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Henry A. Jackson records [textual record]

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Sub-series

Date:

1865-1891.

Reference:

R7316-22-9-E, MG30-D351

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

205325

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Date(s):

1865-1891.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.11 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of letters received by Henry A. Jackson and a notebook and miscellaneous papers. Included are letters from his brother Alexander Jackson relating family news, local events in Berlin, and describing his travels in Europe and business in Chicago. There are also letters from his parents and miscellaneous correspondents, as well as one letter from his wife.

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Jackson, Henry A., 1850-1931

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Jackson, Henry A., 1850-1931 : Henry A. Jackson was one of the sons of Henry F.J. Jackson and Isabella Murphy. Henry F.J. Jackson (1820-1895) had come to Canada from England in 1843 intending to establish the family watchmaking business in Montreal but found employment with the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway. He married Isabella Murphy (1830-1890), daughter of Montreal merchant Alexander Murphy, in 1849 and in 1851 they moved to Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario, where he had won a contract for the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway. He was a successful businessman, becoming presidents of the Economical Fire Insurance Company and Berlin Tobacco Company before returning to Montreal in 1876. He settled in Brockville, Ontario, in 1879, where he held a post with the Ontario Mutual Life Insurance Company until his death in 1895. He and his wife had six children: Henry A., Samuel, Alexander, Fannie, Geneva and Isabella. Henry A. married Georgina Young (1852-1921), daughter of Alexander Young and Anna Eliza Keachie, in 1876. They settled in Montreal and had six children: Henry Alexander Carmichael (H.A.C.), Ernest, Alexander Young (A.Y.), William, Isabella and Katherine. Henry A. Jackson worked in various jobs throughout his life and spent many years in Chicago, leaving his wife behind in Montreal to raise their children.

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MG30-D351
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Volume [MG30 D 351] 107--108

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