Emily Catherine Close 1878– – Close Ancestry

Emily Catherine Close, 1878–

Baptism Register

Name

Emily Catherine Close

Name: Emily Catherine /Close/

Sex Female

Events of close relatives
Birth	16 October 1878 Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Source: Emily Catherine Close (1878) 1939 Register, Census Type: 1939 England and Wales Register, Census Place: Watford, Hertfordshire Birth Index
Baptism	14 December 1878 (aged 1 month) Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Source: Emily Catheriine Close (1878) 1878 Baptism Register, Name Of Person: Emily Catheriine Close, Registration District: Eccles, Lancashire Baptism Register
Census 1881	1881 Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1881 Census, Census Type: 1881 English Census, Census Place: Pendleton in Salford, Lancashire Note: Living with parents and family at Pendleton, Lancashire. 1881 Census
Note	14 February 1889 England Note: In 1889 her father changed his surname by Royal Licence to assume the additional surname of Brooks.
Census 1891	1891 Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1891 Census, Census Type: 1891 English Census, Census Place: Birtles, Cheshire Note: Living with parents and family at Over Alderley, Cheshire. Living with parents and family at Over Alderley, Cheshire. NOTE: Her father changed his surname to Close-Brooks in 1889, so this is how all the family are recorded. 1891 Census
Census 1901	1901 Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1901 Census, Census Type: 1901 English Census, Census Place: Over Alderley, Cheshire Note: Living with parents and family at Over Alderly, Cheshire. 1901 Census
Death of a mother	Emily D Brooks 25 November 1905 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Name: Emily Close-brooks Estimated birth year: abt 1853 Registration Year: 1905 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 52 Registration district: Macclesfield Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 108
Marriage of a parent	John Brooks Close — Grace Emma Matilda Cooke — View this family 7 February 1907 Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1907 Marriage Register, Name Of Person: John Brooks Close, Second Person: Grace Emma Mitilda Cooke, Registration District: Kensington, London, Document: Marriage Register Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1911 Census, Census Type: 1911 English Census, Census Place: Over Alderley, Cheshire Marriage Index Marriage Index Marriage Register
Census 1911	1911 Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England Source: Emily Catherine Close (1878) 1911 Census, Census Type: 1911 English Census, Census Place: Denham, Buckinghamshire Note: Living with husband Arthur and family at Denham, Buckinghamshire. Living with husband Arthur and family at Denham, Buckinghamshire. Recorded as having had 3 children, all of whom are still living.
Death of a father	John Brooks Close 20 March 1914 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1914 Probate, Location: Cheshire, Court: London Death Index
Death of a husband	Arthur George Tillard 20 October 1914 Note: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: Arthur George Tillard Death Date: 20 Oct 1914 Rank: Captain Regiment: Manchester Regiment Battalion: 3rd Battalion Type of Casualty: Killed in action Comments: Att 2Nd B
Death of a brother	John Charles Close 30 October 1914 Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium Source: John Charles Close (1876) 1916 Probate, Location: Manchester, Court: London Note: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: John Charles Close-Brooks Death Date: 30 Oct 1914 Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line Battalion: 1st Life Guards Type of Casualty: Killed in action Soldiers Effects
Death of a brother	Arthur Brooks Close 10 January 1917 Mesopotamia, Iraq Note: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: Arthur Brooks Close-brooks Death Date: 10 Jan 1917 Rank: Captain Regiment: Manchester Regiment Battalion: 3rd Battalion Decoration: MC Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Burial of a brother	Arthur Brooks Close after 10 January 1917 Amara War Cemetery, Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56324430
Death of a sister	Annie Isabel Close 30 December 1918 Bolton, Lancashire, England Source: Annie Isabel Close (1875) 1919 Probate, Location: Bolton, Court: London Death Index
Burial of a sister	Annie Isabel Close 2 January 1919 Turton, Bolton, Lancashire, England Source: Annie Isabel Close (1875) 1919 Burial Register, Name Of Person: Annie Isabel Close, Registration District: Turton, Bolton, Lancashire Burial Register
Census 19111	1939 Watford, Hertfordshire, England Source: Emily Catherine Close (1878) 1939 Register, Census Type: 1939 England and Wales Register, Census Place: Watford, Hertfordshire Note: Living at Watford, Hertfordshire. Unpaid Domestic Duties. Living at Watford, Hertfordshire. Unpaid Domestic Duties. Daughter, Hermione Tillard, is also present.
Note	Note: NOTE: Seems to have been registered as "Catherine", but subsequently appears as "Katherine".

