Mary Ann Jackson

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Jackson was born on 18 February 1818, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Jackson, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Lloyd, was 35. She married Wilford Woodruff on 2 August 1846, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Etton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 25 October 1894, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David James Ross
1822–1909
Mary Ann Jackson
1818–1894
Marriage: 13 December 1857
William Jackson Ross
1858–1931
John Lyon Ross
1859–

Sources (16)

  • Mary Ann Ross, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Mary Ann Jackson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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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