Descendents of James Jemmett + Hannah Neighbour
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/|\ James Jemmett |
b.1815 Hambleden, Bucks |
M.1844
d.1899 |

| Hannah Neighbour /|\
| b.1817 Hambleden, Bucks
Cookham, Berks
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d.1897
                 











         
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George
Jemmett

b.1845
Cookham
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Alfred|
Lambourne|
b.1847|
Wycombe|

|Charlotte
|Jemmett
|b.1847
|Cookham
Daniel
Jemmett

b.1849
Cookham
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Harriet
Jemmett
b.1850
Cookham
Ann(ie)
Jemmett

b.1852
Cookham
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John|
Jemmett|
b.1856|
Cookham|
|Ann(ie)
|?
|b.1850
? |
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|Alice
|Jemmett
|b.1859
|Cookham
James|
Jemmett|
b.1863|
Cookham|
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|Martha
|Rogers
|b.1869
|Cookham

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Horace
James
Jemmett
b.1892
Cookham

Leslie|
Beal|
b.1892|
Australia|
|Elsie
|Marian
|Jemmett
|b.1894
|Cookham
       



George Jemmet


Born on 10 December 1850 in Cookham, Berkshire, Harriet married a man named Lambourne. (sic: Charlotte married Lambourne, no marriage found for Harriet)


Anne Jemmett


Born 11 July 1856, John joined the Royal Marines and saw active service in Egypt in 1882. He was awarded the Egyptian medal and the Khedive's Star. He died at the age of 73 and is buried in Cookham cemetery.


Horace was born in Cookham, Berkshire in 1892, the only son of James and Martha Jemmett. He came to New Zealand with his parents about 1908/09. He served in the first World War in the 16th Waikato Company and died of wounds while in action in 1915


Elsie Jemmett


James Jemmett 1938


Taken in Maryborough Qld - Front is signed Joseph Beal



marriage certificate


James Jemmett


- presumbaly just before he left for Australia


Jack (John) Jemmett


James Jemmett 1908


M. (Martha Rogers?) Jemmett


House built by J. Jemmett 1909 - burnt down 1929


Horace Jemmett, age 20, 1912


- in New Zealand. Elsie Marion Jemmett, born 26 January 1894 in Cookham, Berks, married Leslie Beal on 28 March 1921, Leslie having been born in Bellerine, Victoria, Australia on 1 August 1892.


Marriages Jun 1844
- James JEMMETT : Hannah NEIGHBOUR ; Cookham 6 222
1844. Marriage solemnized at Cookham in the Church of Cookham in the County of Berkshire
June 9th
James Jemmett 27 Bachelor servant Cookham Dean Job Jemmett Labourer
Hannah Neighbour 26 Spinster Servant Cookham Dean John Neighbour Labourer
Married in the Church of Cookham according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by me John Grantham, Vicar
This marriage was solemnized between us James Jemmett's mark X, Hannah Neighbour's mark X, in the presence of us Mary Newell's mark X, Joseph Newell's mark X

All photos, captions and many details on this page are from "From Under the Northern Star to the Southern Cross - the coming to New Zealand and history of the Jemmett and Smith families" by Allan E. M. Jemmett, Chapter 19.
James Jemmett was born in Turville, Buckinghamshire, England on 5 November 1815. According to the 1851 Census for Cookham James was bricklayer, labourer and on the 1881 Census he was employed as a highway gatekeeper. He was also a bell-ringer at the Cookham Church. (click photos for bigger images)

- all specific dates below are from Allan Jemmett who says "Most of these dates of birth were taken from a hand written list compiled by James Jemmett (junior) in the 1930s.

1845 birth - George Jemmett b. 17 August 1845, Cookham
- Births Sep 1845 Jamet George Cookham 6 171
1847 Jun birth - Charlotte Jemmett; Cookham 6 1_6
- b.13 April 1847, Cookham
Births Sep 1847 Alfred Lambourne Wycombe 6 362
1849 Mar birth - Daniel Jemmett; Cookham 6 200
- IGI: Daniel Jemmett Birth: 13 FEB 1849 Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England
1850 birth - Harriett Jemmett b. 10 December 1850

1851 Census
Civil parish: Cookham ; Ecclesiatical parish: Cookham Dean ; County/Island: Berkshire
Address:
James Gimmett abt 1816 Turrell, Berkshire, England Head
Hann Gimmett abt 1816 Hambledon, Berkshire, England Wife
Geore Gimmett abt 1846 Cook, Berkshire, England Son
Charlotte Gimmett abt 1848 Cook, Berkshire, England Daughter
Harriett Gimmett abt 1848 Cook, Berkshire, England Daughter
Danel Gimmett abt 1849 Cook, Berkshire, England Son
Eli Jimmett abt 1829 Cook, Berkshire, England Brother

1853 birth - Ann Jemmett b.24 February 1853
1856 birth - John Jemmett b.11 July 1856
1859 birth - Annie (sic?) Jemmett b. 3 January 1859
- Births Mar 1859 - JEMMETT Alice Cookham 2c 398

