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Elizabeth Halloran Jackson

Birth
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
6 Dec 1917 (aged 67)
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Add to Map
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Elizabeth Jackson was a victim of the Halifax Explosion. She was killed along with over half her children and grandchildren.

She was born and raised in Halifax, the daughter of Morris and Elizabeth Halloran.
Elizabeth married James Stephen Jackson on 7 Oct 1868.

This union brought the following children:

James Edward Jr (1869-8 Feb 1923)
Died Young Jackson (Between 1870-1876)
Died Young Jackson (Between 1870-1876)
Mary Eugenia (Jan 1877-8 Aug 1958)
Ada (23 Apr 1879-8 Apr 1954)
Margaret (1880-6 Dec 1917)
John (11 Jan 1883-6 Dec 1917)
Edward (6 Apr 1885-6 Dec 1917)
Emma Annie (29 Aug 1887-6 Dec 1917)
Frederick (2 May 1892-6 Dec 1917)
William (16 July 1894-6 Dec 1917)
Mabel (29 Nov 1896-Before 1917)

At the time of the explosion, Elizabeth was living with her son William at 1 Roome Street.

It is believed Elizabeth's family suffered the worse loss of all. She lost more than half her children and their spouses, most of her grandchildren and all of her great-grandchildren.
Of the sixty-four members of the extended Jackson family in Halifax at the time, forty-six died.

The remains of Elizabeth were buried in Mount Olivet, Halifax.
Elizabeth Jackson was a victim of the Halifax Explosion. She was killed along with over half her children and grandchildren.

She was born and raised in Halifax, the daughter of Morris and Elizabeth Halloran.
Elizabeth married James Stephen Jackson on 7 Oct 1868.

This union brought the following children:

James Edward Jr (1869-8 Feb 1923)
Died Young Jackson (Between 1870-1876)
Died Young Jackson (Between 1870-1876)
Mary Eugenia (Jan 1877-8 Aug 1958)
Ada (23 Apr 1879-8 Apr 1954)
Margaret (1880-6 Dec 1917)
John (11 Jan 1883-6 Dec 1917)
Edward (6 Apr 1885-6 Dec 1917)
Emma Annie (29 Aug 1887-6 Dec 1917)
Frederick (2 May 1892-6 Dec 1917)
William (16 July 1894-6 Dec 1917)
Mabel (29 Nov 1896-Before 1917)

At the time of the explosion, Elizabeth was living with her son William at 1 Roome Street.

It is believed Elizabeth's family suffered the worse loss of all. She lost more than half her children and their spouses, most of her grandchildren and all of her great-grandchildren.
Of the sixty-four members of the extended Jackson family in Halifax at the time, forty-six died.

The remains of Elizabeth were buried in Mount Olivet, Halifax.

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