Andrew Jackson Blackett

19 September 1864–5 December 1942 (Age 78)
Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States

The Life of Andrew Jackson

When Andrew Jackson Blackett was born on 19 September 1864, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, his father, George Blackett, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Smithson, was 29. He married Sarah Jane Worthington on 27 December 1888, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Juab, Utah, United States in 1935 and Nephi Election Precinct, Juab, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 5 December 1942, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Blackett
1864–1942
Sarah Jane Worthington
1866–1933
Marriage: 27 December 1888
Luella Blackett
1889–1973
Andrew Raymond Blackett
1895–1979
Susan Alberta Blackett
1897–1982
Thomas Herman Blackett
1898–1940
Gladys Blackett
1901–1901
Charles Kenneth Blackett
1904–1940
Pearl Blackett
1908–1990

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
27 December 1888
Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
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World Events (8)

1865

Age 1

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President

Age 1

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886

Age 22

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English:1. from a diminutive of Black . 2. nickname for a person with dark hair, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ + heved ‘head’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Andrew Jackson Blackett

All I can remember about grandfather Blackett was him telling stories on the old bed under the tree alongside the house after dinner.

Sources (3)

  • Andrew Blackett, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Andrew Blackett in household of A Raymond Blackett, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Andrew Blackett, "United States Census, 1910"

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