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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
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Brooks, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1846-1914
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Description area
Dates of existence
1846-1914
History
Rev. Charles Henry Brooks was born on September 6, 1846, in Lennoxville, Quebec.
He was educated at Bishop's College School and McGill University. His father was one of the founders of the Grand Trunk Railway. He belonged to a Congregationalist family and took his divinity course at the Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts. In 1876, he left for missionary work and he spent sixteen years working in Constantinople. In 1892, he returned to Canada, joined the Church of England, and after serving several parishes came to Grafton, Ontario as Rector of St. George Anglican Parish.
In 1876, he married Fannie Wallace of London, Ontario. He died on July 17, 1914, in Orillia, Ontario.