Brief Life History of Alice Helena
When Alice Helena Jackson was born on 17 April 1876, in New Brunswick, Canada, her father, John Saunders Jackson, was 23 and her mother, Emily Jane Whitney, was 17. She married William D Glencross on 14 September 1896, in Kent, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1891 and Kent, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. She died on 15 October 1934, at the age of 58, and was buried in Richibucto, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Alice E. Glencross in household of William Glencross, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elena Jackson - Government record: Census record: birth: 1876; Weldford, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
- Lenda Jackson, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
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1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge
July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
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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