Person:Amelia Unknown (105)

1850 Census Hempstead, Queens Co., New York page 209 John Jackson 32 m Bayman 100 NY Amelia Jackson 24 F NY Ann E. Jackson 5 F NY Charles H. Jackson 2 M NY Sarah A. Jackson 1 F NY

The 1860 census presents a bit of a puzzlement: John's wife is listed as Matilda and Matilda is the same age as John. It appears that who ever gave the info did not know enough about Amelia. John's age and the children's names and ages are in agreement with both the 1850 and the 1870 census so this appears to be the right family even though Amelia's info is not in agreement. If anyone knows of the answer to this dilema, please contact me so I can note it in the records. Since there is an age gap between Sarah and Joseph, I first thought that Matilda might be a second wife. But the 1870 census lays that theory to rest as it shows Amelia with the family. OTOH, the age of John's wife is not consistant in any of the 4 census records, 1850 thru 1880. It is conceivable that John has had three wives, the first and third being named Amelia. Another item to note is that by 1870 Amelia has named a daughter Sarah; so either the first daughter Sarah has died or perhaps she has married and moved and this is a new wife who wanted to name a daughter Sarah. Two Sarah Jacksons born to one wife is a bit unusual. More research need here! 1860 Census Hempstead, Queens Co., New York Page 301 of 310 John Jackson 43 M Fisherman 600 300 NY Matilda Jackson 43 F NY Ann E. Jackson 15 F NY Charles W. Jackson 13 M NY Sarah A. Jackson 11 F NY Joseph Jackson 8/12 M NY

1870 Census Hempstead, Queens Co., New York Jackson, John 53 M W Bayman 1,000 500 NY Jackson, Amelia 49 F W Keeping House NY Jackson, Joseph 10 M W at school NY Jackson, Sarah A. 3 F W NY

1880 Census Queens, Queens Co., New York "Villages of Woodburgh and Hewlettes" Jackson, John W M 63 married Bayman NY NY NY Jackson, Amelia W F 57 wife married Keeping house NY NY NY Jackson, Joseph W M 21 son single Bayman NY NY NY Jackson, Agnes W F 13 dau single (in hospital, Queens) NY NY NY

1. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Hempstead, Queens, New York, pg 209.

   http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=4203136_00393&fn=Charles+H&ln=Jackson&st=r&ssrc=&pid=8141474

2. ↑ Rockville Cemetery Records of Lynbrook Village, Town of Hempstead, Long Island, New York. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mfox7/rockville.html).
3. ↑ Find A Grave
   Memorial# 24552220.

   "Wife of John Jackson"

4.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Hempstead, Queens Co., New York, pg 182.
5.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Queens, Queens Co., New York; pg 39.