Not sure if this is your Charles Brooks. What was his fathers name on the marriage cert ?

1861 census
Address: Kenninghall Road, East Harling County: Norfolk

Daniel Head 1813 Chelsea Pensioner Agricultural Attendant East Harling, Norfolk
BROOKS, Frances Wife 1821 East Harling, Norfolk
BROOKS, Margaret 1836 Dressmaker
BROOKS, Charles 1846 Agricultural Labourer Portsmouth
BROOKS, George 1849 Agricultural Labourer Woolich, Kent
BROOKS, Maria C 1852 Woolich, Kent
BROOKS, Jacob 1856 East Harling, Norfolk
BROOKS, Eliza 1858 East Harling, Norfolk
BROOKS William 1861 East Harling, Norfolk

Jane Ling Stepdaughter 1843 Tailor Work East Harling, Norfolk
BROOKS, Adelaide Granddaughter 1856 Scholar East Harling, Norfolk
BROOKS, Oyius Grandson 1858 East Harling, Norfolk

Sorry the above is the wrong family, Charles father was Daniel a dealer and Elizabeth's father was Thomas a carman.


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Charles Brooks
Age: Full Age Occ Porter
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Jane Simpson
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Sep 1874
Parish: Brompton Holy Trinity
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Father Name: Daniel Brooks
Spouse Father Name: Thomas Simpson
Register Type: Parish Register

Sorry missed Daniel when I re-read the first post I now thing this is Charles family in 1861

Sorry missed Daniel when I re-read the first post I now think this is Charles family in 1861.

This looks like Elizabeth baptism.

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Elizabeth Jane Simpson
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 1 Jul 1849
Father's Name: Thomas Simpson (occ carman)
Mother's name: Emma Simpson
Parish or Poor Law Union: Brompton Holy Trinity
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Register Type: Parish Registers

Birth is down as 15th may 1849

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Thomas Simpson
Age: Full Age
Spouse Name: Emma Mardell
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Sep 1839
Parish: Brompton Holy Trinity
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Grooms father: Andrew Simpson
Brides father: John Mardel
Register Type: Parish Register

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name: Daniel Brooks
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1855
Registration district: Guiltcross
Inferred County: Norfolk
Volume Number: 4b
Page Number: 373
Spouse: Frances Ling

If you look on the 1861 census there is a step-daughter Jane Ling 1843 Tailor Work East Harling, Norfolk


Also on the same census you will see Daniels eldest child Margaret was born in 1836.

So this might be a second marriage for Daniel and Frances

1851 Brook family
Woolwich Arsenal, Address: Watermans Fields, Woolwich, Greenwich County: Kent

Daniel 1814 Gunner Rl Arty Harling, Suffolk
Mary Ann 1817 Cantebury, Kent
Margaret 1836 Dress Maker Scotland
James 1838 Service Domestic Woolwich, Kent
John 1843 Scholar Geylon B S
Charles 1847 Scholar Portsmouth, Hampshire
George 1849 Scholar Woolwich, Kent

The children seem to have been born all over the UK and one in Ceylon.
First wife and Charles's mother's christen name is Mary Ann ??

Thank you for the above information. Much appreciated. Debra