening - 6 Feb 1874 - St Mary’s Church, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
Census - Age: 7 - 3 Apr 1881 - 72 Commercial Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales 
Residence - 7 Jun 1899 - 49 Railway Street, Splott, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1497] Marriage Record: Richard Herrick and Margaret Brooks (1899), 7 Jun 1899, Roath St Saviour marriages 1893-1905, p. 109, no. 217 (Reliability: 3).
Married Richard Herrick on 7 Jun 1899, aged 26; father John Brooks, upholsterer. - [S1489] Baptismal Record: Margaret Brooks (1874), 6 Feb 1874, Cardiff St Mary baptisms 1871-1881, p. 89, no. 712 (Reliability: 3).
- [S7] GRO Index, 1873 Q2, Cardiff, Vol 11a, pg 269 (Reliability: 2).
BROOKS, MARGARET; ARNOTT
Registered in 1873 Q2, so born by June 1873; baptised in Feb 1874. - [S47] 1881 Census, 3 Apr 1881, RG 11/5262, f. 80, p. 13 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1497] Marriage Record: Richard Herrick and Margaret Brooks (1899), 7 Jun 1899, Roath St Saviour marriages 1893-1905, p. 109, no. 217 (Reliability: 3).
Her residence at her marriage to Richard Herrick at St Saviour’s, Roath. - [S1485] Marriage Record: John Brooks and Elizabeth Arnott (1869), 12 Sep 1869, Cardiff St Mary marriages 1865-1871, p. 201, no. 401 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1497] Marriage Record: Richard Herrick and Margaret Brooks (1899), 7 Jun 1899, Roath St Saviour marriages 1893-1905, p. 109, no. 217 (Reliability: 3).