Brief Life History of Dorothy May
When Dorothy May Jackson was born about December 1889, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Alexander Jackson, was 69 and her mother, Caroline Maisey, was 36. She married Albert Edward Croose in September 1901, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years. She died on 18 July 1940, at the age of 50.
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- Dorothy M Jackson in household of Caroline M Jackson, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Dorothy May Croose, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
- Dorothy May Croose in household of Albert Edward Croose, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
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1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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