Son of James Brooke and Lydia Duff. Thomas Brooke died at age 40.
He married Clara Elen Lee in approx year of 1870.
They had 8 or 9 children. His granddaughter, Phyllis Kern says there were 9 children. It's possible Thomas also had 1 or more children from a prior marriage.
The known children were:
1 Bale Brooke, died in infancy
2 Mary Jane Brooke, birth 1879 - ?
3 Ruth Elizabeth Brooke m. George Cleveland Wolfram
4 June Brooke
5 May L Brooke m. Chester L Mattox
6 Cora Brooke m. George Collins
7 Sarah "Sadie" Louise [Brooke] Kern m. Henry Clarence Kern
8 Clyde Brooke
9 Emma Beatrice [Brooke] Schafer m. Carl Rudolph Vergin on 21 Feb 1911..... Emma was adopted by David & Lydia P. Schafer. She married After Thomas Brooke died, Clara kept Clyde & Sarah Louise.
10 Raymond Brooke - nephew of Thomas Brooke & raised by Thomas.
Per his granddaughter, Phyllis Kern, Thomas' wife, Clara, abandoned their children and they were disbursted to various families in the community and grew up knowing each other.
Son of James Brooke and Lydia Duff. Thomas Brooke died at age 40.
He married Clara Elen Lee in approx year of 1870.
They had 8 or 9 children. His granddaughter, Phyllis Kern says there were 9 children. It's possible Thomas also had 1 or more children from a prior marriage.
The known children were:
1 Bale Brooke, died in infancy
2 Mary Jane Brooke, birth 1879 - ?
3 Ruth Elizabeth Brooke m. George Cleveland Wolfram
4 June Brooke
5 May L Brooke m. Chester L Mattox
6 Cora Brooke m. George Collins
7 Sarah "Sadie" Louise [Brooke] Kern m. Henry Clarence Kern
8 Clyde Brooke
9 Emma Beatrice [Brooke] Schafer m. Carl Rudolph Vergin on 21 Feb 1911..... Emma was adopted by David & Lydia P. Schafer. She married After Thomas Brooke died, Clara kept Clyde & Sarah Louise.
10 Raymond Brooke - nephew of Thomas Brooke & raised by Thomas.
Per his granddaughter, Phyllis Kern, Thomas' wife, Clara, abandoned their children and they were disbursted to various families in the community and grew up knowing each other.