Emma Jane Myers

Brief Life History of Emma Jane

When Emma Jane Myers was born in 1855, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Myers, was 26 and her mother, Permelia Ann Brace, was 19. She married John Davidson Jackson on 11 November 1875, in West Greene, Greene Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Summit Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Kinsley Township, Edwards, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died on 8 April 1914, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Waterford, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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John Davidson Jackson
1847–1914
Emma Jane Myers
1855–1914
Marriage: 11 November 1875
Porter Myers Jackson
1878–1945

Sources (8)

  • Emma J Jackson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Emma Jane Myers Jackson, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
  • Emma Jane Myers Jackson, "Find a Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1861

Kansas is the 34th state

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.

English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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