Jonathan Jackson

1 June 1836–11 July 1873 (Age 37)
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Jonathan

When Jonathan Jackson was born on 1 June 1836, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Jackson, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Sutcliffe, was 20. He married Alice Robinson on 11 January 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Spotland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 11 July 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Jackson
1836–1873
Alice Robinson
1840–1905
Marriage: 11 January 1869
Sarah Ann Jackson
1862–1945
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
1869–1953
Margaret Alice Jackson
1872–1904

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 January 1869Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
    Age 6
    The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
    1846
    Age 10
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire
    Age 14
    When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Jack

    Sources (18)

    • John Jackson in household of James Jackson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
    • John Jackson in entry for Sarah Ann Jackson Chidester, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
    • John Jackson in household of James Jackson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"

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