BROOKS Alice Pearl
| Name | Alice Pearl BROOKS |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Born | 1887 |
| Died | 1987 |
| Birth/ Baptism | Born approx. 1887, Gisborne, Victoria |
| Parents | Joseph Owen and Eliza Jane Williams (formerly Goldsworthy) |
| Skills | Business Owner |
| Work Locations | Sheffield |
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| Marriage/Spouse | 1917, Victoria, to William Edward Brooks |
| Arrival | |
| Other | 1919-1923: Managed watchmaking business following her husband’s death.
February 1920: Advertised the business for sale but by April 1920, advised she would continue in business and had employed a first-class workman. January 1923: Advertised all goods left for repair for over three months and not claimed before January 31 will be sold. Alice returned to Victoria where she ran a drapery business with her sisters. January 1924: Alice retained ownership of the business premises in Sheffield. It was destroyed by fire, and jeweller Mr G M Bean lost all his stock and home at the back of the building. The fire was reported as the most devastating in the history of Sheffield. |
| Death | 13 July 1987, Edithvale, Victoria |
| References | |
| Alan F Dyer, Dying to be Healthy, 2003. Web: Births Deaths Marriages Victoria: 1887 Birth Registration No. 11514/1887; 1917 Marriage Registration No. 7239/1917; Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria, 1987. Advocate 23 February 1920, 24 April 1920, 20 January 1923, 2 January 1924; The Examiner (Launceston) 1 January 1924 |
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