Brief Life History of Alfred Andrew
When Alfred Andrew Jackson was born in 1858, in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, his father, John Jackson, was 39 and his mother, Lydia Ann Higgins, was 30. He died in 1937, in his hometown, at the age of 79.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Alfred Andrew Jackson, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
- Alfred Andrew Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alfred Andrew Jackson in entry for Harold Sydney Jackson and Jean Isobel Cameran, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
Parents and Siblings
1819–1888 Male
1828–1867 Female
Siblings (5)
1850– Female
1855–1880 Male
1858–1937 Male
1862– Male
1865– Female
World Events (6)
1867
Age 9
1870
Age 12
1892
Age 34
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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