Person:Edna Jackson (7)

Mrs. William Gallup of Waterford was a surviving daughter of Arthur T. Jackson in his 1969 obituary. Edna Reed of Bristol was a surviving sister in the 1992 obituary of Dorothy Jackson Page.

Social Security Death Index Name: Edna H. Reed SSN: 042-09-1519 Last Residence: 06010 Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America Born: 21 Feb 1910 Died: 25 Aug 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Connecticut (Before 1951)

Obit contributed by Dr. Troha: The Day, Thursday, August 26, 1999, Page B6, Column 4:

“Edna Reed Waterford — Edna Gallup Reed, 89, of 81 Grove Ave., Bristol, formerly a Waterford resident, died Wednesday [i.e. Wednesday, August 25, 1999] at home. Mrs. Reed was a 40-year resident of Waterford before she moved to Bristol in 1984. She was born Feb. 21, 1910, in Dunkirk, N.Y., the daughter of the late Arthur and Rose Behrman Jackson. Mrs. Reed was the widow of William Gallup and later, of Roland Reed. She is survived by a daughter, Dorothy Glaser of Bristol; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. In addition to her two husbands, she was predeceased by a brother, Edward Jackson; and a sister, Dorothy Page. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home, 181 Ocean Ave., New London. Burial will follow in the Jordan Cemetery in Waterford. Friends and relatives may call at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492.”

This gives us her birth and death dates, in addition to the locations where these events took place; it confirms her parentage; it mentions her brother, Edward, and sister, Dorothy; it provides her second husband’s first name; and it details her daughter and notes succeeding generations.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Research of Anthony L. Troha, Ph.D..
2. ↑ Research of Anthony L. Troha, Ph.D.
   Find-a-Grave Memorial# 74476196.
3.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Dunkirk Ward 1, Chautaugua Co., New York.
4.   United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
   Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York.
5.   Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).