Jackson Family Tree

Composite genealogy compiled by Kevin Jackson, with sources from Aunt Betty, Mary Jackson and the Mormon Genealogy Department

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Compliled by Kevin Jackson

Robert Alexander Jackson, March 6,1868 – February 12, 1944. He stuttered as a child and was sent home from school because of it, so he was home schooled by his mother. He added sums across, carried the numbers in his head and was never incorrect. He read me (Aunt Betty) the Bible most evenings in the winter and taught me a lot of wisdom. He helped many of his neighbors financially during the Depression. The original farmhouse next to Willowbank Cemetery burned down which he rebuilt in 1929 or 1930 at a cost of $7,500. He had a large dairy farm, a gravel pit (which has since been closed), grew his own hay and grains. Everyone loved him. He worked with a pick. Broke rocks for the railroad at 25 cents a day at one time. He was a successful farmer. Died from a blood clot after a bladder operation. He was a respectable decent man. Tall, reminded me of Abraham Lincoln. His sons loved him. Very kind and generous. He lived in Pittsburgh, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1901.

My great grandparents Robert Jackson (1868-1944) and Elizabeth Leakey (1868-1950), with my grandfather Cedric (1891-1973) and his sister Maude (1892-1935)

Eliza Adams Leakey, 1868-1950. (September 7, 1867?) After Robert died she bought a home and moved to Deseronto. She was about to marry a retired medical doctor but he dropped dead. She considered herself socially superior to her husband and most others. She played bridge in Gananoque on Tuesday’s. She faked heart attacks when she wanted an extra shopping trip to Ottawa. She embarrassed me (Aunt Betty) by overdressing me in country school. I wasn’t allowed to play with many children along the highway as she didn’t think they were good enough. The men had to go outside to smoke, in the winter they were allowed to puff it into the damper of the kitchen stove. She had 3 Hudson seal coats and hats and remained a size 8-10. She wouldn’t allow me to go past the chicken coops for fear that I would not grow up to be a lady. She had nothing to do with the farm but cooked and baked well. We ate in the dining room most evenings. Eliza’s parents had owned a half way house between Gananoque and Kingston – like a carriage rest hotel, like a house for travellers. They had good taste in home, clothes and good manners. She was more social minded. Her parents and sister were:

Thomas Leakey, 1842-1919; Adelaide C. Leakey, 1842-1924; Sister was Lucy R. Leakey, 1883-1900

The only known photo of my maternal grandmother, Florence Jackson (nee Cross) (1892-1930). Dad was eight years old when she died giving birth.

First-born of Robert and Eliza was Cedric Clifton Jackson, January 27, 1891 – October 28, 1973. Died of  massive embolism. He was a farmer, dairy owner and writer (had many works published). He took several trips to Hollywood regarding a work of his being made into a movie. He claimed that Daryl Zanuck stole the manuscript. He had no business acumen. He operated a small dairy delivery business called Division Street Dairy, where he sold milk at the price of $1 for 13 quarts or 100 tickets for $7, and whipped cream for 25 cents a pint. He married Florence May Cross on December 25th, 1913 at 8pm at the Cross residence in Wilstead. Florence Cross August 8, 1892 – May 26, 1930. Cedric born deaf, very hard working, politically interested in world affairs, was a moulder at GM with 3 years apprenticeship. He was hurt during the last war and injured in the last war order. Got either $15 for 13 weeks, or $13 for 15 weeks, I can’t remember. It was a small amount and he was laid up a year on his back. When we first married and dismissed from job he couldn’t prove the accident, his vertebrae in back torn apart. Things were different then, union not strong, that was that. It was hard times, depression and we were in debt for years. Thank God for credit in those day. It was very hard. Cedric married a second time to Mary Enns (June 13, 1919 – ) on June 17, 1938 at Smith Falls . She was a Mennonite from Saskatchewan and was able to cure Cedric of his alcoholism. At the time of marriage she was 19 and Cedric was 47. She gave birth to four daughters: Kay Elizabeth (August 29, 1939 – ), Ardell (August 9, 1941 – ), Gail (August, 1943    ) and Hollyce (June, 1945 – ). Five years into the marriage and after the third daughter was born, Cedric told his daughter Betty Ann, then 16 and the only sibling at home from Cedric’s first marriage, to leave home. Betty always wanted to be a doctor and told how her brother Bob would have paid for her education had he survived the war. 

Maude M. Jackson, October 1892 – July 11, 1935, 1893-1936. She never married, was very beautiful and had all her degrees in piano. I would awaken in the night and sneak downstairs to watch her play Brahms, Chopin, etc. She let me sit down beside her on the piano bench. Later she would gently carry me upstairs and tuck me into bed. She would be home for short periods and I would wake up and she would be gone. Nobody ever told me where she was but I do believe it was the mental hospital. She was always kind and gentle with me and I adored her. She was laid out in the front parlor. At 9 years old I was taken in and held up by my Aunt Lyla who was an RN and then left alone with her. WOW!!!!!!!! Grandmother didn’t think there was anyone good enough for her either. I’m not sure of the chronological order but I think Uncle Charlie was next.

