William Brooks

John James Rosser on 21st February, 2012 wrote:

We believe that my great great grandfather escaped amid the confusion when the ship The Waterloo sunk off the coast of South Africa on the 28 August 1842.We believe that a prisoner by the name of Brookes also managed to escape at the same time. The reason for this theory is that on the 2 November in 1851, William Rosser married Maryna Hendrina Maria Cordier in Ladismith in the Cape Colony, and on the same day in the same church Mr Brookes married her mother the widower Anna Petronella ( nee Hartman )Surely this be too much of a coincidence? Please let me know if you have any other facts to disprove this theory. John James Rosser

http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/rosser/william/67064

See below:- KAB/MOOC/LEER/7/1/319/01/80/1 Anna Petronella HARTMAN. Wife of William BROOKS. Inventory and appraisement. Filed 1871. Started 1871.

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KAB/MOOC/LEER/7/1/319/01/1 HARTMAN, Anna Petronella. Wife of William BROOKS. Will. Filed 1871. Started 1859.

Testament van William BROOKS en Anna Petronella HARTMAN

Gedateer 17 DES 1859

William en Anna woon op die plaas Klipfontein, distrik Riversdale en is gehuwd.

Bemaak alles aan Anna, en sy bemaak alles aan William en sy kind?, en haar kinders van haar eerste huwelik.

Hul stel mekaar aan Eksekuteur en Eksekutrise onderskeidelik.

William BROOKS het met X geteken

Anna P. HARTMAN het haar naam met moeite geteken.

Added by Y. DROST, 6 JAN 2015.

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KAB/MOOC/LEER/6/9/137/01/7610/1 Anna Petronella BROOKS, born formerly CORDIER, born HARTMAN. Death Notice. 1871.

Anna Petronella HARTMAN

Born Keurboschfontein near Ladysmith

Father: Josef Michiel HARTMAN

Mother: Andriena SWANEPOEL

Age 77 years 8 months

Married to William BROOKS

Died 8 NOV 1871

Died at Klipfontein near Ladysmith

Children:-

Susannah Margritha CORDIER, widow HARTMAN

Inry Johannes Jacobus CORDIER

Hendrina Maria CORDIER, married to William ROSSER

Anna Maria Alida CORDIER, married to Alfred HEATH

Anthony Louis CORDIER

Children of Josef Michiel Anthony CORDIER (Deceased)

Movable property valued at £...

Signed by William BROOKS with an X.

Added by Y. DROST, 6 JAN 2015.

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KAB/MOOC/LEER/7/1/319/01/80/1 Anna Petronella HARTMAN. Wife of William BROOKS. Inventory and appraisement. Filed 1871. Started 1871.

Filed 27 NOV 1871

INVENTORY

of Property belonging to the joint Estate of the late Anna Petronella HARTMAN and surviving husband William BROOKS.

1. Live Stock

800 goats £160

5 Mares and 2 foals £25

2 young stallions £7.10

1 saddle horse £4

Sub total £196.10

2. Furniture

3 tables £1.10

8 chairs £2

5 strectchers £1.10

2 feather beds £7.10

2 wagon chests £2

1 box £0.7.6

kitchen utensils £3

Sub total £17.7.6

Stirrups for 6 horses £2.10

1 stamp cart £3

2 saddles and bridles £3

3 wheel barrows £2.10

4 poplar planks £1

Sub total £12

Carried forward £214.7.6

8 grain bags £0.16

Pick axes, shovels and spades 10 £1

8 04 beams £0.8

Subtotal £14.4

Total £228.11.6

I do hereby declare the above to be a full and true Inventory of all the Property belonging to the Estate of my deceased wife Anna Petronella HARTMAN

Klipfontein 18 NOV 1871

Signed by William BROOKS with an X

In our presence Wm ROSSER [http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/rosser/william/67064]

Alfred HEATH

Added by Y. DROST, 6 JAN 2015.

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KAB/MOOC/LEER/13/1/279/01/92/1 ANNA PETRONELLA HARTMAN. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.

Ordered 6 JAN 2015. [To check for a child or children of William BROOKS?]. Received 17 FEB 2015.

5 or S3/235

Died 8 NOV 1871

ACCOUNT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE JOINT ESTATE OF THE LATE ANNA PETRONELLA HARTMAN (WIDOW CORDIER) AND SURVIVING HUSBAND WILLIAM BROOKS AS RENDERED BY THE LATTER IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTOR TESTY DULY APPOINTED BY LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION DATED THE 30TH NOVEMBER 1871.

To Cash:-

paid Mr H. N. BECKER, Agent for appointment = 2.15.0

Advertising claims in the Gazette = 0.19.6

the following creditors viz:

H. v. d. G. BLOMMESTEIN shop a/c = 0.14.7

Executors Rebumeration being 5% on all assets = 14.15.3

the Master of the Cape Court ? same 4% = 0.18.6

filing this account = 0.0.6

Postages, Agencies and Petties = 4.1.0

Balance to be assigned as follows:-

One half to the survivor by virtue of community of property = 121.16.0

a childs portion as joint Heir = 17.8.0

to the six children procreated in wedlock with Louis A. CORDIER:

1. Inry Johannes Jacobus CORDIER = 17.8.0

2. Susannah Petronella CORDIER = 17.8.0

3. Maryna Hendrina CORDIER married to William ROSSER = 17.8.0

4. Anna Petronella Alida CORDIER = 17.8.0

5. Anthony Louis CORDIER = 17.8.0

6. Minor children of the late Josef Michiel Anthony CORDIER = 17.8.0

Total = 295.4.2

By Proceeds of a Public sale of movable property held by the Auctioneer H. W. BECKER on the 15th December 1871 = 295.4.2

Ladysmith 15th June 1872

William BROOKS signed with an X

Executor Testy

Witness

BECKER

Source: Western Cape Archives.

Added by Y. DROST, 10 MAR 2015

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Familysearch: Cape Civil deaths 1895-1954. Ladismith 1895, Image no: 193

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DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOK TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 1/1/57 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 5675 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BROOKS, WILLIAM. DECEASED ESTATE PAPERS. STARTING 1894 ENDING 1894