Tom Rockett

1875 - 1920  (45 years)

• Name	Tom Rockett
  Born	1875	Knottingley
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	9 May 1875	Christ Church, East Knottingley   [1]
  Occupation	Mariner
  Died	1920	Caen
  Person ID	I55230	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	William Rockett,   b. 1837, Barmby, nr Goole
  Mother	Emma Hargrave,   b. 1842, Knottingley
  Married	5 May 1862	St Giles, Pontefract   [2]
  Family ID	F17622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Elizabeth Cawthorn,   b. 1869, Knottingley
  Married	Abt Feb 1903	Pontefract   [3]
  Children	1. Tom Rockett,   b. 1905, Goole
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F17578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 'The Sailing Ships and Mariners of Knottingley' Ron Gosney writes that in the 1914-18 War "Tom Rockett volunteered for service with the Admiralty and was taken as a North Sea pilot. After the war he took charge of a Goole motor vessel 'Scooter' running between Southanpton and Caen. He was taken ill aboard this vessel and died in July 1920 at Caen where he was buried."

  
  

• Sources

  [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry). [S010069] MC. [S010048] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index.