William Brooks
1800/2–82
Servant at Down House, 1844–75. Employed as an outdoor servant, working in the garden, and with the cows, pigs, and horses; after 1853 listed under ‘manservants’ rather than ‘Garden’ in CD’s classed account book. Lived in a cottage near the cow-yard at Down House with his wife, Keziah (1807/8–83).
Sources
BMD (Death index)
CD’s Classed account books (Down House MS)
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/462/75/10–11)
F. Darwin 1920, pp. 56–8
letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [3 February 1863] (DAR 219.1: 70)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
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