Edward Stewart Gordon Sackett

Ancestor Chart
FatherEdward Gaskell Sackett (1849-1925)
MotherAlice Horsburgh (1854-1923)
Birth3 January 1879, Horsforth, YorkshireG,1,2
Marriage16 June 1903, Basford, NottinghamshireGMay Edwards3,4,2
Edward Stewart Gordon Sackett, accountant, son of Edward Gaskell Sackett and Alice Horsburgh, was born in Horsforth, YorkshireG, on 3 January 1879.1,2 He married in Basford, NottinghamshireG, on 16 June 1903, May Edwards.3,4,2
     In 1881 Edward was living at New Road Side, Horsforth, YorkshireG, with his parents Edward and Alice in the household of his grandmother Maria Sackett, and was recorded in the census as E S G Sacket, aged two and born Horsforth, York.5
     In 1901 he was living at 11 Burridge Road, Hyson Green, NottinghamG, in the household of his parents Edward and Alice, and was recorded as Edward S G Sackett, an accountant's clerk, single, aged 22.6
     Edward was secretary of the Nottingham & County Constitutional Club from 1902. His business address was Low Pavement, Nottingham. By 1905 he was also practising as an accountant, sharing offices with his father at Middle Pavement, Nottingham. His home address was 9 Victoria Road, Nottingham.7,8,9,10,11
     Edward and his father were in partnership as chartered accountants until 31 May 1913 when they dissolved their partnership and subsequently practised separately.12
     Edward completed a United States World War I draft registration card in Massachusetts on 12 September 1918. He was then aged 39 and was a public accountant working at Gunn Richards Co in Boston. He was living at 92 Winthrop Road, Unit 3, Brookline, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG, with his wife May.13

Children of Edward Stewart Gordon Sackett and May Edwards

 Notes & Citations

  1. General Register Office, Online Index to Births, "Mar qtr 1879. Sackett, Edward Stewart Gordon. Mother: Horsburgh. Wharfedale. 9a:140."
  2. Private papers of Hilary Kirk, Horsham, Sussex, family tree of Rev E S Sackett.
  3. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Jun qtr 1903. Sackett, Edward Stewart G. Basford. 7b:336."
  4. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Jun qtr 1903. Edwards, May. Basford. 7b:336."
  5. 1881 England census, FHL 1342035, PRO RG11/4333/17/27
    Horsforth, York
    New Rd Side
    Maria Sacket, head, widow, 60, b. Margate, Kent, annuitant
    Edward G. Sacket, son, married, 31, b. Barking, Essex, accountant
    Alice Sacket, dau-in-law, 26, b. Dundee, Scotland
    E.S.G. Sacket, grandson, 2, b. Horsforth, York
    M.A. Sacket, granddau, 11 months, b. Horsforth
    Amelia Gibson, serv, unmarried, 22, b. Rothwell, York, general serv.
  6. 1901 England census, 3185/73
    11 Burridge Road, Hyson Green, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
    (5+ rooms)
    Edward G Sackett, head, married, 51, chartered accountant, employer, b. Barking, Essex
    Alice Sackett, wife, 46, b. Scotland
    Edward S G Sackett, son, single, 22, clerk (accountants'), b. Horsforth, Yorkshire
    Nora A Sackett, dau, single, 20, b. Horsforth
    Harry L Sackett, son, 16, mechanical engineers apprentice, worker, b. Nottingham
    Mable Sackett, dau, 13, b. Nottingham
    Eileen Sackett, dau, 6, b. Nottingham
    Edith G Sackett, dau, 4, b. Nottingham
    Hannah Simpson, serv, single, 45, serv (domestic), b. Cotswold, Yorkshire.
  7. Website Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire (Ancestry.co.uk) (http://www.ancestry.co.uk), 1902. Nottinghamshire. Nottingham. Clubs, "Nottingham & County Constitutional Club, 26 Market street.—About 1,100 members. Subscription, £2 2s. per annum. [Committee] ... Secretary, E. Gordon Sackett, Low pavement;..."
  8. Website Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire (http://www.ancestry.co.uk), 1905. Nottinghamshire. Nottingham. Street Directory, "Middle Pavement.
    Sackett Edw. G. chartered accntnt

    Sackett Edward Stewart Gordon, accountant & sec. to Constitutnl. clb."
  9. Website Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire (http://www.ancestry.co.uk), 1905. Nottinghamshire. Nottingham. Street Directory, "Victoria Road.
    9 Sackett Gordon
    ...Sackett Edward Stewart Gordon (accountant)."
  10. Website Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire (http://www.ancestry.co.uk), 1905. Nottinghamshire. Nottingham. "Nottingham & County Constitutional Club (Sir J.T. McCraith, chairman; James T. Spalding, president; Gordon Sackett, sec.), 26–28 Market street."
  11. Website Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire (http://www.ancestry.co.uk), 1905. Nottinghamshire. Nottingham, "Sackett Edward Stewart Gordon, accountant & sec. to Constitutional Club, 1 Middle pavement; h. 9 Victoria road, W.B [West Bridgford]."
  12. The London Gazette, digital image,, 3 Jun 1913.
  13. "US, World War I draft registrations records 1917–1918" (FamilySearch image), Massachusetts, Norfolk. Draft Board Division n/a. Roll 1685069.
    "Serial# 2790, Order# A3003, Edward Stewart Gordon Sackett, of 92 Winthrop Rd, Unit 3, Brookline, Norfolk, Mass, Age 39, b. 3 Jan 1879, white, alien born in Great Britain England, Public Accountant at Gunn Richards Co, 75 State St, Boston, Norfolk, Mass, Wife May Sackett, of 92 Winthrop Rd, Unit 3, Brookline, Norfolk, Mass. Registrant: Med ht, Med build, eyes blue, hair black, not bald, no disability. Reg Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 12 Sep 1918."
Sackett line8th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
1st cousin 8 times removed of Simon Sackett the colonist
ChartsLine 3 (English)
Generation.TreeQ.3
Last Edited24 Sep 2023
 

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