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James Brooks Close + Gertrude Marjorie Tilley

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Birth: 12 November 1888 — Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, America
Census 1891: 1891 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Military Service: about 1914 — France
Marriage: about 1916 — Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England
Death: 2 April 1937 — Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Probate: 1 June 1937 — London, Middlesex, England
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James Brooks Close
1888–1937
Birth: 12 November 1888 — Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, America
Death: 2 April 1937 — Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
1871 Census
Birth: 31 July 1851 — Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: James Brooks. Close College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1870 Born: 31 Jul 1851 Died: 18 Dec 1865 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, July 9, 1870. S. of James, of Antibes, France [formerly of Naples; died, Dec. 18, 1865, at Antibes]. B. July 31, 1851, at Manchester. Schools, Oakham and Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1870; B.A. 1874; M.A. 1877. Rowing æblue,Æ 1872, 1873, 1874; President, 1873. Coached innumerable Cambridge crews and had a profound effect on Cambridge rowing. Landowner and investment agent in Iowa and Minnesota, U.S.A. Manager of Lloyds Bank, Malvern, for many years. Died July 31, 1910, at Northdown, Margate. Brother of William B. (1872), the next and Henry G. (1855). [For a memoir of his father see G. Mag., 1866, I. 156.] (The Times, Aug. 6, 1910.) — about 1870 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Census 1871: 1871 — Charing Cross, London, Middlesex, England
Occupation: Close Brothers was founded in 1878 by William Brooks Close and his brothers Frederick Brooks Close and James Brooks Close, who started offering farm mortgages in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1897, William Brooks Close paid ú10,000 to the US government forthe right to build Alaska's first railway the White Pass and Yukon Route. The company was the subject of a management buy-out in 1978 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984. — 1878 — Iowa, America
Census 1880 US Fed: 1880 — Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, America
Marriage: 26 December 1885 — Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota, America
Census 1891: 1891 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Freemason: 1 March 1892 — Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Census 1901: 1901
Death: 31 July 1910 — Margate, Kent, England
Probate: 17 January 1911 — London, Middlesex, England
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James Brooks Close
1851–1910
Birth: 31 July 1851 — Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death: 31 July 1910 — Margate, Kent, England
1891 Census
Birth: about 1867 — Great Boughton, Chester, Cheshire, England
Marriage: 26 December 1885 — Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota, America
Census 1891: 1891 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Death: about 1899 — Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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Susan Humble
1867–1899
Birth: about 1867 — Great Boughton, Chester, Cheshire, England
Death: about 1899 — Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Birth: about 1882 — Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England
Marriage: about 1916 — Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England
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Gertrude Marjorie Tilley
1882–
Birth: about 1882 — Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England

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Marriage
about 1916
Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England
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Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

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Name: James Brooks Close
Registration Date: 1916
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Kings Norton
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Spouse: Gertrude M Tilley
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 31
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Name: Gertrude M Tilley
Registration Date: 1916
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Kings Norton
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Spouse: James Brooke Close
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 31
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Name: Herbert Close
Registration Date: 1917
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: London
Spouse: Grey
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 173
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Name: Mary Grey
Registration Date: 1917
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: London
Spouse: Meredith Starr Or Close
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 173