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Baptism: 14 September 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: John Brooks. Close [post Close-Brooks] College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1868 Died: 20 Mar 1914 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Jan. 13, 1868. S, of James, of Antibes, France. [B. June 9, 1850, at Naples, Italy.] Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1877. Rowing æblue,Æ 1871, 1872. Entered the banking firm of Cunliffes, Brooks and Co., Manchester; partner, 1888. Of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire. J.P. High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1911. A Director of the Lancs. and Yorks. Railway. Assumed the additional surname of Brooks, Feb. 14, 1889. Died Mar. 20, 1914, at Birtles Hall. Brother of the above, etc. and father of the next. (Fox-Davies.) — about 1868 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Census 1871: 1871 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Marriage: 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Marriage: 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Note: Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Probate: 4 June 1914 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily D Brooks Annie Isabel Close John Charles Close Emily Catherine Close Margaret Beatrice Close Arthur Brooks Close Family with spouse Grace Emma Matilda Cooke Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks John Brooks Close 1850–1914 Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
mother	Links Birth: about 1853 — Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England Baptism: 27 November 1853 — Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England Marriage: 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Death: 25 November 1905 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Brooks Close Annie Isabel Close John Charles Close Emily Catherine Close Margaret Beatrice Close Arthur Brooks Close Emily D Brooks 1853–1905 Birth: about 1853 — Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England Death: 25 November 1905 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England
17 months elder sister	Links Birth: about 1875 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 14 July 1875 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Death: 30 December 1918 — Bolton, Lancashire, England Burial: 2 January 1919 — Turton, Bolton, Lancashire, England Probate: 24 April 1919 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Percy Ashworth Mary Isabel Ashworth Annie Isabel Close 1875–1918 Birth: about 1875 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 30 December 1918 — Bolton, Lancashire, England
18 months elder brother	Links Birth: 18 June 1876 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 6 September 1876 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: John Charles. Close or Close-Brooks College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1895 Born: 18 Jun 1876 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 29, 1895. S. of John (above), of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire. B. June 18, 1876, at Eccles, Lancs. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1895. Served in the South African War (Imperial Yeomanry (22nd Cheshire Company)), afterwards in the 6th Dragoon Guards until 1904. Served in the Great War (Lieut., Life Guards). Killed in action, Oct. 30, 1914, at Zundvoorde. (Univ. War List.) — about 1895 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Military Service: from 1899 to 1904 Census 1911: 1911 — Prestbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Military Service: about 1914 Photograph: about 1914 Death: 30 October 1914 — Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium Probate: 29 November 1916 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Marie Agnes Beresford Lovett John Charles Close 1876–1914 Birth: 18 June 1876 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 30 October 1914 — Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium
2 years herself	Links Birth: 16 October 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 14 December 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England Census 19111: 1939 — Watford, Hertfordshire, England Note: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arthur George Tillard Emily Catherine Close 1878– Birth: 16 October 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 14 July 1881 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 3 September 1881 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England Census 19111: 1939 — Watford, Hertfordshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Venning Margaret Beatrice Close 1881– Birth: 14 July 1881 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 22 October 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 29 November 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Military Service: about 1914 Photograph: about 1914 Death: 10 January 1917 — Mesopotamia, Iraq Obituary: after 10 January 1917 Burial: after 10 January 1917 — Amara War Cemetery, Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq Probate: 24 May 1917 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Mary Brown Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917 Birth: 22 October 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 10 January 1917 — Mesopotamia, Iraq

Father’s family with Grace Emma Matilda Cooke
father	Links Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Baptism: 14 September 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: John Brooks. Close [post Close-Brooks] College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1868 Died: 20 Mar 1914 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Jan. 13, 1868. S, of James, of Antibes, France. [B. June 9, 1850, at Naples, Italy.] Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1877. Rowing æblue,Æ 1871, 1872. Entered the banking firm of Cunliffes, Brooks and Co., Manchester; partner, 1888. Of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire. J.P. High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1911. A Director of the Lancs. and Yorks. Railway. Assumed the additional surname of Brooks, Feb. 14, 1889. Died Mar. 20, 1914, at Birtles Hall. Brother of the above, etc. and father of the next. (Fox-Davies.) — about 1868 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Census 1871: 1871 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Marriage: 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Marriage: 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Note: Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Probate: 4 June 1914 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily D Brooks Annie Isabel Close John Charles Close Emily Catherine Close Margaret Beatrice Close Arthur Brooks Close Family with spouse Grace Emma Matilda Cooke Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks John Brooks Close 1850–1914 Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
stepmother	Links Birth: about 1882 — Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland Marriage: 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Monckton Tunnard Family with spouse John Brooks Close Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks Grace Emma Matilda Cooke 1882– Birth: about 1882 — Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Marriage	Marriage — 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
5 years half-sister	Links Note: 14 February 1889 — England Birth: about 1911 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert Westley Hall-Dare Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks 1911– Birth: about 1911 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Family with Arthur George Tillard
husband	Links Birth: about 1874 — Hastings, Sussex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England Death: 20 October 1914 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily Catherine Close Arthur George Tillard 1874–1914 Birth: about 1874 — Hastings, Sussex, England Death: 20 October 1914
herself	Links Birth: 16 October 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 14 December 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England Census 19111: 1939 — Watford, Hertfordshire, England Note: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arthur George Tillard Emily Catherine Close 1878– Birth: 16 October 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England
daughter	Katherine Lilian Tillard –
son	Arthur James Tillard –
daughter	Hilda Joyce Tillard –
daughter	Hermione Emily Margaret Tillard –
son	David George Tillard –

