Frederic Brooks Close, 1854–1890 (aged 35 years)

Name
Frederic Brooks /Close/
Birth
Baptism
Note: Italy, Select Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900

Italy, Select Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900

Name: Frederic Brooks Close
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 4 mar 1855
Baptism Place: British Chaplaincy, Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Father: James Close
Mother: Anne

Death of a father
Death of a brother
Death of a mother
Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
Note: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

Name: Margaret Mary Brookes Eaden
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 14 Jun 1877
Burial Place: Little Shelford, Cambridge, England

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156400067

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
Marriage
Note: Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996

Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996

Name: Frederick Brooks Close
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1881
Marriage Place: Le Mars, Iowa
Spouse: Margaret Humble

Census 1885 US MN
Note: Living with wife Margaret at Pipestone, Minnesota.
Will
Note: NOTE: There seems to have been some bad blood between Frederic and his brother James at some point.
Death
Burial
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146628340
Probate
Note: US Probate proved.
Probate
Family with parents
father
Probate Calendar
1799–1865
Birth: 16 February 1799 — Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death: 18 December 1865 — Antibes, Cote d Azure, France
mother
Probate Calendar
1821–1876
Birth: 8 August 1821 — Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death: 19 July 1876 — Paris, Ile de France, France
Marriage Marriage — 15 April 1845 — Naples, Campania, Italy
21 months
elder sister
Death Index
1846–1877
Birth: about 1846 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 11 June 1877 — Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
3 years
elder sister
Probate Calendar
1848–1911
Birth: about 1848 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 28 May 1911 — Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
3 years
elder brother
1901 Census
1850–1914
Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
14 months
elder brother
1871 Census
1851–1910
Birth: 31 July 1851 — Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death: 31 July 1910 — Margate, Kent, England
22 months
elder brother
1871 Census
1853–1923
Birth: 6 May 1853 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 25 September 1923 — Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
19 months
himself
1885 US MN State Census
1854–1890
Birth: 6 December 1854 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 13 June 1890 — Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, America
2 years
younger sister
1891 Census
1857–1940
Birth: 17 April 1857 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 22 October 1940 — Bartley, Southampton, Hampshire, England
23 months
younger brother
Death Register
1859–1871
Birth: 22 February 1859 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 9 November 1871 — Villeneuve, Vaud Canton, Aigle, Switzerland
Father’s family with Henrietta Hannah Gaskell
father
Probate Calendar
1799–1865
Birth: 16 February 1799 — Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death: 18 December 1865 — Antibes, Cote d Azure, France
stepmother
1810–1836
Birth: 10 May 1810 — Wigan, Lancashire, England
Death: 2 July 1836 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Marriage Marriage — 8 September 1834 — Wigan, Lancashire, England
22 months
half-brother
1881 Census (page 1)
1836–1913
Birth: 2 July 1836 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 29 January 1913 — Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England
Family with Margaret Humble
himself
1885 US MN State Census
1854–1890
Birth: 6 December 1854 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 13 June 1890 — Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, America
wife
1885 US MN State Census
1860–
Birth: about 1860 — Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
Marriage Marriage — 5 October 1881 — Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, America
Baptism

Italy, Select Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900

Name: Frederic Brooks Close
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 4 mar 1855
Baptism Place: British Chaplaincy, Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Father: James Close
Mother: Anne

Marriage

Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996

Name: Frederick Brooks Close
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1881
Marriage Place: Le Mars, Iowa
Spouse: Margaret Humble

Census 1885 US MN

Living with wife Margaret at Pipestone, Minnesota.

Will

NOTE: There seems to have been some bad blood between Frederic and his brother James at some point.

Burial

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146628340

Probate

US Probate proved.

Marriage
Census 1885 US MN
Will
Probate
Media object
1885 US MN State Census
1885 US MN State Census
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US Will (page 1)
US Will (page 1)
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US Will (page 2)
US Will (page 2)
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US Will (page 3)
US Will (page 3)
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Probate Celendar
Probate Celendar
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Marriage Register
Marriage Register