Brooker/Gorton family, Liverpool

[Jaychris]

William Brooker & Esther Gorton are my 4 x great grandparents.   I am descended from their daughter Esther who married William Guest.   I have dug out a lot of info on this branch of my family and here's what I've got.   William Brooker & Esther Gorton married on 12 April 1801 at Leyland, Lancs.   William was a Carpenter.   The witnesses at their wedding were Robert Gorton and Nicholas Plaskett.
These are the children I've found from the marriage.
1.  Esther Brooker (mine)
X (bapt) 20.02.1803, St Mary the Virgin, Eccleston by Chorley
Abode:  states This Parish - covered a few villages incl Shevington & Wrightington
2.  Priscilla Brooker
X 17.06.1805, St Wilfrid's, Standish
Abode:  Shevington
3.  William Brooker
X 10.05.1807, St Wilfrid's, Standish
Abode:  Shevington
4.  Richard Brooker
X 20.08.1809, St Wilfrid's;  Abode:  Shevington
5.  Mary Brooker
X 28.02.1813, Liverpool St Nicholas
Abode:  Queen Street
6.  James Brooker
X 08.10.1815, Liverpool St Nicholas
Abode:  Leeds Street
7.  John Brooker
X 08.01.1819, Liverpool St Peter
Abode:  Leeds Street
8.  Margaret Eliza Brooker
X 20.06.1821, Liverpool St Peter
Abode:  Eaton Street
9.  George Brooker
X 16.04.1824, Liverpool St Peter
Abode:  Leeds Street

There is other information if you'd like it.

Jay
Richard Brooker
X 20.08.1809, St Wilfrid's, Standish

[Jaychris]

Just seen a post saying that someone has the marriage certificate for William Brooker & Esther Gorton.   The post said to pm that person with an email address and he/she would email a copy of the MC.   Do you think I could have a copy too, please?   Not sure how I pm anyone though - so would some kind person tell me?

By the way I, too, have Esther Gorton (m Brooker) as being the daughter of Richard Gorton & Esther Benson.   Esther Gorton was baptized on 12 September 1779 at Eccleston (with Douglas Chapel), near Croston (nr Chorley).

Did James die in a Sunderland Workhouse?   I found his widow living in Sunderland with her son George Brooker who obtained Masters & Mates Certificates at Sunderland (2nd Mate issued 10.11.1869, 1st Mate issued 22.05.1877 and Masters issued 20.03.1876).   I thought his widow Jane had already been widowed before she moved to Sunderland - but I did not check it out thoroughly. 

Only one child remained in the Sunderland area after she married - it looks as though some returned to Cumberland.

This is a very interesting family history as far as I can see - and yes, my own great-grandfather was a ship's carver.   

[Jaychris]

I have more children of William Brooker & Mary Whelsby to add to the list that Pegasus posted.

There were two Marys:

Mary Brooker (the first one who must have died)
X 12.06.1836 at Liverpool St Nicholas
Fthr's Occ:  Shipwright
Abode:  Eatson Street

Mary Brooker (the second one)
X 06.02.1842, Liverpool St Nicholas
Fthr's Occ:  Shipwright
Abode:  Green Street (but I think this may have been mis-read)

George Brooker
X 03.12.1843, Liverpool St Nicholas
Fthr's Occ:  Shipwright
Abode:  Gascoyne Street

John Brooker
X 19.09.1852, Liverpool St Nicholas
Fthr's Occ:  Shipwright
Abode:  Eldon Place.

[Jaychris]

I found one death for a James Brooker - at Stockton District in Co Durham in 1860.   There is a burial index for James Brookes (often mistaken r for s) in Sunderland the same year but I don't have access to these.

If James died at Stockton he could have been working at the shipyards that were then.

[Jaychris]

There's a photo of James BROOKER, born 1815, Liverpool online.  He is my 3 x gt uncle.

[ericamcc1]

Hi,
I'm not sure if someone has already mentioned this but there is a great article on the Brookers called 'James and George Brooker: West Cumberland shipcarvers of the mid-19th
century' By D. Ian Smith which is worth a read. Also, does anyone know of any proof that he one a medal at the Great Exhibition? I can't find his name on the Reports by the Juries.
Thanks

[Jaychris]

I can confirm that James Brooker born 1815 did die at Sedgefield, County Durham in 1860.