Alexander Jackson (abt. 1821 - 1853)

Born about 1821 in Dalhousie, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Gunness) Jackson — married 14 Jul 1845 in Bathurst, Canada West

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1853 at about age 32 in Canada

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This profile is part of the Lanark Highlands, Ontario One Place Study.

Biography

Alexander Jackson was born about 1821 on Lot 3E, Conc 5 of Dalhousie Twp (his father's land grant), the eldest son of Marshal Jackson and Kezia Shipman.^[1] This was approximately Lat: 44.973° N, Lon: 76.450° W, about 5km northwest of Playfairville.

Alexander married Isabella Gunness in Bathurst Twp 14 July 1845.^[2][3] His brother James Jackson married her cousin Elizabeth Briggs.

They had two sons, Christopher and Marshall, and Isabella was pregnant with another son when Alexander died 27 September 1853;^[4] his wife was a widow in the 1861census.^[5] She named the last son Alexander after his father.

Research Notes

Distinguish from another Alexander Jackson, born about the same time but living in Augusta, southeast of Smiths Falls.

Their son Christopher Gunness Jackson was named after her brother, who named his own son Alexander Jackson Gunness.

Sources

1. ↑ Land Petitions of Upper Canada, Dalhousie, 1763, Jackson
2. ↑ Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910, database, FamilySearch : 8 February 2020), Alexander Jackson, 1845.
3. ↑ Canada Census, 1851, database, FamilySearch : 3 August 2016), Marshal Jackson, Dalhousie, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 7, line 15; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11731, Public Archives, Ontario.
   • Image: 1851 census of Ontario, Dalhousie.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32131275
5. ↑ 1861 census of Ontario, Dalhousie, line 21.