Edith Winnifred "Winnie" TURGOOSE

1884 - 1935  (51 years)

• Name	Edith Winnifred "Winnie" TURGOOSE  [1]
  Nickname	Winnie
  Born	13 May 1884	South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Jul 1935	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Edith Winifred BROOKS, age 51 years, 2 mos., 5 days, died on 18 July 1935 at Essondale, British Columbia. Born 13 May 1884 in British Columbia; father: TURGOOSE; Spouse: John L. BROOKS. [Essondale is/was the Forensic Psychiatric clinic for the Province of British Columbia; it is now Riverside Hospital.]
  Buried	Shady Creek United Cemetery, Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 7180 East Saanich Road Saanichton, British Columbia Canada
  	Memorial inscription: Edith Winifred Brooks died July 18, 1935 aged 61 years. John Lemuel Brooks died Oct. 26, 1969 age 95 years. [It would appear the age was incorrect on the stone for Edith.]
  Person ID	I2409	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	William TURGOOSE,   b. Abt 1830, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1885, Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Emma POPE,   b. Abt 1843, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 26 Sep 1922, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	6 Apr 1865	Tampico, Whiteside, Illinois, U.S.A.   [4]
  Address	1873	South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada   [5]
  	Address at the time of Emma's birth on 1 January 1873.
  Address	1878	South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada   [5]
  	Address at the time of Carrie's birth on 19 October 1878.
  Address	1881	Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F1006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Lemuel BROOKS,   b. 22 May 1874, Bloomington, Mclean, Illinois, U.S.A. ,   d. 23 Oct 1969, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Married	10 Dec 1902  [1]
  Address	1911	Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Henry Walter BROOKS,   b. 23 Jan 1904, South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1990, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. Emma Mary Ann BROOKS,   b. 8 Apr 1905, South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 27 Feb 1950, Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 44 years)   3. John William "Jack" BROOKS,   b. 6 May 1907, South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1977, Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 70 years)   4. Lillian Elizabeth J. BROOKS,   b. 24 Nov 1908, South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1978, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 69 years)   5. James Lemuel BROOKS,   b. 13 Jun 1917, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1991, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 74 years)   6. Thomas BROOKS,   b. 14 Apr 1919, South Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 2003  (Age 83 years)
  Photos		Lemuel Brooks' home. Home on Saanich, Vancouver Island, of John Lemuel and Winifred Brooks.
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2008
  Family ID	F759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Turgoose family Mrs. William Turgoose, and her six daughters, Fanny Turgoose, Emma Merkley, Annie Michell, Carrie Pope, Lottie Stuart, Winnie Brooks; Saanich.

  
  

  Headstones		BROOKS In loving memory of HENRY JAMES BROOKS died Sept 26, 1907 Aged 78 years A native of Murray Harbor Kings Co., P.E.I. At Rest
  		BROOKS JOHN LEMUEL BROOKS Died Oct 26, 1969 Age 95 years EDITH WINIFRED BROOKS Died July 18, 1935 Age 61 years

  
  

• Sources

  [S676] Personal communication. [S77] Civil Death Registration. [S209] Photograph. [S849] Kysar-Howard Family, (online at www.ancestry.com). [S123] Civil Records, British Columbia, Canada, Registrar, Vital Statistics, (Victoria B.C.). [S135] Census of Canada, 1881, (4 April 1881). [S308] Census of Canada, 1911, (1 June 1911).