Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 77 Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Arlington House, 2 Bradder Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Alice married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married William Henry Hackett on 7 Mar 1905 in Register Office, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. William (son of Cyrus John Hackett and Emily Scott) was born on 04 Jul 1881 in Leytonstone, Essex, England; died on 08 Jun 1962 in Croydon, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margery Alison Hackett was born on 08 May 1907 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died in 1980 in Queensland, Australia.
2. Ronald Gordon Hackett was born on 13 Apr 1909 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died in 1985.
3. Norman Henry Hackett was born on 08 Feb 1912 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died in 1978 in Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia.
4. Irene Gertrude Hackett was born on 29 Jan 1914 in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia; died on 03 Jul 2006 in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Lilydale, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia.
5. Shirley Ethel Winifred Hackett was born on 20 May 1916 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died in 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
6. Beverley Joyce Hackett was born on 01 Oct 1921 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died in 1990 in Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 77 Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
• Census: 1875, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1881, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; Builder
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Arlington House, 2 Bradder Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1911, Arlington House, 2 Bradder Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; Retired Builder

George married Sarah Ann Wilson on 14 May 1855 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. Sarah was born in 1837 in England; died in 1906 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

** There's an interesting story to follow up here. George and his wife Sarah are both English and we assume they married in England. But their children, and Alice Gertrude in particular, are born in Brooklyn, New York.

Alice then marries William Hackett (an Englishman) in March 1905 (we don't know where.)

Alice & William's first two children (Margery & Ronald) are born in Sydney Australia in 1907 and 1909 but on 02 Apr 1911 Alice, William and Ronald are back in England and appear on the England Census. Margery was still alive so where was she? And, is this a coincidence - the address where the Census was taken? 2 Bradder Street! Surely that's part of the story?

Their next child (Norman) is born in Sydney, Australia 10 months after the Census was taken so he must have been conceived or carried on the trip back.

What is the story? Why were they so itinerant? How did they afford all this transcontinental travelling?

Needs more research.

Paul Barrett
05 Sep 2017