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Emma Hannah Sackett

(1854-)
FatherGeorge Sackett (1827-1858)
MotherEmma Boreman (c 1831-)
Emma Hannah Sackett, daughter of George Sackett and Emma Boreman, was born in Margate, KentG, in 1854.1,2 She married first in ThanetG in 1873, George Watson Pearce, a farm labourer.3,4 George was born in MargateG in 18515 and died there aged 30 in 1881.6 She married in Thanet, KentG, in 1884, Thomas Read.7,8 Thomas was born in Bishopsbourne, KentG, in about 1836.
     In 1861 Emma was living at Coldharbour Square, Canterbury, KentG, in the household of her widowed mother Emma, and was recorded in the census as Emma Sackett, aged six and born in Margate.9
     In 1881 she was living at 10 Sparrow Castle, MargateG, in the household of her husband George, 30, a general labourer, and was recorded as Emma Pierce, aged 30 [sic; 26/27] and born in Margate. Living with them were their children, Louisa, 8, Ada, 6, George, 3, and William, aged one.10
     In 1901 she was living at 12 Milton Road, MargateG, in the household of her second husband Thomas Read, 64, a fisherman, and was recorded as Emma Read, aged 55 and born in Margate. Living with them were their children, Nellie, 15, John, 9, Edith, 5, and Florence, aged two, and Emma's son William Pearce, 21.11

Children of Emma Hannah Sackett and George Watson Pearce

Children of Emma Hannah Sackett and Thomas Read

 Notes & Citations

  1. General Register Office, Online Index to Births, "Jun qtr 1854. Sackett, Emma Hannah. Mother: Boorman. Thanet. 2a:599."
  2. Census.
  3. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Jun qtr 1873. Sackett, Emma. Thanet. 2a:1223."
  4. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Jun qtr 1873. Pearce, George Watson. Thanet. 2a:1223."
  5. General Register Office, Online Index to Births, "Dec qtr 1851. Pierce, George Watson. Thanet I. 5:532."
  6. "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837–1915" (Ancestry transcript), "Jun qtr 1881. Pearce, George, 30. Thanet. 2a:479."
  7. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Dec qtr 1884. Pearce, Emma. Thanet. 2a:1633."
  8. General Register Office, Online Index to Marriages, "Dec qtr 1884. Read, Thomas. Thanet. 2a:1633."
  9. 1861 England census
    Coldharbour Sq., Canterbury, Kent
    Emma Sackett, head, widow, 29, charwoman, b. Canterbury
    Sarah Sackett, dau, 11, b. Margate, Kent
    Emma Sackett, dau, 6, b. Margate
    William Baker, boarder, unm., 19, ag. lab., b. Canterbury
    Class: RG9; Piece: 519; Folio: 117; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542654.
  10. 1881 England census
    RG11, piece 984, folio 74, p. 21, GSU roll 1341234
    10 Sparrow Castle, Margate, Kent
    George W Pierce, head, married, 30, general labourer, b. Margate
    Emma Pierce, wife, 30, b. Margate
    Louisa Pierce, dau, 8, scholar, b. Margate
    Ada M Pierce, dau, 6, scholar, b. Margate
    George W Pierce, son, 3, b. Margate
    William H Pierce, son, 1, b. Margate.
  11. 1901 England census
    RG13, piece 821, folio 50, p. 37
    12 Milton Rd, Margate, Kent
    Thomas Read, head, married, 64, fisherman, own account, b. Kent, Bishopsbourne
    Emma Read, wife, 55, b. Margate
    Nellie Read, dau, 15, b. Margate
    John S Read, son, 9, b. Margate
    Edith Read, dau, 5, b. Margate
    Florence M Read, dau, 2, b. Margate
    William Pearce, stepson, single, 21, fisherman, worker, b. Margate.
Sackett line7th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3 (English)
Sackett Family Association descendants
Neil Alderman.
Generation.TreeP.3
Last Edited25 Nov 2016
 

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