Birth

Abt 1864

Death

18 Mar 1943
Balloon, Senekal, Orange Free State, South Africa

Biography

Walter Palmer Brookshaw was born about 1864.

He was the son of Thomas Brookshaw and Esther Elizabeth Openshaw.

He married Emily Charlotte Wallis on 28 Jul 1884 at Queenstown, Albany, Cape Colony. Emily Charlotte was the daughter of George Claridge Wallis and Isabella Brooks. She was born on 20 Aug 1859 at Aliwal North, Cape Colony. She died on 26 Jul 1894 at Clocolan, Ladybrand, Orange Free State, South Africa at the age of 34.

They had 5 children: Gordon Walter Brookshaw, Ethel May Brookshaw, Fanny Brookshaw, Alice Isabel Brookshaw and Linda Winifred Brookshaw.

He married Dinah Maria Steyn on 11 Mar 1898 at Farm Schuinshoogte, Ladybrand, Orange Free State. She died on 28 Apr 1952 at Clocolan, Orange Free State, South Africa.

They had 4 children: Walter Palmer Brookshaw, Rhoda Miriam Bolton Brookshaw, Philip Claude Brookshaw and Leslie Henry Brookshaw.

He died on 18 Mar 1943 at Balloon, Senekal, Orange Free State, South Africa.

He was buried in 1943 at Main Cemetery, Clocollan, Orange Free State, South Africa.