Person:Elizabeth Jackson (233)

Richard Riley has commented on his rootsweb chart on Elizabeth's unusual middle name and I have copied it here: "Her name has been recorded in various records as Pulchesa, Polchery, and Pulcharia, as well as Pulcarri which I found in her obituary. The only place I've seen Elizabeth is in family records. She apparently went by her middle name ...which seems common in families from the region, especially if she were named for her mother.

"I did some research on the name Pulcarri. There are references to it in a couple of places, even with it's different spellings. Pulcari brings up several Italians and Spaniards with this as a last name. There appear to be some early historical manuscripts either refering to this name or given this name... Apparently it can classically be pronounced with a "P" or "B."

"On the name spelled Pulcharia, there's this interesting tid-bit: "...One may also cite the role of the granddaughter of the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I, Pulcheria (sometimes spelled Pulcharia), in both the Third and Fourth Ecumenical Councils, Ephesus and Chalcedon... The Council of Chalcedon can also be traced back to Pulcheria's Byzantine political intrigues."

"Did someone have a classical education on her mother's side? Maybe a Catholic background (since Pulcheria is a Catholic Saint)? The name may have been her mother's name, "Elizabeth P." Caplinger, as well."

1850 Census Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia James Jackson 45 M Farmer VA Elizabeth Jackson 36 F VA William Jackson 18 M Farmer VA Ann M. Jackson 16 F VA Pulcheria Jackson 13 F VA Margaret Jackson 11 F VA Mary C. Jackson 8 F VA Henrietta Jackson 5 F VA Bertha Jackson 3/12 F VA

1860 Census Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia Post Office: Fountain Spring 493/490 Jas. Jackson 53 M illegible maker 720. 242 VA Elizabeth Jackson 44 F Wife VA Margaret Jackson 21 F VA Mary C. Jackson 18 F VA Henrietta Jackson 16 F VA Bertha E. Jackson 11 F VA Kenner Greyson 18 M Farm Labor VA 494/491 James Stafford 30 M Farm Labor -0- 50. MD Pulchara Stafford 24 F wife VA Pocahontas Stafford 7 F VA Raleigh Stafford 2 M VA Alta Stafford 5 F VA So Pulcharia is living next household to her parents.

1870 Census Tygart, Wood, West Virginia Post Office: Stafford, James 39 M W Farmer 1000. 200. MD Stafford, Pulchura 33 F W Keeping house VA Stafford, Pocohontas 16 F 20 VA Stafford, Alice 14 F 20 VA Stafford, Robert 11 M W VA Stafford, Mary E. 9 F W VA Stafford, Herbert 2 M W WV Stafford, Carrie 1 F W WV (James and Pulchura are living next hh to her father, James Jackson)

1. ↑ Riley, Richard. Rootsweb tree "Riley and Allied Families". (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3324160&id=I665157984).

   born abt 1836

2. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia.

   abt 1837

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Find A Grave
   Memorial# 22822405.

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22822405

4.   Riley, Richard. Rootsweb tree "Riley and Allied Families". (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3324160&id=I665157984).
5.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia.
6.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Dist 65, Wood Co., Virginia.
7.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Tygart, Wood, West Virginia.