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Birth	Source: Emily Catherine Close (1878) 1939 Register, Census Type: 1939 England and Wales Register, Census Place: Watford, Hertfordshire
Baptism	Source: Emily Catheriine Close (1878) 1878 Baptism Register, Name Of Person: Emily Catheriine Close, Registration District: Eccles, Lancashire
Census 1881	Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1881 Census, Census Type: 1881 English Census, Census Place: Pendleton in Salford, Lancashire
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Census 1891	Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1891 Census, Census Type: 1891 English Census, Census Place: Birtles, Cheshire
Census 1901	Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1901 Census, Census Type: 1901 English Census, Census Place: Over Alderley, Cheshire
Census 1911	Source: Emily Catherine Close (1878) 1911 Census, Census Type: 1911 English Census, Census Place: Denham, Buckinghamshire
Census 19111	Source: Emily Catherine Close (1878) 1939 Register, Census Type: 1939 England and Wales Register, Census Place: Watford, Hertfordshire

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Census 1881	Living with parents and family at Pendleton, Lancashire.
Note	In 1889 her father changed his surname by Royal Licence to assume the additional surname of Brooks.
Census 1891	Living with parents and family at Over Alderley, Cheshire. NOTE: Her father changed his surname to Close-Brooks in 1889, so this is how all the family are recorded.
Census 1901	Living with parents and family at Over Alderly, Cheshire.
Census 1911	Living with husband Arthur and family at Denham, Buckinghamshire. Recorded as having had 3 children, all of whom are still living.
Census 19111	Living at Watford, Hertfordshire. Unpaid Domestic Duties. Daughter, Hermione Tillard, is also present.
Note	NOTE: Seems to have been registered as "Catherine", but subsequently appears as "Katherine".

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Birth	Birth Index
Baptism	Baptism Register
Census 1881	1881 Census
Census 1891	1891 Census
Census 1901	1901 Census
Census 1911
Census 19111
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Media object	1881 Census
Media object	1891 Census
Media object	Birth Index Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Emily Catherine Close Registration Year: 1878 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Salford Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8d Page: 16
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16 September 2019

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Family with parents
father Parents James Close Anne Brooks	John Brooks Close 1850–1914
mother Parents John Brooks Ann Jones	Emily D Brooks 1853–1905
elder sister Family Percy Ashworth Mary Isabel Ashworth John Percy Ashworth Emily Rosemary Annie Ashworth	Annie Isabel Close 1875–1918
elder brother Family Marie Agnes Beresford Lovett Roger Close-Brooks Neville Beresford Close-Brooks Elizabeth Emily Prudence Close-Brooks	John Charles Close 1876–1914
herself	Emily Catherine Close 1878–
younger sister Family John Venning Michael Venning Virginia Margaret Venning Ursula Marjoriet Venning	Margaret Beatrice Close 1881–
younger brother Family Frances Mary Brown Emily Lois Close-Brooks Arthur Geoffrey Close-Brooks	Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917

Father’s family with Grace Emma Matilda Cooke
father Parents James Close Anne Brooks	John Brooks Close 1850–1914
stepmother	Grace Emma Matilda Cooke 1882–
half-sister Family Robert Westley Hall-Dare Clody E Hall-Dare	Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks 1911–

Family with Arthur George Tillard
husband	Arthur George Tillard 1874–1914
herself	Emily Catherine Close 1878–
daughter	Katherine Lilian Tillard
son	Arthur James Tillard
daughter	Hilda Joyce Tillard
daughter	Hermione Emily Margaret Tillard
son	David George Tillard

Descendants

Emily Catherine Close(1878–)
- Arthur George Tillard