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Looking for any help in tracing EAG after 1911 She was born c1887 married Thomas Alfred Brooke in 1907 when she was 20 he went to Canada and served with the Canadian forces in WW1 but returned to UK and died in 1936 but was divorced prior to death. Her father Jack Gough was deceased at the time of her wedding , he was a miner so she certainly would not have been born in Hull.
Any help would gratefully received
Ray Brooke

Have you tried Search Trees on this site?

There are 85 entries for Elizabeth Gough born 1887 (+/- 5 years).

You could make contact to see if you have a connection?

is this her on 1911 census?

Address: 67 Watercroft Almondbury

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

BROOKE, Tom Head Married M 24 1887 Weel Packer Worsted Mill Yorks Primrose Hill York
BROOKE, Elizabeth Wife F 26 1885 Yorks Emily Park Nr Wakefield
BROOKE, Norah Daughter F 3 1908 Yorks Thorncliffe Nr Hudderfeld
BROOKE, George Hurbrt Son M 2 1909 Yorks Primrose Hill Hudderfeld

Marriages Jun 1907
BROOKE Thomas Alfred Hull 9d 505
GOUGH Elizabeth Ann Hull 9d 505

If she was 20 when she married ... in march, april, may or june 1907 ... she could have been born any time from march 1886 (almost 21) to june1887 (just turned 20)

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have you searched for her birth ? there was only one in that time period

Births Dec 1887
Gough Elizabeth Ann Walsall 6b 654

and this seems to be her in 1891

Name: Elizabeth Gough
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: John Gough
Mother's name: Harrah Gough
Gender: Female
Where born: Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England

Civil parish: Dilhorne
Ecclesiastical parish: Forsbrooke
Town: Blythe Marsh
County/Island: Staffordshire

John Gough 52
Harrah Gough 45
Charles Gough 21
Henry Gough 19
Samuel Gough 13
Herbert Gough 8
Agnes Gough 6
Elizabeth Gough 5

Jack is short for John

but that John is a gardener


possibly she was not as old as she said, or was older ( if her husband was younger perhaps )

Emily is a misspelling of Emley in Wakefield for her place of birth

I wonder about this family in 1901, the name is just very coincidental

Name: Elizabeth Brooke
[Elizabeth Haigh]
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: John Haigh
Mother's name: Amelia Haigh
Gender: Female
Where born: Emley, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Skelmanthorpe
Ecclesiastical parish: St Aidan
Town: Skelmanthorpe
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Huddersfield

John Haigh 42
Amelia Haigh 39
Flora Brooke 19
Elizabeth Brooke 16
George Haigh 15
Sam Haigh 13
Annie Haigh 9
Wilfred Haigh 7
Armitage Haigh 4
Jane Haigh 1

John Haigh is a coalminer hewer

Marriages Sep 1884
BROOK Amelia Wakefield 9c 9
HAIGH John Wakefield 9c 9

I wonder whether Elizabeth's parents were not married and Gough was her father's surname ? just a possibility


can you tell us when the divorce took place and have you looked for a remarriage for Elizabeth ?

Thanks for efforts so far will investigate as appropriate
Raymond