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Harry Leonard Sackett

(1884-1935)
FatherEdward Gaskell Sackett (1849-1925)
MotherAlice Horsburgh (1854-1923)
Harry Leonard Sackett, marine engineer, son of Edward Gaskell Sackett and Alice Horsburgh, was born in NottinghamG on 7 April 1884.1,2 He died aged 51 at the Queen Alexandra Sanitorium, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, CanadaG, on 11 November 1935 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery, London, OntarioG.3 He married in Carrington, NottinghamshireG, on 16 December 1908, Mary Keep.4,5,2 Mary was born in Headington, OxfordshireG, in 1884.2
     In 1891 Harry was living at 35 Sherwood Rise, Basford, NottinghamshireG, in the household of his parents Edward and Alice, and was recorded in the census as Harry L Sackett, aged six and born in Nottingham.6
     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 Harry L Sackett, a mechanical engineers' apprentice, aged 16.7
     Harry was an engineer in the merchant navy, serving in 1904 as seventh engineer and in 1905 as sixth and then fifth engineer on the 7,820-ton SS Persic on the Liverpool to Sydney, Australia, run. In 1908 he was third engineer on the 5,412-ton SS Tropic, again on the Liverpool–Sydney route.8,9,10,11,12,13,14
     In 1911 Harry was living at 12 Langham Avenue, Sefton Park, Liverpool, LancashireG, and was recorded in the census as Harry Leonard Sackett, a marine engineer, head of household, aged 26 and born in Nottingham. Living with him was his wife Mary, aged 28.15
(1911 census)

 Notes & Citations

  1. General Register Office, Online Index to Births, "Jun qtr 1884. Sackett, Harry Leonard. Mother: Horsburgh. Nottingham. 7b:299."
  2. Private papers of Hilary Kirk, Horsham, Sussex, family tree of Rev E S Sackett.
  3. "Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869–1948" (Ancestry image), "Sackett, Harry, d. Queen Alexandra Sanatorium, London, Middlesex, Ontario, 11 Nov 1935, pulmonary tuberculosis, of 42 Cromwell? Ave, Toronto, b. England, 7 Apr 1884, age 51, salesman, father Edward Sackett b. England, mother Alice Horsbury b. Scotland, informant Queen Alexandra San, bur. Woodland Cem."
  4. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Dec qtr 1908. Sackett, Harry Leonard. Nottingham. 7b:562."
  5. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Dec qtr 1908. Keep, Mary. Nottingham. 7b:562."
  6. 1891 England census, RG12, piece 2670, folio 48, p. 26, GSU roll 6097780
    35 Sherwood Rise, Basford, Nottingham
    Edward G Sackett, head, married, 41, chartered accountant, b. Essex, Barking
    Alice Sackett, wife, 36, b. Scotland
    Nora A Sackett, dau, 10, b. Yorkshire, Horsforth
    Edgar Sackett, son, 8, b. Yorkshire, Horsforth
    Harry L Sackett, son, 6, b. Nottingham
    Mabel Sackett, dau, 3, b. Nottingham
    Emily Taylor, serv, single, 17, dom, b. Lincolnshire.
  7. 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.
  8. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922" (Ancestry image), "Hy L Sackett [crew], 20, b. Nottingham, 7th engineer, from Liverpool, to Sydney, arr. 21 Oct 1904, SS Persic."
  9. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922", (Ancestry image), "Hy L Sackett [crew], 20, b. Nottingham, 6th engineer, from Liverpool, to Sydney, arr. 7 Mar 1905, SS Persic."
  10. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922", (Ancestry image), "Henry Sackett [crew], 21, b. Nottingham, 6th engineer, from Liverpool, to Sydney, arr. 25 July 1905, SS Persic."
  11. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922", (Ancestry image), "Henry Sackett [crew], 21, b. Nottingham, 5th engineer, from Liverpool, to Sydney, arr. 14 Dec 1905, SS Persic."
  12. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922", (Ancestry image), "H L Sackett [crew], 23, b. Nottingham, [4th deleted] 3rd engineer, from Lpool, to Sydney via Melbourne, arr. 27 Mar 1908, SS Tropic."
  13. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922", (Ancestry image), "H L Sackett [crew], 23, b. Nottingham, ex[tra] 3d engineer, from Brisbane, Q'land, to Sydney, arr. 12 Apr 1908, SS Tropic."
  14. "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826–1922", (Ancestry image), "H L Sackett [crew], 24, b. Notts, 3rd engineer, from Lpool via Melbourne, to Sydney, arr. 31 Aug 1908, SS Tropic."
  15. 1911 England census, 12 Langham Avenue, Sefton Park, Liverpool
    2 rooms
    Harry Leonard Sackett, head, 26, married, marine engineer, worker, b. Nottingham
    Mary Sackett, wife, 28, m. 2y, no ch, b. Wolverhampton.
Sackett line8th great-grandson of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3 (English)
Generation.TreeQ.3
Last Edited28 Nov 2020
 

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