Brief Life History of Norman James
When Norman James Jackson was born on 10 November 1921, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, his father, Thomas Norman Jackson, was 20 and his mother, Violet May Drew, was 19. He married Iris Sylvia Young on 19 May 1945, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He died on 16 February 2003, in his hometown, at the age of 81, and was buried in Albany Creek Cemetery, Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia.
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- Norman James Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Norman James Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1939
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
1940
Australia declares war on Italy.
1950
Australian troops sent to Korea.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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