William Jackson was baptised 8 December 1861 at Great Barr St Margaret Staffordshire, England (aka Perry Barr, Birmingham). He was the son of Robert Glover Jackson and Dinah Salt. [1]
In the 1871 England Census, William Jnr (9) was living at Perry Barr, Staffordshire, England with his father Robert (44) Shoemaker, mother Dinah (36) Laundress, and his siblings Fanny Jackson (13), Robert H Jackson (11), and Ann Maria Jackson (6). [2]
On 1 June 1884, William (22) Shoemaker of Great Barr, son of Robert Jackson, Shoemaker, and Dinah Salt, married Alice Maud Thompson (20) no occupation, Great Colmore St, daughter of George Thompson (deceased) and Elizabeth Haselett, at St Asaph's Birmingham, England. [3]
Arriving at Brisbane, Colony of Queensland, Australia from London, England on 19 October 1886 on the vessel 'Chyebassa' were William Jackson, (24) from Staffordshire, his wife Alice Maud, and their baby daughter Fanny Elizabeth. [4]
William Jackson (Bootmaker) resided at Musgrave Road, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland between 1890-1891. [5]
William and Alice Maud Jackson's only son Frank William Jackson was born 18 December 1888 in country Queensland, and his second daughter Alice Jane Jackson was born 6 September 1891 in country Queensland also.
By 1901 the family had returned to England to the parish of Colne, Lancashire, where William now 39, Bootmaker, his wife Alice Maud 37, and their children Fanny E Jackson 16, a Cotton Weaver, Frank W Jackson 12, Alice J Jackson 9, and their latest addition to the family, Maud Jackson 7, were residing. [6]
William Jackson's wife passed away in 1903 (Lancashire, England,) his father in 1911, and his mother in 1914 (both parents in Queensland, Australia).
His death is unknown as at 4 October 2023.
It appears there is NO Wm Jackson born 26 Nov 1849 at Perry Barr that married Alice Maud Thompson, had a child in England, went to Australia & had two children there before returning back to England and having more children. Mary Alice Jackson also belongs to another family and was born in England.
Only 2 birth registrations for children of William & Alice are showing in Qld BDM index - Frank William & Alice Jane.
Fanny's DOB seems to be about 20 years out.
This information is from Ancestry.com It is likely that this individual is the child of another family, since the family wound up heading to Canada and then to Pennsylvania, United States. See alleged father's profile for details.
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