James Thomas BROCKBANK was born in 1889 in Lindal-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. Not known what year he arrived in New Zealand
James married Ida May EDWARDS in 1914 in Victoria Valley, Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand. Ida was born in 1895 in Victoria Valley, Kaitaia

they had 8 known children:
1914 Elizabeth May Brockbank
- Elizabeth died aged 17 months

1915 Margaret Ellen Brockbank
- she married Walter Ernest JOHNSON
- they had 5 known children
- she died in 1981 aged 65

1917 Edith Margery Brockbank
- she married Joseph Thomas CLARK
- she married Ernest JOHNSON

1919 Sarah Daphne Brockbank
- she married William Henry GARDNER in 1937
- they had 9 known children

1921 Robert James Brockbank
- served in WWII with the 21st Infantry Battalion
- serial number 279197
- he was killed in Italy on 16-12-1943 aged 22
- Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. C. 44. at Sangro River War Cemetery

1923 Noreen Brockbank
- she married Albert WILSON

1926 Irene Meryl Brockbank
- she married Edward Tane JONES in 1945
- they had 9 known children

1927 William George Brockbank
- he married Isabella May McDONALD in 1953
- had 7 known children

James Thomas Brockbank died on 5th October 1959 aged 70
his wife Ida died on 15th October 1975 aged 80