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Capt. Claude Henry Brook

Male 1929 - 2019  (90 years)


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  • Name Claude Henry Brook 
    • In 1969 he joined the Fundy Gypsum Company sailing the gypsum ships out of Hantsport.
    Title Capt. 
    Birth 9 Jun 1929  Fullerton, Wherwell, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Dec 2019  Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BROOK, Capt. Claude Henry

      Age 90 of Wolfville, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 in Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, surrounded by loving members of his family. Born on June 9, 1929 in Fullerton, Wherwell, England, he was the son of the late John Stacey and Mabel Laura (Foot) Brook. His early years were spent in a farming community in Berkshire, England. After finishing school, he went to naval college and sailed in the Merchant Marine. Claude married his beloved wife, Christina Joyce on December 22, 1951 and emigrated to Canada in June 1957, landing in Quebec City, Que. He worked on the Great Lakes until December 1960 and then moved his family to Saint John, N.B. to serve as an officer on a dredge working in the harbor there. In December 1961 he moved to Dartmouth and joined the Royal Canadian Navy becoming a commissioned officer in 1964. Transferred to the Cornwallis Naval Training Centre in 1966, he bought a farm in Bear River, returning to his farming roots. He resigned from the Navy in 1969 and joined the Fundy Gypsum Company sailing the gypsum ships out of Hantsport. Claude ended his working life as a member of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority first at Port Hawkesbury then in Sydney and retiring from his position in 1990 while living in Maces Bay near Saint John, N.B. He moved back to Hantsport and then finally to Wolfville where he spent many happy years working in his gardens and travelling the world with his wife, Joy.
    Person ID I11016  Hantsport Families
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 

    Father John Stacey Brook 
    Mother Mabel Laura Foot 
    Family ID F3921  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christina Joyce 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1951  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
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    Family ID F3922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Jun 1929 - Fullerton, Wherwell, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Dec 1951 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Dec 2019 - Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
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