Alexander Mockett of West Firle
(1794-1851)
Sarah Mockett
(1805-1881)
Frances Ellis
(-)
Thomas Mockett Mockett
(1830-1909)
Ellen Newman Ellis
(1836-1906)
Joseph Henry Mockett of Tonbridge
(1878-1952)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Ada Francis

  • Henry James Mockett
  • Gladys Frances Mockett

Joseph Henry Mockett of Tonbridge

  • Born: 7 Nov 1878, West Firle, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 19 Jan 1879, West Firle, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 21 Dec 1912, Holy Trinity Church, East Peckham, Kent, England 2
  • Died: 9 Mar 1952, Tonbridge, Kent, England 3

  Research Notes:

Joseph Henry son of Thomas Mockett of Firle, painter, and Ellen (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1891 England Census Joseph H Mockett, age 12, born in West Firle, under gardener, was with his parents 11 Gardner St., Southover Sussex.

At the time of the 1901 England Census Joseph H Mockett, age 22, born in Firle Sussex, journeyman gardener, was in the Garden Bothy, Ashtead Park, Ashtead, Surrey.

In Apr 1904 Joseph Henry Mockett was present at the marriage of his sister Emily Grace Mockett to Albert Edward Haffenden in Southover Sussex.

At the time of the 1911 England Census Joseph Henry Mockett, age 32, born in Firle Sussex, single, domestic gardener, was boarding at Pearsons Terrace, Paddock Wood, Brenchley Kent.

In Mar 1933 Joseph Henry Mockett, florist, was granted Administration of the personal effects of his late wife Ada Mockett of Meadhurst Villas in Paddock Wood.

In the 1939 Register Joseph H Mockett (b. 7 Nov 1878), widowed, traveller for agricultural engineers & iron mongers, was living in Meadhurst Villas Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent. At the same address were [children, both single] Henry J Mockett (b. 27 Oct 1913), store keeper to motor vehicle distributors, Gladys F Mockett (b. 25 Dec 1915), unpaid domestic duties, book keeper at present.

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Mr. J. H. Mockett

Mr. Joseph Henry Mockett, who died, aged 73, on Sunday, had lived in Tonbridge for the past 13 years. As a nurseryman he had worked in Scotland and Switzerland.

A Sussex man, Lewes-born, Mr. Mockett left nursery work to become associated with the early experimental work on the development of insecticides. He spent 25 years at Paddock Wood and became well known among local farmers.

Mr. Mockett lived at 42 Goldsmid Road, Tonbridge. During his stay in the town, he was a familiar figure at the Constitutional Club. The funeral today takes place at Paddock Wood Parish Church. One son and a daughter survive.

Tonbridge Free Press, 14 March 1952, p. 5

  Marriage Information:

Joseph married Ada Francis, daughter of James Francis and Eliza Ashton, on 21 Dec 1912 in Holy Trinity Church, East Peckham, Kent, England. (Ada Francis was christened on 12 Dec 1886 in Holy Trinity Church, East Peckham, Kent, England and died on 2 Feb 1933 in General Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Joseph Henry Mockett, age 33, bachelor, experimentor & gardener, resident of Paddock Wood, son of Thomas Mockett (deceased), builder, and
Ada Francis, age 26, spinster, resident of East Peckham, daughter of James Francis, brick layer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: James Henry Watson, Lily Francis

Sources


1 West Firle Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms, p. 72, no. 571.

2 East Peckham Holy Trinity Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 54, no. 108.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Tonbridge district, 1st Quarter, vol. 5b, p. 1035.


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