Charlie Nelson Jackson, April 11, 1895 –         was the rascal of the family (charming). I believe he worked for CN and resided in Oshawa. His wife Clara was very prim and proper. She painted and was very reserved. It seems Uncle Charlie always had a girlfriend. He had a woodworking shop in his basement and I heard he had a lathe or something, turn it on and climb out the basement window and go see his friend. I don’t know if its true but dad told me he left money to his secretary in his will (the last one). Worked in a bank at one time

Aunt Ada Rae, September 9, 1899 – March 9, 1983. I adored her. She lived in Montreal. She divorced and remarried her husband years later. Had 2 children, Dorothy and Sam. They bought a bar and moved to California. Janette lived with them in the summer, a year or two. She was truly a character, always finding fun where the others didn’t see it. She smoked, which was a no no in those years and after a meal she would take me for a walk, have her cigarette, and then spend the next ten minutes blowing her breath in my face to see if I could smell it to see if we could go back to the house. I believe her husbands surname was Camrie (but My Heritage says last name Lambly). I never met him. She died in Los Angeles

Aunt Lyla, October 7, 1897 –       . Married Cecil Duffield and had two daughters, Marion and Margaret. They lived in Ottawa (beautiful home). Gramma and I used to visit. He was a salesman with Guelph Casket. Fortunately he was on the road a lot. He had the most wonderful nature, unlike Aunt Lyla. She was better than everyone, just like her mother. She was an RN. She always made Divinity Fudge whenever she came for a visit and was forever lying down with cucumber slices or tea bags on her eyes to take away the tell tale lines of her glasses. In the late 1940’s they moved to Deseronto, Uncle Cecil had a furniture store in Napanee. They built a beautiful home with one of the first sunken living rooms in the area. Marion became a dietician and worked in Montreal. Margaret married an Indian boy. Uncle Cecil had his first car accident in the late 50’s, his car skidded on the ice. In the accident the driver of the car ( young man who was sole supporter of his mother) was killed. The night before the court case Uncle Cecil slit his wrists and throat and pulled a sheet over his face. I still get shivers thinking about it. Aunt Lyla, I believe, died of cancer at quite a ripe age. The girls I understand live in Deseronto. I met the Bata family with Aunt Lyla and had lunch with them.

Uncle Kenneth Robert, March 1, 1903 –        . Very handsome. Married a Spanish woman, Estelle. Had one daughter, Jon. Not sure where he lived before Deseronto. He had a house next door to Aunt Lyla. Was mayor of Deseronto for year. Dad told me he was invited to leave. He moved to Markham and opened a restaurant. He divorced Estelle. I heard he married a younger woman. Worked in a bank at one time

Uncle Edwin Laverne, May 20, 1912 – March 20, 1995. The baby, was over 6 feet tall. When I was a little girl he drove a White Rose gas truck. He would park it by the side of the road. I would go down and smell the gas fumes (now we know what happened!). He married Annie Kathleen Elliot (1911-?) on August 25, 1933 at Toronto (very pretty but always crying). Eldest daughter Sylvia was a carbon copy of her mother. Juanita May (“Lolly”) was a true apple cheeked dumpling. The family lived outside of Kingston but moved to Prescott when Laverne was transferred there by Canadian Oil. One Sunday coming to the farm they were fighting, the girls were in the back seat. Lolly was playing with the door handle which she managed to open. She fell out and lay in a body cast for months. She recovered for a while until rheumatic fever developed endocarditis and she died at the age of 4 years and 8 months. Uncle Laverne divorced and then moved to Calgary and married Dorothy Rachel Ayers on April 21, 1951 at Helena, Montana 

Frank Jackson, September 2, 1912 – September 5, 1985. Born at Gananoque. first born child of Cedric and Florence Jackson. Married Rachel Ayers April 21, 1951. Wife Ruth, 3 children: Robert, Malcom and Francis

Ralph Clifton Jackson, October 28, 1914 – July 16, 1969, born at Gananoque. Married for a very short time to the daughter of a prominent Kingston family (Day I believe). Moved to Timmins, made a career with the Timmins Press. Married a woman named Ester. Had a daughter Florence Sandra, divorced

Robert Harold Jackson, March 28, 1919 – March 15, 1944. Due to a request by the Armed Forces, his death was not published in the local press until February 1, 1945, Bob and Don close as brothers

I believe there was a son who died

Uncle Manly, 

Jean Florence, December 27, 1922 – December 25, 1985

William Jackson, February 9, 1924 – 

Betty Ann Jackson, September 5, 1927 – 

Florence May, May 26, 1930 – Adopted out, to family named Champson, had a son Ronald,, father to May Brown and Cedric

Cedric remarried Mary Enns, June 13, 1919 –  Had 4 daughters: Kay Elizabeth, August 29, 1939; Ardell, August 9, 1941; Gail; Hollyce