Benjamin H. Jackson, Sr.

Benjamin Howard Jackson Sr.

Birth Date: 30 Dec 1886, Providence, Rhode Island

Death: 1961

Father: William Albert Desbesy Jackson, b. 1855, Canada; d. 1931, USA

Mother: Elizabeth Jane A. Maguire Jackson b. December 1856, Rhode Island; d. 1932

Spouse: Ruth Louise Doran, b. February 9, 1896

Benjamin Howard Jackson Sr. was born on December 30, 1886, in Providence, Rhode Island to parents William A. D. Jackson and Elizabeth J. A. Maguire. He worked as a real state manager in the Grosvenor building in Providence, R.I. Benjamin married Ruth Louise Doran, daughter of James C. and Annie F. Donovan Doran. They had six children. The family lived first on the East Side of Providence on Waterman St. in the 1930s and by 1940 had moved to Warwick on Samuel Gorton Ave. About 1926 Benjamin built a two-family home on 36–38 Laurel Avenue in Providence for rental income, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places as the Benjamin Jackson house. He passed away in 1961 at the age of 77 and is buried with his family in Saint Francis Cemetery.

Children:

• Mary Ruth Jackson, September 15, 1918; Providence, R.I.; d. April 23, 1999, Newport, R.I.
• Betty Deminoff (Jackson) b. Oct. 28, 1921, Providence, R.I. ; d. Sept. 15, 1993, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa
• Barbara Jackson, b. September 15, 1923, Providence, R.I.; d. January 8, 2001, Providence, R.I.
• Benjamin Jackson, b. September 20, 1925, Providence, R.I. ; d. June 28, 1968, Washington, D.C.
• William Jackson, b. Providence, Rhode Island
• James Jackson

1930 US Census for Providence, Rhode Island lists: Head: Benjamin H. Jackson, 42; Wife: Ruth L. Jackson, 32; Children: Mary R. Jackson, 11; Elizabeth A. Jackson, 8; Barbara J. Jackson, 6; Benjamin H. Jackson, 4; William A. Jackson, 2; James T. Jackson, 0; Servants: Bridget Burke, 28; Julia Graham, 30; John Lynch, 24. All family members born in Rhode Island. All servants born in Ireland.

1935 RI Census for Providence lists: Benjamin H. Jackson, married, residence: 148 Waterman St, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, birth: 30 Jan? 1886, Rhode Island, occupation: Manager Real Estate at Room 317 Grosvenor Bldg

April 1940 US Census for Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island lists: Head of house at 189 Samuel Gorton Ave: Benjamin H. Jackson, 47?, occupation: Real Estate Agent; Wife: Ruth L. Jackson, 40; Children: Elizabeth A. Jackson, 18, occupation: Secretary Office; Barbara J. Jackson, 16; Benjamin Jackson, 14; William A. Jackson, 12; James A. Jackson, 10. All family members born in Rhode Island.

Burial:

Saint Francis Cemetery, 202 Smithfield Ave, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Section 31, Lot 60

Also known as: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Pawtucket #3

Sources:

"Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," index, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZYB-F2Z

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMZ1-PQS

"Rhode Island, State Census 1935," index and images, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPRD-WRS

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch -https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSN1-4FN

Links:

Find A Grave Memorial for Benjamin Howard Jackson Sr.