Centuries Past

Percy Brockbank

Male 1890 - 1970  (80 years)

Personal Information

  • Name Percy Brockbank
    Alt. Birth 15 Jun 1889 
    Birth 16 Jul 1890  4, Barrows Court, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Court 1904  Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From the Evening News, June 2, 1904:
      A Schoolboy named Percy Brockbank, aged 13, of Old Hall Street, was charged before the Borough Justices this morning with stealing a purse containing 4d, a piece of paper and a medal.
      Mr JH Hall prosecuted and said prisoner, who lived with his grandmother, had been attending a school for defective children, but it appeared he was not defective in the art of picking pockets. Insp Smith said he watched prisoner on the wholesale market try to get into about four women's pockets before finally picking prosecutrix's pocket. Prisoner was committed to a Reformatory until 17 years of age.
    Illness Between 1905 and 1906 
    blind 
    • On the 1911 census Percy Brockbank was listed as blind from the age of 15 - this would have occurred in 1905-1906 whilst he was in the reformatory.
    Medical 1911 
    blind 
    Occupation Between 1911 and 1970 
    Skip Maker 
    • A Skip Maker made skips or large baskets, used in mining and quarrying, for transporting product or personnel.
    Census 2 Apr 1911  25, Rose Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Aug 1916 
    49 Lever Street, Bolton 
    Death 30 Dec 1970  Hulton Hospital, Hulton Lane, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Bronchopneumonia/Cerebral arteriosclerosis 
    Administration 27 Jan 1971  Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Percy Brockbank of Hulton Hospital Bolton died 30 December 1970. Administration Manchester 27 January 1971 £263.
    Name Percy Tatlock 
    Person ID I25  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2020

    Mother Elizabeth "Lucy" Brockbank,   b. 9 May 1863, Rhodes, Middleton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1934, 264, Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Janet "Jenny" Carslow,   b. 1887   d. 15 Aug 1963, Bolton District General Hospital, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 12 Aug 1916  St Bartholomew's Church, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Private
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2013