Family History, Bennett Chart 0301 John (Jack) Harold Bennett and Doris Victoria Jackaman

1891 75 High Street, Barnet, South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Servants were Robert STRETCH (20) unmarried Butcher born Thames, Ditton, Surrey and Hannah HAWKINS (14) General Servant born Hadley, Middlesex 1901 75 High Street, Barnet, South Mimms, Hertfordshire Indexed on ancestry.com as BARNETT. Servants were Robert J STRETCH (30) single Butcher born Thames Ditton, Surrey and Emily GOULD (21) Domestic Servant born Bentley Heath, Hertfordshire 1911 75 High Street, Barnet, Hertfordshire Information from Michael BENNETT 27th April 2000 "And so my father inherited the family business in 1918 when he was 30 years of age and still single. Business wise I don't think it made a great change to his life for he had been working for his father since he was 15 years of age and in recent years had been managing it on his father's behalf. He was educated at the National Schools in Wood Street at the top of Hillside Gardens and on completing his education there he went on the Silesia College in Bells Hill and left when he was 15 years old to start working with his father. At 18 years of age he joined the Herts Yeomanry, the Territorial Army of the day. He was later to join the RNVR towards the end of WWI. At the time of his parent's death in 1918 his sister, Florence Arabella, had just married and moved out of the family home. She married Harry ABRAHAMS who came originally from Lincolnshire but had travelled down to London to seek work when he was very young. They lived all their lives in Barnet mostly in Leicester Road, but never had any children. They are both buried in Christ Church Cemetery. By 1920 my father was 32 years of age, single and the owner of a flourishing business. I think it can be said that he was in possession of an affluent lifestyle at this time. As will be seen from his obituary he took a keen interest in sport and the public life of the town. In 1924 he married my mother, Doris Victoria JACKAMAN, the daughter of another old Barnet family who had arrived in Barnet before the BENNETT family. They were tailors and at one time carried on their business at No. 214 at the Hadley end of the High Street and later at No.94. At the time of her marriage my mother's family were living at No. 94 in the bottleneck opposite the church and the family story goes that on her wedding day a red carpet was placed from her front door across the High Street to the door of the church for her to walk upon. 1924 Byng Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire Sons went to Harrow and Oxford. 1924 BARNET COUNCILLORS WEDDING Mr. J. H. BENNETT AND MISS D. V. JACKAMAN (from the Barnet Press of August 1924) A pretty wedding and one in which a great deal of local interest was displayed, took place at Chipping Barnet Parish Church on Monday afternoon when Mr. John Harold Bennett, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Bennett of High street, Barnet, was married to Miss Doris Victoria Jackaman, Elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. Jackaman of High Street, Barnet. Both families are well known and respected in Barnet, where the bridegroom is the proprietor of a flourishing butchers business, and the brides father of an old established tailors business. Both Mr. Bennett and Mr. Jackaman are members of the Barnet Urban District Council. The ceremony, which was performed by Rev. J. A. Harding, curate of the Parish Church, was largely attended. The Barnet Council was represent by Crs W. Matther and Edwin Jones J.P., and the congregation included many local tradesmen as well as members of the Consitutional Club, of which Mr. Bennett is a popular member. Mr. Frank J. Lunnon, organist of holy Trinity Church, Lyonsdown, New Barnet, was at the organ and rendered appropriate music, and the hymns sung were "The Voice that breathed o'er Eden" and "O Perfect Love". The brides father gave away his daughter, who made a very charming bride. She was daintily gowned in white silk marocain, with lace sleeves, trimmed with sprays of orange blossom. Her veil of hand-embroidered Brussel net was fastened with a wreath of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of white carnations. She was attended by three sweet little bridesmaids, the chief of whom was her sister, Miss Barbara Jackaman, who was in lilac crepe de chine. The other two were Miss Marjorie Copper and Miss Joan Kendal, who dresses were of blue crepe de chine. Each carried a shower bouquet of sweet peas and wore a gold bangle, given to them by the bridegroom. The brides mother wore a gown of black silk marocain and a black georgette hat trimmed with fuschia. Mr. Harry Abrahams) the bridegrooms brother-in-law) was best man and the groomsmen were Mr. Eric Jackaman (brother of the bride) and Mr. Cecil Richardson (uncle of the bride). The bridal party left the church to the strain of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and were met outside by a large gathering of friends, who simply covered them with confetti before they were able to reach their car. After the service a reception, at which there were over 5o guests, was held at the home of the brides parents, and later in the day the bride and bridegroom set out upon a motor tour in Devonshire and Cornwall, in which manner they are spending their honeymoon. They were given a hearty send-off, a numerous gathering watching their departure. The bride travelled in a fawn gaberdine tailor-made costume, and a black and scarlet hat. Many valuable and useful presents have been received. Upon his marriage my father moved out of the living accommodation above the shop and purchased a house in Byng Road that stood upon a double plot of land. In 1925 my elder brother John Samuel arrived followed nearly six years later by myself. it was not until 1938 that my sister Jillian Mary arrived on the scene. These years were extremely good time for the BENNETT family with the business thriving, father a well-known figure in the town and I remember it as a secure, comfortable and happy home. Unfortunately