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Jackson Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack
1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics
beginning with J- in various European languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Jackson
Name Distribution of Jackson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jackson families
 3,737 - 7,472  1,246 - 3,736 |
 1 - 1,245  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Jackson families
|
10,186 - 20,369 3,396 - 10,185 |
1 - 3,395 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jackson families
|
1,011 - 2,019 338 - 1,010 |
1 - 337 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jackson census records
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Jackson Family Origin
Jackson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Jackson
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Jackson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Jackson Civil War Service Records
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