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Her life
Name Edith Brooks Birth 23 May 1886 St Andrew, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
[1, 2] Christening 21 Jul 1886 St Andrew’s Church, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [3] 
Baptismal Record: Edith Brooks (1886) Gender Female Census 5 Apr 1891 53 Railway Street, Splott, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [4] Age: 5 
1891 Census: 53 Railway Street, Splott, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan Census 31 Mar 1901 24 Wellfield Road, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [5] Age: 14 
1901 Census: 24 Wellfield Road, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan
RG 13/4974, f. 44, p. 8. Schedule 39, the household of Frank W. Povall; Edith Brooks, servant, 14.Occupation 31 Mar 1901 [6] General Servant (Domestic) Census 2 Apr 1911 152 Corporation Road, Grangetown, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [7] Age: 24 
1911 Census: 152 Corporation Road, Grangetown, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan
RG 14/32159, schedule 326. The household of Arthur Needs, bread baker; Edith Brooks, servant, 24.Occupation 2 Apr 1911 [8] General Servant Census 19 Jun 1921 152 Corporation Road, Grangetown, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [9] Age: 36y 1m 
1921 Census: 152 Corporation Road, Grangetown, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan
RG 15/26504, ED 41, schedule 193. The household of Arthur James Needs, bread baker; Edith Brooks, servant, 36.Occupation 19 Jun 1921 [10] General Domestic Servant Death Abt Nov 1970 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [11] Age: 84 - The index’s date of birth, 23 May 1886, is the birth date in her baptism entry.
Person ID I1694 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 [12] - 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 - 23 May 1886 - St Andrew, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
Christening - 21 Jul 1886 - St Andrew’s Church, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
Census - Age: 5 - 5 Apr 1891 - 53 Railway Street, Splott, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
Census - Age: 14 - 31 Mar 1901 - 24 Wellfield Road, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 
Census - Age: 24 - 2 Apr 1911 - 152 Corporation Road, Grangetown, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Census - Age: 36y 1m - 19 Jun 1921 - 152 Corporation Road, Grangetown, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Identification: the only Edith Brooks whose birth was registered in Cardiff in 1884-1888 is hers (mother Arnott), and the 1970 death index gives her baptismal birth date.
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Sources - [S1495] Baptismal Record: Edith Brooks (1886), 21 Jul 1886, Cardiff St Andrew baptisms 1884-1889, p. 39, no. 309 (Reliability: 3).
- [S7] GRO Index, 1886 Q2, Cardiff, Vol 11a, pg 383 (Reliability: 2).
BROOKS, EDITH; ARNOTT - [S1495] Baptismal Record: Edith Brooks (1886), 21 Jul 1886, Cardiff St Andrew baptisms 1884-1889, p. 39, no. 309 (Reliability: 3).
Archives Wales files this register as Cardiff St Teilo; the page is headed Parish of St Andrew, Cardiff. - [S48] 1891 Census, 5 Apr 1891, RG 12/4389, f. 41, p. 15 (Reliability: 3).
- [S49] 1901 Census, 31 Mar 1901, RG 13/4974, f. 44, p. 8 (Reliability: 3).
Schedule 39; servant in the household of Frank W. Povall, railway clerk. - [S49] 1901 Census, 31 Mar 1901, RG 13/4974, f. 44, p. 8 (Reliability: 3).
- [S200] 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, RG 14/32159, schedule 326 (Reliability: 3).
Single; servant in the household of Arthur Needs, bread baker (indexed as Nads). - [S200] 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, RG 14/32159, schedule 326 (Reliability: 3).
- [S450] 1921 Census, 19 Jun 1921, RG 15/26504, ED 41, schedule 193 (Reliability: 3).
Single; still servant to Arthur James Needs, bread baker. The age is a year too high for a May 1886 birth; the household is the same as in 1911. - [S450] 1921 Census, 19 Jun 1921, RG 15/26504, ED 41, schedule 193 (Reliability: 3).
- [S7] GRO Index, 1970 Q4, Cardiff, Vol 8b, pg 1129 (Reliability: 2).
BROOKS, EDITH; 23 May 1886 - [S1485] Marriage Record: John Brooks and Elizabeth Arnott (1869), 12 Sep 1869, Cardiff St Mary marriages 1865-1871, p. 201, no. 401 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1495] Baptismal Record: Edith Brooks (1886), 21 Jul 1886, Cardiff St Andrew baptisms 1884-1889, p. 39, no. 309 (Reliability: 3).