BIRKETT, Catherine
Catherine Sinclair Birkett was born at Louth, Lincolnshire on 15 September 1850, eldest daughter of Benjamin Birkett (1820-23 March 1888), a solicitor, and his wife Mary Sinclair (1827-1896), eldest daughter of John Sinclair of New York, who married at Thornton le Fen, Lincolnshire on 2 July 1849. In 1871, Benjamin was a solicitor & lawyer at 4 Providence Street, Ipswich with his wife and his two daughters, Catherine and Annie Sinclair Birkett. Catherrine studied at the Ipswich School of Art and in 1869 was awarded a prize from the Royal College of Art at South Kensington. Catherine married at St George the Martur, Bloomsbury, London, Henry Mason Jackaman (July 1840-11 January 1930), a solicitor, and in 1881 were living at 108 London Road, Ipswich. In 1939 she was living at 51 Henley Road, Ipswich with her two unmarried daughters Catherine Sinclair (8 August 1876-9 February 1955) and Annie Dorothea (1 May 1878-21 January 1974). Catherine Sinclair Jackaman was of Colne House, Henley Road, Ipswich when she died at Framsden Rectory, Suffolk on 12 August 1942. They also had a son Henry Simon Batley Jackaman (15 September 1879-1932), also a solicitor.