Rosetta Virginia Jackson

Female28 December 1943–

Brief Life History of Rosetta Virginia

When Rosetta Virginia Jackson was born on 28 December 1943, in Virginia, United States, her father, Oliver Jackson, was 35 and her mother, Rosetta Pleasant, was 35. She married Gene Raymond Taylor on 13 February 1977, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. She lived in Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1950.

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Gene Raymond Taylor
1943–
Rosetta Virginia Jackson
1943–
Marriage: 13 February 1977

Sources (7)

  • Rosette V Jackson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Rosetta Virginia Jackson, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
  • Mrs Rosetta Taylor in entry for Ollie E Pickhound Jackson Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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  • Marriage
    13 February 1977Richmond, Virginia, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (6)

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 1

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    1945 · Peace in a Post War World

    Age 2

    The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

    1974 · The President Resigns

    Age 31

    From the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon resigns. Being the first president to do so.

    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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