George Sarvent

1820 - Abt 1868  (48 years)

• Name	George Sarvent
  Born	17 Jun 1820	Knottingley   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Jul 1820	St Botolph, Knottingley   [2]
  Occupation	Mariner, innkeeper
  Died	Abt Nov 1868	Knottingley   [3]
  Person ID	I51986	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	John Sarvent,   b. 1785, Knottingley ,   d. 22 Mar 1840, Knottingley  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Hannah Bolton,   b. 1788, Knottingley
  Married	16 Nov 1807	St Giles, Pontefract   [4]
  Family ID	F16613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Earnshaw,   b. 1820, Knottingley
  Married	11 Sep 1845	St Giles, Pontefract   [5]
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F16624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Innkeeper of 'The Jolly Sailor', Canal Side, Knottingley, in 1861 census. Master's Certificate, issued at Goole in 1851, acknowledges service as Seaman, Mate and Master for 25 years in the Merchant Service, Coastal and Foreign Trades, with his first service as a Seaman dated February 1826 to October 1828, when he would have been five to eight years old.

  
  

• Sources

  [S348809] Master's Certificate (Ancestry). [S373592] West Yorkshire CofE Births and Baptisms (Ancestry). [S260077] GRO Online Index. [S373599] West Yorkshire CofE Marriages and Banns (Ancestry). [S010069] MC.