Sarah Ann (Rigby) Jackson (1858 - 1935)

Born 1858 in Heywood, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of James Jackson — married 1883 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1935 at about age 77 in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Sarah Ann Rigby was born about 1858, her birth being registered that year in Heywood, Victoria, the daughter of John Rigby and Sarah Brough. ^[1]

In 1883, in Victoria, she married James Jackson. The Victorian Pioneer Index records his birthplace as Hamilton and Sarah's as Haywood, but meaning Heywood. ^{[2] [3]}

Sarah Ann Jackson passed away in 1935, aged 75 years. Her death was registered Hamilton, Victoria, her parents indexed as John Samuel Rigby and Sarah Brough.^[4]

Sarah and her husband, James Jackson, are interred in the Hamilton General Cemetery. Their headstone, in the shape of an open book with the inscriptions side by side, reads^[5]:-

In Loving Memory Of

Our Dear Father

JAMES JACKSON

Died 14th Oct. 1931

Aged 72 Years

Also

Our Dear Mother

SARAH ANN JACKSON

Died 22nd Sept. 1935

Aged 75 Years

Sources

1. ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search : 1858 BIRTH REG, Sarah Anne [sic] RIGBY, reg 18210/1858
2. ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search : 1883 MARRIAGE REG, James JACKSON, Sarah Ann RIGBY, reg 507/1883
3. ↑ BIRTHPLACES Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 (cdrom) Macbeth Applications  : 1883 MARRIAGE REG, James JACKSON, Sarah Ann RIGBY, reg 507
4. ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search : 1935 DEATH REG, Sarah Ann JACKSON, reg 16326/1935
5. ↑ Transcript from photograph viewed on Hamilton General Cemetery Headstone Photos : CD Number 1, photo H0405 (2007), James JACKSON, Sarah Ann JACKSON [Author of CD omitted to record their name on the copyright notice or on the two cds]

• Victorian Federation Index 1889-1901
• Victorian Death Index 1921-1985