it was not all to last like that. With the outbreak of war meat was put on ration and the shop's income was dramatically slashed. Meat was to stay on the ration for nine years and the business never fully recovered. My father left the running of the shop to his manager, Fred JENNY, and got himself a job as the Area Meat Allocator for the Barnet District. There were thirteen butchers he was responsible for and I have been endeavouring to remember them all but can only recollect twelve of them. In the High Street were Co-op, Sainsbury, Dewhurst, Pulham, Shepherd, Carter Brothers, Williams Brothers, Bennett. Others were Finch (West End Lane), Jack Merrick and Ennis Clarke (Alston Road) Co-op in Mays Lane. 1947 Extracted from an article by The Stroller in The Barnet Press of July 1947. Your Meat Ration When you look at your Sunday joint and prepare to use the tin opener on Monday, spare a thought for the man who has the task of allocating the Barnet and district supply fairly among the local butchers. Mr. J. H. (Jack) Bennett of Pin Mill, Byng Road, Barnet, in business as a butcher at 75, High Street, Barnet where his father was in business before him, is nearing the completion of eight years as chairman and allocator of the local meat distribution organisation. He is a Barnetonian - he was born in the home above the shop premises - and was educated at Elizabeth Allen School and subsequently Silesia College, Bells Hill, Barnet, which eventually became a boarding house and which was destroyed by a parachute mine in the early part of the war. He entered his fathers business at the age of fifteen. Three years later he joined the Herts. Yeomanry, and in the 1914-1918 was he served in the R.N.V.R. Council Service For fifteen years, a good part of his leisure time was devoted to public service through membership of Barnet Council, of which he became chairman. In ten of the fifteen years membership he was chairman of the sewage farm committee. Local sports organisations have found in him a good supporter, and for several years he was honorary treasurer of Barnet Boxing Club. He is fond of shooting and coursing but his chief outdoor hobby now is gardening, and his garden at Byng Road is evidence of his skill in that direction. His wife is the daughter of well known Barnetonians, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jackaman. There are two sons - the older one is serving with the Army in Palestine - and a daughter. In 1952 my mother died. I was 21 years of age and had been away for 2 years doing my National Service. I never got to know her as an adult, only as a Mum. By this time my father was near retiring age. His two staunch employees, Fred KENNY and Miss HANDFORD who had stood by him all these years, were also nearing retirement age. He asked both my brother and I (who had both gone into the business) if we wished to take over, We both felt that we were not experienced enough to take over the running of a business at that time and declined. And so, in 1953, my father put the business up for sale nearly 70 years after my grandfather had first opened it. In August 1953 it was sold. In February 1954 my father died". 1954 Obituary of John (Jack) Harold Bennett who died on 4th February 1954. Many will learn with regret of the death in Barnet General Hospital on Thursday of John Harold Bennett, a well known Barnet personality who was a master butcher in Barnet High Street for many years until his retirement in August of last year. Mr. Bennett, who lived in Byng Road, Barnet was 67. He was born in the flat above his fathers butchers shop at 75 High Street, Barnet, and succeeded his father in the business. At one time Mr. Bennett took a prominent part in the public life of the town. He was a member of Barnet Council for 15 years and after being chairman of most of the Councils committees he became Barnets Chief Citizen. He was chairman also of the Barnet Butchers Buyers Committee and since the inception of meat rationing, he had been a deputy grader at Barnet cattle market and during the was in charge of meat allocation for the Barnet area. Mr Bennett was a well known member of the Barnet Chamber of Commerce and was always in the forefront of any battles on behalf of local traders. He took a keen interest insport, particularly in boxing and showed his interest in this sport in a practical form by being treasurer of the old Barnet Boxing Club. He had been a member of the Hadley Highstone Lodge of the Freemasons since 1021. In World War 1 he served in the R.N. V.R. and previously with the Herts. Yeomanry. Mrs. Bennett, who died two years ago, was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jackaman. She and her husband celebrated their silver wedding in 1949. Mr. Bennett leaves two sons and a daughter. 1954 BENNETT John Harold of 49 Byng-road Barnet Hertfordshire died 4 February at The General Hospital Barnet Probate Peterborough 31 July to Henry Abraham retired commercial clerk. Effects £4008 0s. 2d.(National Probate Calendar) 1901 52 Salisbury Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire (baptism of Doris Victoria) 1924 94 High Street, Barnet, Hertfordshire 1924 Byng Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire Obituary of Doris Victoria Bennett who died on 14th April 1952. The death occurred in Barnet General Hospital on Monday of Mrs Doris Victoria Bennett, aged 51, wife of J. H. Bennett, butcher of Barnet High Street. Mrs. Bennett, who had been ill for two years, underwent an operation in Barnet General Hospital in November 1950 and re-entered the hospital on Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Bennett, who was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jackaman who carried on a business in Barnet High Street for many years, was a regular worshipper at Barnet Parish Church, and a keen member of the Mother Union and of the Barnet Townswomen's Guild. There are two sons and a daughter. A funeral service was conducted in Barnet Parish Church on Thursday and the interment was in Christ Church Burial Ground.

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