William John Brooks, b: 1914 - South Lambeth, England

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


		^{Hector Brook}^b.1855 d.

	^{William Joseph Brookes}^{b.1888 Newburn, England d.1971 Beckenham, England}

^{William John Brooks}^{b.1914 South Lambeth, England d.1987 Poole, Dorset, England}

	^{Eva May Harrison}^{b.1891 Albert Buildings, London d.1969 Beckenham, England}

		^John Newton^{b.1831 Risborough, England d.1911 England}

	^{Benjamin Newton}^{b.1880 Hughenden, England d.1980 Newhaven, England}	^Mary Green^{b.1840 Speen, England d.1901 Hughenden, England}

^{Zena Dorine Newton}^{b.1911 Upper Tooting, England d.1983 Poole, Dorset, England}		^Luke Sadd^{b.1853 Little Glenham, England d.1940 Wandsworth, London}

	^{Gertrude Eliza Sadd}^{b.1890 Spring Terrace, London d.1982 Ferndown, England}	^{Harriett Packard}^{b.1854 Marlesford, England d.1929 Wandsworth, London}