My Family history: Bernard Jackson (1895

Friday 14 June 2024

Bernard Jackson (1895 - 1982)

Bernard Jackson, known as Bertie, is the husband of Dorothy Winifred Lyons, the sister of Brenda Margaret Lyons, who is the wife of my maternal great uncle, Simon Bernard Levin. The family were originally known as Jacobson and changed their name to Jackson some time after 1911

Parents: Morris (Maurice) Jackson (Jacobson) (1858 - ?) and Esther R Solomon (1869 - 1951)

Born: 18 April 1895, Liverpool. England

Occupation: A linen good salesman in the 1911 census, age 15. Subsequently a businessman

Married: Dorothy Winifred Lyons on 12 December 1934 in Liverpool, England. They didn't have any children and settled in South Africa

Marriage certificate from Bernard's South African identity document

Census details

1901

Bernard's parents, Morris Jacobson age 43, a self-employed painter and paper layer, and Esther age 32 are living at 82 Prescot Street, Liverpool, England. The children are Mendel age 13, Marla age 11, Pearl age 9, Jacob age 8 and Bernard age 5. Also living there is Sarah Ann Solomon, age 64 - Esther's mother, and a general servant, Sarah Ann Williams

1911
The family are now at 3 North View, Liverpool, England. Living there are his mother Esther age 42, and the following children: Mendel age 23, Marla age 21, Pearl age 19, Gerald age 17, Bernard age 15, Lilian age 9 and Beatrice age 7. The house has 11 rooms. Bernard is a salesman in linen goods working for a linen merchant

Travel

Visa issued in Liverpool on 2 July 1953 for Bernard to enter Brazil. His address is given as 6 Pallinghurst Road, Johannesburg, South Africa

Bernard and Dorothy returned to Cape Town, South Africa departing Liverpool, England on 15 September 1956. They travelled 1st class aboard the Clan Ross and when in Liverpool they stayed with Dorothy's sister Peggy and her husband Simon Levin at 195 Woolton Road