Brief Life History of George
When George Jackson was born on 2 September 1872, in Cudham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Henry Jackson, was 11869 and his mother, Ann Foster, was 39. He married Eliza Ellen Dawes on 31 December 1900, in Wilmington, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
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- George Jackson in household of William Jackson, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- George Jackson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- George Jackson, Marriage "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
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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