See also
| Husband: | Harry PICKETT (1848-1908) | |
| Wife: | Sarah Ann GASSON (1852-1911) | |
| Children: | Kate PICKETT (1874-1875) | |
| Walter PICKETT (1877-1878) | ||
| Status: | Divorced | |
| Marriage | 6 Jul 1872 | Westminster Fields, London, England |
| Name: | Harry PICKETT1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John PICKETT (1818-1879) | |
| Mother: | Eliza HOOKWAY (1812-1894) | |
| Birth | 24 Dec 1848 | Sandford, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Shopman | |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 2) | Sandford, Devon, England2 |
| Part of Pale | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 12) | Sandford, Devon, England3 |
| Sandford Village | ||
| Occupation | 1883 (age 34-35) | woollen warehouseman; Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 725 Bourke Road | ||
| Occupation | 1908 (age 59-60) | Warehouseman; Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 64 Constitution Road, Dulwich Hill, Petersham, NSW | ||
| Death | 2 Sep 1908 (age 59) | Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage Address: 64 Constitution Road, Dulwich Hill, Petersham, NSW At Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown. Informant was his son James |
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| Burial | 4 Sep 1908 | Rookwood Cemetery - Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Section E, Row 10, Independent Cemetery, Rookwood | ||
| Name: | Sarah Ann GASSON1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William GASSON (1821-1866) | |
| Mother: | Eliza FANCET (1824- ) | |
| Birth | Q3 1852 | Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Death | Q1 1911 (age 58) | Chatham, Kent, England |
| Name: | Kate PICKETT1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | Q4 1874 | Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Death | 1875 (age 0-1) | Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Name: | Walter PICKETT1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | Q2 1877 | St Saviour Southwark, London, England |
| Death | Q2 1878 (age 0-1) | St Saviour Southwark, London, England |
Divorced in 1879
In 1851 Harry was with his parents and siblings at "Part of Pale", Sandford. In 1861 the family were in the Village, Sandford, next door to William Pickett. In 1871 he was a shop assistant working for woollen draper Joseph Butcher, in Maidstone, Kent at 48 Week Street'. Butcher and Dolby had been woollen merchants for at least 20 years, and William Butcher of Week Street was on the electoral roll of 1845.
In 1879 Harry emigrated to Australia. In 1879 Harry and Sarah Ann were divorced.
In May 1891 Harry attempted suicide by taking arsenite of copper in Glebe. He was bound over in his own recognizances in the sum of £40 to be of good behaviour for 12 months, on 12 June 1891.4
Sarah is called Ann in the 1861 Census.In 1881 she is divorced and living with her newly remarried mother.5
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
| 2 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place John Pickett Head Mar 33 Tailor Sandford, Devon Eliza Pickett Wife Mar 38 Sandford, Devon Elizabeth Greenslade Pickett Dau Unm 7 Scholar Sandford, Devon Walter Pickett Son Unm 6 Scholar Sandford, Devon Eliza Hookway Pickett Dau Unm 3 Sandford, Devon Harry Pickett Son Unm 2 Sandford, Devon Jane Pickett Dau Unm 9 mths Sandford, Devon |
| Sandford Ed 3g HO107/1887 Folio 409 Page 20. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 3 | Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place John Pickett Head Mar 43 Tailor and grocer Sandford, Devon Eliza Pickett Wife Mar 48 Sandford, Devon Elizabeth Greenslade Pickett Dau Unm 17 Dressmaker Sandford, Devon Eliza Hookway Pickett Dau Unm 13 Scholar Sandford, Devon Harry Pickett Son Unm 12 Scholar Sandford, Devon Jane Pickett Dau Unm 10 Scholar Sandford, Devon John Pickett Son Unm 8 Scholar Sandford, Devon Thomas Pickett Son Unm 5 Scholar Sandford, Devon |
| Sandford ED 12 RG9/1475 Folio 19 Page 11. Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 4 | Sydney Morning herald. |
| 5 | 1861 census. |