My birth name was Joan Helen Brookes,
My father was Gordon Leo Brookes born in Bellingham Washington on Aug 23, 1902
My mother was Helen Beatrice Lonneberg born Dickson Alberta June 21 192?
They were married at Ashcroft BC on July 22 1933
Gordon Leo had four sons with Ruth Carson - Leo Gordon b 1924 Roy Edward b 1926 Arthur Robert b 1928 and Cecil William Bernard born in the 1930's
From Helen Brookes, were born Joan Helen at Lillooet British Columbia April 8 1934.
Patricia Margaret Teresa born Nov 17 1935 in the Sundahl House Terrace B.C. deceased
and Paul Wilfred Joseph born April 14 1937 on Braun's Island farm in Terrace B.C.
Leo Gordon was married twice. He had two stepsons from his first marriage to Anne a war widow and no children from the second He died at his home on vancouver island some time in the 70s
Roy Edward (Ted) married Orma and they had 2 children a boy and a girl . Ted died in the 80s
Arthur Robert (Bob) married and had 8 children. They lived in Boston Bar BC and other places in the Cariboo country and Bob passed in the 90s
Cecil William Bernard married twice (at least) his first wife Liza and he had one son . i don't know anything about the others except he was married and living in Vernon BC in the 90s
i married Peter Dimion who died in a car accident in 1954. we had one son Peter Gordon born jan 29 1954 St Thomas died in Dec. 2012 at St Albert Alberta after a long illness.
My second husband was Ernest Franklin Clark of Reece's Corners Ontario. He died in St Thomas Ont in the 1980s We had three children a hir; b Aug 9 1955 at Sarnia Ontario, currently in Kamloops BC mother of 2 girls; a girl b April 4 1969 Surrey BC currently in seattle washington unmarried; and a son b May 17 1970 Surrey BC currently in Vancouver BC married and one daughter....
after i divorced Clark, i married William Cope in Petrolia Ontario and we had one daughter After I divorced Cope in 1972, Wm. cope died in 1993
I married George Rea in Maple Ridge BC we later moved to Alberta and George died in St Albert Alberta April 2 2015 .
.Patricia married James Winthrop and they had 3 girls and a boy. Patsy is also deceased
Paul Wilfred married Esther and they were divorced in 1965. He then went to Australia for several years and travelled all over the world in his job. He settled in California and married a California girl - he was killed in California around the turn of the century in a car accident. His widow still lives in California. He had no children.
Names and dates elude me. they began leaving when I turned 80 but I will help all I can - roots are important
- I hope this information is of help to those of you who are looking to grow a family tree. I have more knowledge of the Lonneberg family but know little of the Brookes beyond Grandma Yeager who looked after all us kids while mother worked outside on the farm and dad was away working on the railroad.
