I have been trying to find out more about my 5x Great Grandfather George Jackson. The only positive proof I have of him is at his daughter's marriage to Thomas Hiles in 1818 in Stroud in Gloucestershire, where he is a witness. According to some ancestry trees, in 1841 he is living in Painswick, a 64 year old Inn Keeper, with Ann Jackson, aged 50 and Frances Jackson aged 19
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By 1851 he is living in Lower Swell, as a Toll Gate Keeper, still with Ann. From the censuses, this gives George a dob of 1777.
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George dies in 1853 in Lower Swell, and in 1861 Ann is a widow living with her married daughter, Lavinia Nash.
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Also trying to trace the Frances Jackson on the 1841 but not finding anything that matches.
The ages on the censuses and George's death are reasonably consistent, so look to be the same couple. Ann (b. ca 1787) is too young to be the mother of Mary, who was born in 1798, and according to the tree George had married Ann Morse, nee Morgan in 1820. ( I actually found the marriage had taken place on 16 Aug 1826) Ann had previously been married to Thomas Morse, who died in 1820. Thomas and Ann had 2 daughters, Lavinia b. 1810 and Harriett b. 1829 (?). (I found the marriage of Lavinia to Charles Nash in 1831 - her father is listed as Thomas).
What I would like to find is more details about Ann, Thomas and Lavinia. According to the census Ann was born in Dawlish Devon; the tree has Thomas born in Gloucestershire, but I can't find any trace of a marriage or a death for him. The only Lavinia Morse I can find has parents William and Ann. Lavinia gave her eldest daughter the middle name of Morgan - possibly her mother's maiden name, but no proof .
On the 1841 census George is not born in county. His daughter Mary, on all censuses says she is born in York, so I always assumed George was from there too. On the 1851, George is listed as born in Abberfield, Gloucester, but I can't find any place called this. However there is an Aberford in Yorkshire - could this be the place?
The other interesting fact is that if they are the correct Ann and George, two of Ann's granddaughters married one of George's grandsons (one after the other that is!).
Here is a link to the online tree https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tr...59911546/facts
Sorry about the length of the post! Thanks.
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource
By 1851 he is living in Lower Swell, as a Toll Gate Keeper, still with Ann. From the censuses, this gives George a dob of 1777.
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource
George dies in 1853 in Lower Swell, and in 1861 Ann is a widow living with her married daughter, Lavinia Nash.
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...&rhSource=8860
Also trying to trace the Frances Jackson on the 1841 but not finding anything that matches.
The ages on the censuses and George's death are reasonably consistent, so look to be the same couple. Ann (b. ca 1787) is too young to be the mother of Mary, who was born in 1798, and according to the tree George had married Ann Morse, nee Morgan in 1820. ( I actually found the marriage had taken place on 16 Aug 1826) Ann had previously been married to Thomas Morse, who died in 1820. Thomas and Ann had 2 daughters, Lavinia b. 1810 and Harriett b. 1829 (?). (I found the marriage of Lavinia to Charles Nash in 1831 - her father is listed as Thomas).
What I would like to find is more details about Ann, Thomas and Lavinia. According to the census Ann was born in Dawlish Devon; the tree has Thomas born in Gloucestershire, but I can't find any trace of a marriage or a death for him. The only Lavinia Morse I can find has parents William and Ann. Lavinia gave her eldest daughter the middle name of Morgan - possibly her mother's maiden name, but no proof .
On the 1841 census George is not born in county. His daughter Mary, on all censuses says she is born in York, so I always assumed George was from there too. On the 1851, George is listed as born in Abberfield, Gloucester, but I can't find any place called this. However there is an Aberford in Yorkshire - could this be the place?
The other interesting fact is that if they are the correct Ann and George, two of Ann's granddaughters married one of George's grandsons (one after the other that is!).
Here is a link to the online tree https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tr...59911546/facts
Sorry about the length of the post! Thanks.
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