Albert Ricketts (1839 - aft. 1900)

Born Dec 1839 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Harriett Taylor — married 1860 in Victoria

Husband of Agnes Dick — married 14 Jul 1869 in Geelong

Husband of Ann (Kearney) Ricketts — married 14 Mar 1892 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

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Biography

Albert Ricketts’ birth was registered in the December quarter of 1839 in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England ( which includes Dursley ). His mother’s maiden surname was recorded as Gibbins. ^[1]

In 1841, Albert, age 1, is recorded living in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, with his parents David and Ann Ricketts and his sister Emma, 4. ^[2]

Notes

mentioned in the Bellarine Peninsula Consolidated Index 1929 Drysdale Courts Index

(need to find more)

when to the Geelong Centre today Tuesday the 7th Jan 2003 and found the following in the Geelong Advister.4th March 1885. A rather sad nature elderly women named Agnes Dick in court with a middle age male named Albert Ricketts. He had been arrested on a warrant charged with neglection to support his illegitmate child age 7 (which would have been James Johnson born 1878) Agnes stated that she had been living some years with him who gammoned she was his legal wife the marriage ceremony only being a mocked one. The women Agnes for a time affected the role of an injured innocent but the facts which Mr McComick drew from her was for to dispell the delusions. She acknowledged that her life had bee an immoral one. Just as the case concluded the man whom she is at present living (Edwards) appeared in court dressed in the scarlet jersey of the Salvation Army and was wearing the badge of sargenant and other insignia of dignity and sapctity. The police stated that Edwards held the postion of Amor Becref in sal teh man who lifts up the banner on high in the processions of the body. He made un attempt to address the bench but was promptly suppressed and informed the case would be dismissed.

follow up the following

8th Nov 1872 Alfred Ricketts referrd to Geelong Advister as an employee a Humbles Foundry also W&T Hackett as members of the 1st Geelong Corps Artillery.

16 May 1874 Captian Barwon Football Club

23 May 1874 Captian West End Football Club

10 Aug 1874 Advertizing Vulcan Foundary

21 April 1877

A Ricketts board of North Geelong Football Club

25th Jan 1879

Fire destroyed the home of Mr&Mrs Ricketts. Ricketts was an engine driver at present at Mr Hease.

• trove.nla.gov.au 28 sep 1900 "The Bendigo Independent"

CITY POLICE COURT. Messrs. Dwyer (P.M.) Webb, Somerville and R. H. S. Abbott presided yesterday. Albert Ricketts, an old man, was before the court on Friday and Saturday last for drunkeness, was fined 10s, or three days imprisonment for a similar offence committed on Wednesday. He was further charged with the theft of a swag containing a shirt, blanket, and a razor valued at 30s, the property of James Ramsay. Prosecutor and prisoner are two swagmen who chanced on one another, and as Ramsay was the only one who possessed a swag they agreed to doss together in the show grounds. Ramsay went down the street at night to get beer, leaving Ricketts in charge, and on returning found the latter had disappeared with the swag. Prisoner stated that he waited for Ramsay to return with the beer, and on his not appearing after a long delay, he went in search of him. Got drunk subsequently, and was found in this state by Constable Sheahan carrying the swag minus various articles. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

Marriage

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to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

1860

Victoria^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO birth index: RICKETTS, ALBERT ; mother’s maiden surname GIBBINS  ; GRO Reference: 1839 December Quarter in STROUD Volume 11 Page 375
2. ↑ Image of 1841 Dursley census entry for Ricketts 1841 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece: 347; Book: 15; Civil Parish: Dursley; County: Gloucestershire; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 46; Page: 28; Line: 5; GSU roll: 288761 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census
3. ↑ Source: #S-2108579839 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ausmarrindex&h=2897567&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 1860 Marriage place: Victoria APID: 1,1780::2897567
4. ↑ Source: #S-2108579839 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ausmarrindex&h=1781316&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 1892 Marriage place: Victoria APID: 1,1780::1781316

• Vic BDM:Event: marriages Registration number 3333 / 1860

Family name: RICKETTS Given name(s) Albert Spouse's family name: TAYLOR Spouse's given name(s) Harriet

• Vic BDM:Event: marriages Registration number 1791 / 1892

Family name: RICKETTS Given name(s) Albt Spouse's family name: BROOKS Spouse's given name(s) Ann

• Source: S-2108579839 Repository: #R-2146047034 Title: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources. Note: APID: 1,1780::0
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• Source: S-2109127858 Repository: #R-2144431688 Title: 1841 England Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National Archives, Note: APID: 1,8978::0
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• Source: S-2123592627 Repository: #R-2144431688 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=195920&pid=22
• Source: S-2138696506 Repository: #R-2144431688 Title: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Author: FreeBMD Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont Note: APID: 1,8912::0

Acknowledgments

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