1861 Census (transcribed as Jemmott)
Civil parish: Cookham ; Ecclesiatical parish: St John the Baptist ; County/Island: Berkshire ; Country: England
Address: Cookham Dean
James Jemmett 1814 Turvill, Buckinghamshire, England Head
Hannah Jemmett 1818 Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England Wife
Eli Jemmett 1828 Cookham, Berkshire, England Brother
Charlotte Jemmett 1848 Cookham, Berkshire, England Daughter scholar
Daniel Jemmett 1849 Cookham, Berkshire, England Son shepherd boy
Harriet Jemmett 1851 Cookham, Berkshire, England Daughter scholar
Anne Jemmett 1853 Cookham, Berkshire, England Daughter scholar
John Jemmett 1857 Cookham, Berkshire, England Son scholar
Alice Jemmett 1859 Cookham, Berkshire, England Daughter

1861 Census (recorded as Jimmett)
Civil parish: Cookham ; Ecclesiatical parish: St John the Baptist ; County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Address: 73 Highway Farm
George Jemmett 1847 Cookham, Berkshire, England Servant Cookham Berkshire carter boy (age 14)

1863 birth - James Jemmett b. 12 November 1863
- Births Dec 1863 JEMMETT James Cookham 2c 401
Births Dec 1869 Rogers Martha Cookham 2c 399

1871 Census (transcribed as Jenmick)
Civil Parish or Township: Cookham ; Town: Cookham ; County/Island: Berkshire
Address: none given
James Jenmick abt 1813 Hambelaton, Buckinghamshire, England Head Gate keeper
Hannah Jenmick abt 1818 Hambelaton, Buckinghamshire, England Wife
Daniel Jenmick abt 1849 Cookham, Berkshire, England Son farm labourer
John Jenmick abt 1857 Cookham, Berkshire, England Son
Alice Jenmick abt 1859 Cookham, Berkshire, England Daughter
James Jenmick abt 1864 Cookham, Berkshire, England Son

1871 Census -
Civil Parish: Hove (Sussex); Address: 37 Ventnor Villa
Charlotte Jemmett, 23, cook, b. Berkshire Cookham
Harriet Jemmett, 20, housemaid, b. Berkshire Cookham
- servants to 3 elderly sisters and a neice.

- Daniel Jemmet migrated to Australia between 1871-74 - see next page
1874 marriage -
JEMMETT Charlotte : Alfred Lambourne; Cookham 2c 943
- both disappeared bewteen 1874-81 - to Australia...?

1881 Census -
Civil Parish: Cookham; Hamlet of: Cookham Dean; Address: Tugwoods Common
James Jemmett, head, 68, highway gatekeeper, b. Hambleden, Bucks
Hannah Jemmett, wife, 64, b. Hambleden Bucks
George Jemmett, son, 35, gardener labourer, b. Cookham Berks
Harriet Jemmett, daughter, 30, general servant domestic, b. Cookham, Berks
James Jemmett, son, 17, carpenter (apprentice), b. Cookham Berks

1881 Census
Alice Jemmett; 21; b.abt 1860; Servant; born Cookham, Berks;
Address: S Mary Villa; Chislehurst; Kent

- no trace of John Jemmett in 1881, presumably abroad with the army, despite his marriage in Cookham, 1886 below, he was also missing from 1891 and 1901, reappearing in 1911.

- Harriet Jemmett disappears after 1881 - to Australia...?
1881 Jun - George Jemmett married Jane Smith
- see next page

Marriage: 25 October 1885 - Annie Jemmett : George Hogg ; in St. John the Evangelist's church, Hastings.
- Marriages Dec 1885 -Annie JEMMETT : George Hogg Hastings 2b 53
- see next page

Marriage Jun 1886 - Alice Jemmett : Cookham 2c 685 - no spouse given

Marriages Sep 1886 John Jemmett Cookham 2c 655
married: Ann Tilling COTTRELL or Ann NOTT

1887 death - Hannah Jemmett (nee Neighbour) - Sep 1887 Cookham 2c 256

1891 Census
Civil parish: Cookham ; Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Baptist ; Town: Cookham Dean Primitive Methodist Church ; County/Island: Berkshire
Address: Tugwoods Common
Jammett, James abt 1815 Cookham, Berkshire, England Head Cookham Berkshire Retired gate keeper Widower
Jammett, James abt 1864 Cookham, Berkshire, England Son Cookham Berkshire Carpenter

Marriages Dec 1891 James Jemmett : Martha ROGERS Cookham 2c 937

Birth Sep 1892 - Horace James Jemmett; Cookham 2c 394
Deaths Jun 1899 - Jemmett James, age 87, Maidenhead 2c 246
Births Mar 1894 - Jemmett Elsie Marian Cookham 2c 422

1901 Census -
Admin County: Parts of Lindsey Lincs; Civil Parish: Mablethorpe;
Address: 1 Belbrook Villas
James Jemmett, head, 36, joiner carp., worker, b.Berks Cookham Dean
Martha, wife, 31, b. Berks Maidenhead
Horace, son, 8, b. Berks Cookham
Elsie M., daughter, 7, b. Berks Cookham
Rosalinda French, 15, general servant domestic, b.Bucks Nash

- James, Martha, Horace and Elsie all disappear between 1901 and 1911 - to ANZ?

1911 Census
residence: Maidenhead Berkshire
JEMMETT JOHN M 1857 54 head
JEMMETT ANNIE F 1850 61 wife

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Marriages Jun 1886 Jemmett Alice Cookham 2c 685
possibles:

1891
ALICE PEAT 30 Marylebone, St. John, b. Cookham

1901
Alice Peat 41 b.Maidenhead Berks Borough Of West Ham West Ham
- no record of Ivy Anna found

1911
PEAT ALICE F 1859 52 West Ham Essex head b.Cookham
PEAT IVY ANNA F 1900 11 West Ham Essex daughter