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The Life and Times of Hubert Brooks M.C. C.D.
A Canadian Hero
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APPENDIX A – EXTENDED BROOKS FAMILY GENEALOGY
A.13.0 The AJ Brooks Family Line Back in Eastern Canada
A.13.2: 1930 to 1938 The Brooks Family Early Life in Montreal
Fred Brooks continued to pursue his prospecting activities on first arriving in Montreal.
Hubert, Doris and Maynard Brooks Montreal 1930
PHOTO Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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Hubert and Maynard Brooks Montreal 1930
PHOTO Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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Brooks Family in Montreal 1930:
Laura, Hubert, Maynard, Doris, Hubert
PHOTO Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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Montreal 1930: Fred Brooks with family Friend Holding Maynard
PHOTO Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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Death of Maynard Brooks in Montreal
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December 2, 1930 Maynard Brooks died in Montreal at the age of two years and five months.
He was buried on
December 3rd in Montreal at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery -- the largest cemetery in Canada and the third-largest in
North America.
Maynard was buried in an area "PF" specially reserved for children (no specific grave stone) just north of the statue in area E/K4000
of the cemetery. According to the Cemetery, regardless if the child had been baptised or not, it was the "custom" at the time,
for families without a pre-existing "family cemetery plot", especially families that were not financially well-to-do,
to bury young children in common burial plots such as area PF in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.
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Partial Map of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Showing Area PF (yellow) Reserved For Small Children Behind Statue (white)
Where Maynard Brooks is Buried in an Unmarked Grave.
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Google Aerial Map of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Showing Area PF Reserved For Small Children Behind Statue (white)
Where Maynard Brooks is Buried in an Unmarked Grave.
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Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery Certification for Burial of Maynard (Ménard) Brooks
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Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery Burial Certificate for Maynard (Ménard) Brooks
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There are a couple of interesting points to note in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Burial Certificate for Maynard Brooks.
First, Maynard's name is spelt as (Ménard) - the French version of Maynard -- contradicting Laura's Baby Book
entry and other family history that the spelling is Maynard.
Second, Laura Farand's last name is spelt as Pharand -- something we have been told is incorrect.
Finally, Brooks is spelt as Brook.
Was this information entry done over the phone, or did some well-meaning clerk want to put a french spin on the input?
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery Statue in Area PF
In Front of where Maynard Brooks is Buried
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Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Side View of Cemetery Statue in Area PF
Maynard Brooks and other Young Children Are Buried in Unmarked Graves Behind the Statue
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This was obviously a very sad time for Alfred and Laura Brooks coming almost 10 years after the death of the twins in Alberta.
What little solice could be taken at that time was that Hubert and Doris were healthy, active children.
Hubert Brooks at St. Nicolas High School and Plateau Academy in Montreal
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Hubert Brooks was educated in Montreal, in French, attending St. Nicolas High School and then Plateau Academy between 1938 and 1940 where he was
keen at mathematics.
He was also a hockey player of note.
While in Montreal Hubert Brooks took up caddying at a local golf course to provide
money for his mother while father was away prospecting.
An extract from Hubert Brooks' application to the RCAF (image at right) provides a limited insight into his life in Montreal.
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Plateau High School Montreal 1937:
Hubert Brooks Middle Row Far Left
PHOTOS Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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Plateau High School Montreal 1938:
Hubert Brooks Seated Far Left in First Row with Arms Folded
PHOTOS Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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PHOTO of Montreal's Plateau Academy HOCKEY TEAM
Hubert Brooks is 6th from the left
PHOTO Courtesy: Hubert Brooks Private Collection
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The Life and Times of Hubert Brooks M.C. C.D.
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