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• Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918
  William Jackson
  Age:  21 5/12 Years
  Birth abt 1896 Montgomery, Alabama, USA
  Enlistment 2 Jun 1917 Cleveland, Ohio
  National Guard
  Co G 5 Infantry ONG (Co G 145 Infantry) to 11 May 1918
  Headquarters Company 145 Infantry to 7 June 1918
  155 Depot Brigade to Discharge Sergeant 24 Aug 1918
  Honorable discharge 7 Feb 1919.
  
  His age given in the enlistment record working back from his date of enlistment would place his birth date in about January 1896.  This matches his age in the 1920 census, at age 24, or born about 1896.  In 1940 William is reported as 42, which would place birth in about 1888.  The latter must be in error, in light of the two earlier reports.  But the WWII enlistment reports his birth date almost two years later, at 27 Dec 1897 (see below), which would match in rounded years with the 1940 census just two year before.
  
  Paul McDaniel reports a family tradition that William ran away at age 16 to join the army.
  
  "William ran away from home at 16 and lied about his age to get into the Army.  That kind of explains the difference in age with the census.  In this case, it seems the census has the correct age as opposed to military records."
  --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 March 2013
  
  If the WWII record really reports his correct birth date, then from his real birth date, he would have been 19 years and 5 months old when he enlisted for WWII, not 16 as the family tradition remembers.  I am not sure why he would have needed to report himself older.  Wasn't 18 the enlistment age for WWI?
  
  In July 1919, William married for the first time, to Anna McQuaid.
  
  Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
  William Jackson
  Marriage 17 Jul 1919
  Age 23, Est Birth Year 1896
  Father William, Mother Anna
  Spouse Anna McQuaid
  Spouse's Age 17, Spouse's Est Birth Year 1902
  Spouse Father's Name:  William
  Spouse Mother's Name:  Anna C Gammel
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 13 January, Cleveland Ward 5, District 5, page 16B, 2198 West 104th St, Hse #241, Fam #365
  Jackson, William Head  Rents M W 24 Alabama Alabama Alabama Foundry Inspector [born abt 1896]
  Jackson, Anna Wife F W 17 Ohio Ohio NY
  
  Anna had two children before she passed away.  One genealogy shows one child of Anna named Lillian, born in 1920, but gives no documentation.  Descendant and Jackson researcher Paul McDaniel gives the two children's names as Lillian and Ruth, with no further details.
  
  "William and Anna had two daughters; Lillian (Hopp) and Ruth (Fitzgerald)."
  --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 March 2013
  
  William married again, this time to Mary Frances Strange.
  
  "She married William Jackson somewhere around 1929 and had 10 children, one of which was stillborn ( no name given).  The children were William Jr., Vivian Louise, Ronald Elwin, Robert Eugene (passed away 6/27/2012), Janet Marie (my mother), Raymond Francis, Karen Jean, Bernice Lynn, Cheryl Ann, and Shelley Ruth."
  --  Paul McDaniel, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 July 2012
  
  I found their Ohio marriage record.
  
  Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
  William Jackson
  Marriage Date 25 Nov 1929
  Age 29, Birth abt 1900 Montgomery, Alabama
  Father's Name William
  Mother's name Emma
  Spouse's Name Mary F Strange
  Spouse's Age 22
  Spouse's Birth Year abt 1907
  Spouse Father's Name William
  Spouse Mother's Name Mary Francis
  
  It is odd here that for the Spoouse's mother's name they have entered Mary Francis.  But this is the Spouse's name.  Mary Frances' mother was Lula Swann.  Similarly on the Spouse's father's name, they have recorded William, when Mary Frances' father wa Senter Lemuel Strange.
  
  Some of these children are enumerated in the 1940 census.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 12 April, Cleveland Ward 1, District 26, page 9A, 2130 West 93rd, Hse #226, Rents $25
  Jackson, William Head M W 42 Grade 8 b Alabama lived in same house in 1935 Driver/Salesman, Dairy
  Jackson, Mary Wife F W 26  Grade 7 b Tennessee same house in 1935
  Jackson, William Jr  Son M W 9 Single Grade 3 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Jackson, Vivian Dau F W 7 Single Grade 1 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Jackson, Robert Son M W 6 Single Grade 0 b Ohio same house in 1935
  Jackson, Ronald Son M W 1 Single Grade 0 b Ohio  same house in 1935
  
  U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  William Jackson
  Residence 2130 W 93rd St, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Birth 27 Dec 1897 Montgomery, Alabama
  Employer Fairmount Creamery, 2310 West 17th St, Cleveland
  Contact Person Mrs Ben Jackson (his brother Ben's wife), Barton, Florida [sic, probably Bartow, Polk, Florida, Ben's known residence]
  
  It is not apparent why William listed his brother's wife in Florida as the contact person.  This may indicate both his parents had died by this time.  At the time of finding William's WWI draft information, I had not found death information for his parents.  His brother was alive at the time, so why not just list his brother, instead of his brother's wife?  And why did William not list his wife Mary as the contact person, or as the card says, "Person who will always know your address?"
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  William Jackson
  Born 27 Dec 1897
  Died Dec 1959
  SSN 297-16-3748 issued Ohio - Before 1951
  
  Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
  William Jackson
  Birth Date 1897
  Residence Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Death 8 Dec 1959 Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Age at Death 62
  Autopsy, used for certification
  Married
  Census Tract 7017
  Certificate #84768 (no image available, index record only)
  
  William Jackson
  Birth Dec. 27, 1897
  Death Dec. 8, 1957
  Spouse Mary Frances Jackson (1913 - 1987)
  Burial Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Section 41
  Created by CBR Mar 11, 2016
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #159252780, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159252780

Sources

• 1. 1920 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • 13 January, Cleveland Ward 5, District 5, page 16B, 2198 West 104th St, Hse #241, Fam #365
• 2. 1940 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • 12 April, Cleveland Ward 1, District 26, page 9A, 2130 West 93rd, Hse #226, Rents $25
• 3. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 4. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
• 5. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918
• 8. Paul McDaniel
• 9. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
• 10. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 11. Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
• 12. 1940 Federal Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • 12 April, Cleveland Ward 1, District 26, page 9A, 2130 West 93rd, Hse #226, Rents $25
• 13. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1