William Jackson Blackburn

Brief Life History of William Jackson

When William Jackson Blackburn was born on 5 February 1857, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Blackburn, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Susannah Lamb, was 29. He married Sarah Alice Holden in March 1879, in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 18 August 1926, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jackson Blackburn
1857–1926
Sarah Alice Holden
1856–1921
Marriage: March 1879
Samuel Holden Blackburn
1880–1880
John William Blackburn
1883–1885
John William Blackburn
1881–1881
Hannah Blackburn
1885–1966
Jonathan Franklin Blackburn
1891–1976
James Amos Blackburn
1892–1961
Alfred Blackburn
1893–1977
Lafayette Blackburn
1895–1919
Hyrum Blackburn
1897–1989

Sources (61)

  • 1920 CENSUS: United States, Utah, Cache, Logan: William Blackburn, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962
  • William Blackburn, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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1863

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.

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

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Sisters married brothers

Was the brother to Samuel Lamb Blackburn who was the first husband to Sarah's sister, Millicent. (Looks as if Sisters married brothers.)

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