Brief Life History of Ernest Stan
When Ernest Stan Jackson was born on 24 July 1861, in Ohio, United States, his father, Ezra Stan Jackson, was 45 and his mother, Cordelia Q. Moon, was 35. He married Sylvia Jane Moon on 17 December 1878. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Elyria, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 8 June 1916, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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- Ernest Jackson in household of Ezra Jackson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ernest Stan Jackson - birth-name: Ernest S Jackson
- Ernest E. Jackson, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · Cleveland Police Department Established
The Cleveland Police Department was created under the Metropolitan Police Act by the Ohio General Assembly. It was headed by a board of police commissioners tasked with the job of appointing a superintendent and officers. The department had become more innovated, starting with adopting the callbox system, using police wagons, and forming mounted units. In 1903, the department was handed over to the city to fund and control it.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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