John William JACKSON Benjamin Rush JACKSON Lillian JACKSON Ruth C JACKSON Anna MCQUAID William JACKSON Robert Eugene JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Living JACKSON Mary Frances STRANGE Anna Belle AMASON Mini tree diagram
William JACKSON

William JACKSON1,2,8,3,7,4,5,6,9

27th Dec 18971,2,3,4,5,6 - 8th Dec 19595,6

Life History

27th Dec 1897

Born in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama.1,2,3,4,5,6

2nd Jun 1917

Resident in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.7

17th Jul 1919

Married Anna MCQUAID in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.11

12th Mar 1920

Birth of daughter Lillian JACKSON in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.4,10

27th Jan 1922

Birth of daughter Ruth C JACKSON.5,6

before Nov 1929

Death of Anna MCQUAID in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.4

25th Nov 1929

Married Mary Frances STRANGE in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.8,4

about 1931

Birth of son William JACKSON in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.12

16th Jun 1933

Birth of son Robert Eugene JACKSON in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.12,13

8th Dec 1959

Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.5,6

after 8th Dec 1959

Buried in Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.6

Other facts

 

Birth of son Living JACKSON

 

Birth of daughter Living JACKSON

 

Birth of daughter Living JACKSON

 

Birth of daughter Living JACKSON

 

Birth of daughter Living JACKSON

 

Birth of daughter Living JACKSON

 

Birth of son Living JACKSON

 

Birth of son Living JACKSON

Notes

  • Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918
    William Jackson
    Age:  21 5/12 Years
    Birth abt 1896 Montgomery, Alabama, USA
    Enlistment 2 Jun 1917 Cleveland, Ohio
    National Guard
    Co G 5 Infantry ONG (Co G 145 Infantry) to 11 May 1918
    Headquarters Company 145 Infantry to 7 June 1918
    155 Depot Brigade to Discharge Sergeant 24 Aug 1918
    Honorable discharge 7 Feb 1919.

    His age given in the enlistment record working back from his date of enlistment would place his birth date in about January 1896.  This matches his age in the 1920 census, at age 24, or born about 1896.  In 1940 William is reported as 42, which would place birth in about 1888.  The latter must be in error, in light of the two earlier reports.  But the WWII enlistment reports his birth date almost two years later, at 27 Dec 1897 (see below), which would match in rounded years with the 1940 census just two year before.

    Paul McDaniel reports a family tradition that William ran away at age 16 to join the army.

    "William ran away from home at 16 and lied about his age to get into the Army.  That kind of explains the difference in age with the census.  In this case, it seems the census has the correct age as opposed to military records."
    --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 March 2013

    If the WWII record really reports his correct birth date, then from his real birth date, he would have been 19 years and 5 months old when he enlisted for WWII, not 16 as the family tradition remembers.  I am not sure why he would have needed to report himself older.  Wasn't 18 the enlistment age for WWI?

    In July 1919, William married for the first time, to Anna McQuaid.

    Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
    William Jackson
    Marriage 17 Jul 1919
    Age 23, Est Birth Year 1896
    Father William, Mother Anna
    Spouse Anna McQuaid
    Spouse's Age 17, Spouse's Est Birth Year 1902
    Spouse Father's Name:  William
    Spouse Mother's Name:  Anna C Gammel

    1920 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 13 January, Cleveland Ward 5, District 5, page 16B, 2198 West 104th St, Hse #241, Fam #365
    Jackson, William Head  Rents M W 24 Alabama Alabama Alabama Foundry Inspector [born abt 1896]
    Jackson, Anna Wife F W 17 Ohio Ohio NY

    Anna had two children before she passed away.  One genealogy shows one child of Anna named Lillian, born in 1920, but gives no documentation.  Descendant and Jackson researcher Paul McDaniel gives the two children's names as Lillian and Ruth, with no further details.

    "William and Anna had two daughters; Lillian (Hopp) and Ruth (Fitzgerald)."
    --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 March 2013

    William married again, this time to Mary Frances Strange.

    "She married William Jackson somewhere around 1929 and had 10 children, one of which was stillborn ( no name given).  The children were William Jr., Vivian Louise, Ronald Elwin, Robert Eugene (passed away 6/27/2012), Janet Marie (my mother), Raymond Francis, Karen Jean, Bernice Lynn, Cheryl Ann, and Shelley Ruth."
    --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 July 2012

    I found their Ohio marriage record.

    Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
    William Jackson
    Marriage Date 25 Nov 1929
    Age 29, Birth abt 1900 Montgomery, Alabama
    Father's Name William
    Mother's name Emma
    Spouse's Name Mary F Strange
    Spouse's Age 22
    Spouse's Birth Year abt 1907
    Spouse Father's Name William
    Spouse Mother's Name Mary Francis

    It is odd here that for the Spoouse's mother's name they have entered Mary Francis.  But this is the Spouse's name.  Mary Frances' mother was Lula Swann.  Similarly on the Spouse's father's name, they have recorded William, when Mary Frances' father wa Senter Lemuel Strange.

    Some of these children are enumerated in the 1940 census.

    1940 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 12 April, Cleveland Ward 1, District 26, page 9A, 2130 West 93rd, Hse #226, Rents $25
    Jackson, William Head M W 42 Grade 8 b Alabama lived in same house in 1935 Driver/Salesman, Dairy
    Jackson, Mary Wife F W 26  Grade 7 b Tennessee same house in 1935
    Jackson, William Jr  Son M W 9 Single Grade 3 b Ohio same house in 1935
    Jackson, Vivian Dau F W 7 Single Grade 1 b Ohio same house in 1935
    Jackson, Robert Son M W 6 Single Grade 0 b Ohio same house in 1935
    Jackson, Ronald Son M W 1 Single Grade 0 b Ohio  same house in 1935

    U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
    William Jackson
    Residence 2130 W 93rd St, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
    Birth 27 Dec 1897 Montgomery, Alabama
    Employer Fairmount Creamery, 2310 West 17th St, Cleveland
    Contact Person Mrs Ben Jackson (his brother Ben's wife), Barton, Florida [sic, probably Bartow, Polk, Florida, Ben's known residence]

    It is not apparent why William listed his brother's wife in Florida as the contact person.  This may indicate both his parents had died by this time.  At the time of finding William's WWI draft information, I had not found death information for his parents.  His brother was alive at the time, so why not just list his brother, instead of his brother's wife?  And why did William not list his wife Mary as the contact person, or as the card says, "Person who will always know your address?"

    U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
    William Jackson
    Born 27 Dec 1897
    Died Dec 1959
    SSN 297-16-3748 issued Ohio - Before 1951

    Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
    William Jackson
    Birth Date 1897
    Residence Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
    Death 8 Dec 1959 Cuyahoga, Ohio
    Age at Death 62
    Autopsy, used for certification
    Married
    Census Tract 7017
    Certificate #84768 (no image available, index record only)

    William Jackson
    Birth Dec. 27, 1897
    Death Dec. 8, 1957
    Spouse Mary Frances Jackson (1913 - 1987)
    Burial Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Section 41
    Created by CBR Mar 11, 2016
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #159252780, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159252780

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