George Jackson (1856 - 1938)

Born 31 Dec 1856 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Died 12 Feb 1938 at age 81 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

George Jackson was born in Lancashire, England.

George Jackson is Notable.

This profile is part of the Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia One Place Study.

George Jackson was born in Lancashire, England in 1856. He was the son of James Jackson and Hannah Hilton.^[1]

George Jackson arrived in Rockhampton in 1871 and married Mary Hannah Welch at Charters Towers in the Colony of Queensland in 1878.^[2]

They had four sons and five daughters.

He worked in the mines in Ravenswood and Charters Towers with his brother Thomas and was Member for Kennedy in Queensland from 1893-1909. Was a partner with Edmund Plant in the Vulcan Mill in Ravenswood and the Venus Battery in Charters Towers. Four of his daughters never married. His brother Thomas died in 1884.

The Honourable George Jackson passed away in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1938.^[3]

Research Notes

• Children.
• 1878 C2917 Lucy Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1942 B55604 Lucy Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1880 C3311 George Wilfrid Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1949 B23907 George Wilfrid Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1882 C3253 Beatrice Jackson George Mary Hannah Welsh
• 1967 B91608 Beatrice Jackson George Jackson Mary Hannah Welsh
• 1884 C3909 Thomas Hilton Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1949 B20394 Thomas Hilton Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1886 C4714 Florence Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1886 C2048 Florence Jackson George Jackson Mary Hannah Welch
• 1888 C5523 William Hamer Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1970 B17663 William Hamer Jackson George Jackson Mary Hannah Welch
• 1889 C6087 Mary Elsie Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1968 B95309 Mary Elsie Jackson George Jackson Mary Hannah Welch
• 1895 B55920 Margaret Jackson George Mary Hannah Welch
• 1897 B61423 Leslie Norman Jackson George Mary Jannah Welch

Sources

1. ↑ UK GRO Birth Index: Name: JACKSON, GEORGE; Mother's Maiden Name: HILTON ; GRO Ref: 1856 M Quarter in MANCHESTER Volume 08D Page 117
2. ↑ Qld BMD Marriage registration: Name: George Jackson; Marriage date:05/01/1878; Spouse's name:Mary Hannah Welch; Registration details:1878/C/466.
3. ↑ Qld BMD Death registration: Name: George Jackson; Death date:12/02/1938; Mother's name:Hannah Hilton; Father/parent's name:James; Registration details:1938/B/38604.

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 9 November 2019), memorial page for George Jackson (unknown–1938), Find A Grave: Memorial #48760362, citing South Brisbane Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
• George Jackson, wikipedia
• D. B. Waterson, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929, Australian University Press, Canberra, 1972. p. 92)link
• Trove Article 1
• Trove Article 2
• Qld BMD