Geoffrey Gordon Sackett

(1910-1979)
FatherFrank Gordon Sackett (1885-1945)
MotherAlice Harper (1882-1972)
Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, son of Frank Gordon Sackett and Alice Harper, was born in Woodford, Essex, EnglandG, on 20 January 19101,2,3 and baptized at St Mary, WoodfordG, on 13 March 1910.4,5 He died aged about 69 in Queensland, AustraliaG, in 1979 and was buried at Allambe Memorial Park, Nerang, Gold Coast City, QueenslandG.6 He married in Tendring, EssexG, in 1935, Margaret Agnes Shorting, daughter of Charles Ernest Nicholas Shorting and Margaret Edith Lilian Partridge.7,8 Margaret was born in Tenbury, WorcestershireG, in 1906.9 She died aged about 81 in QueenslandG in 1987 and was buried at Allambe Memorial Park, NerangG.6
     In 1911 Geoffrey was living at 35 St Albans Road, Woodford Green, EssexG, in the household of his parents Frank and Alice, and was recorded in the census as Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, aged one and born in Woodford.10
     In 1921 he was living at Oak Grove, Theydon Bois, EssexG, in the household of his parents Frank and Alice, and was recorded as Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, aged eleven.11
     At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Geoffrey was living at 3 & 5 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, EssexG, with his mother Alice. He was the manager of his mother's cafe.12
     Geoffrey and Margaret, with their daughter Mary, emigrated to Australia, departing London on 20 March 1952 on the liner Orcades, bound for Sydney, New South WalesG.13 Their last UK address was 26A Nelson Road, Hastings, SussexG.13
     Geoffrey and Margaret were listed on the electoral roll for Queensland from 1954. They were living at Upper Coomera, Gold Coast CityG. He was an engineer and Margaret was a storekeeper.14
Geoffrey Gordon Sackett (1910–1979), Allambe Memorial Park, Nerang, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
(Src: Find a Grave, JandET)
Margaret Agnes (Shorting) Sackett (1906–1987), Allambe Memorial Park, Nerang, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
(Src: Find a Grave, JandET)

Child of Geoffrey Gordon Sackett and Margaret Agnes Shorting

  • Mary E Sackett b. 1936

 Notes & Citations

  1. General Register Office, Online Index to Births, "Mar qtr 1910. Sackett, Geoffrey Gordon. Mother: Harper. West Ham. 4a:443."
  2. Census.
  3. 1939 Register.
  4. Baptisms Register, St Mary, Woodford, Essex (Ancestry transcript), "13 Mar 1910, Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, b. 20 Jan 1910, s. Frank Gordon & Alice Sackett."
  5. "Essex Baptisms" (Findmypast transcript), Baptisms Register, Woodford, Essex, "13 Mar 1910, Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, b. 20 Jan 1910, father Frank Gordon Sackett, insurance official, mother Alice, of 35 St Alban's Road."
  6. Find a Grave.
  7. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Dec qtr 1935. Sackett, Geoffrey G. Spouse: Shorting. Tendring. 4a:1987."
  8. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Dec qtr 1935. Shorting, Margaret A. Spouse: Sackett. Tendring. 4a:1987."
  9. General Register Office, Online Index to Births, "Sep qtr 1906. Shorting, Margaret Agnes. Mother: Partridge. Tenbury. 06C:231."
  10. 1911 England census, 35 St Albans Road, Woodford Green, Essex
    Frank Gordon Sackett, head, 26, married, insurance clerk, worker, b. Essex, Woodford
    Alice Sackett, wife, 28, m. 2y, 1 ch, living, b. Middlesex, Hanwell
    Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, son, 1, b. Essex, Woodford
    James Harper, visitor, 75, married, private means, b. Cambridgeshire, Thorney
    Sophie Harper, visitor, 65, m. 34y, 4 ch, 3 living, b. Berks, Reading.
  11. 1921 England census, Oak Grove, Theydon Bois, Essex
    Frank Gordon Sackett, head, 35y 7m, married, b. Woodford, Essex, actuary, Scottish Metroplitan Insce Co, 66/7 Cornhill, EC3
    Alice Sackett, wife, 38y 6m, married, b. Hanwell, Middlesex
    Geoffrey Gordon Sackett, son, 11y 5m, b. Woodford, Essex
    Helen Margaret Sackett, daughter, 9y 9m, b. Woodford.
  12. "1939 Register" (Findmypast image), Sackett household, 3 & 5 Connaught Avenue, Frinton & Walton U D, Essex: RG101/1512C/009/18, Alice Sackett, b. 12 Oct 1882, divorced, cafe proprietress; RG101/1512C/009/19, Geoffrey A Sackett, b. 20 Jan 1910, married, cafe manager.
  13. "UK Outward Passenger Lists 1890–1960" (Ancestry image), Orcades, Orient Line, dep. London, 20 Mar 1952, to Australia, "Sackett, Mr G G, 26A, Nelson Road, Hastings, Sussex, tourist class, to Sydney, motor engineer, age 41, intended future residence Australia; Sackett, Mrs M A, same address, age 45; Sackett, Miss M E, same address, age 15."
  14. "Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903–1980" (Ancestry image), 1954, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, "Sackett, Geoffrey Gordon, Upper Coomera, engineer.", "Sackett, Margaret Agnes, Upper Coomera, storekeeper."; 1969, 1972, 1977, Nerang, Gold Coast City, "Sackett, Geoffrey Gordon, Up Cmra 4210 engr.", "Sackett, Margaret Agnes, Up Cmra 4210 storekeeper."
Sackett line5th great-grandson of Richard Sackett of South Weald, Essex
ChartsLine 6 (English)
Generation.TreeR.6
Last Edited14 Sep 2023
 

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