JACKSON, E, LE & Family
5 December 1866 – 30 November 1935
30 August 1867 – 24 November 1933
Origin Whitby, Yorkshire, England
Accompanying Family Daughters Olive Rose (11) & Edna Laura (8)
First settled in Wickepin/Yearling, Western Australia
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Farming
Omrah
Departure Port Southampton, England
Arrival Year 1909
Fremantle
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Edmund & Laura Essex Jackson had their son Leslie George Edmund on 17 Aug 1909, one month after arriving in Australia. The family of five took up virgin land at Kirk Rock & established York Farm, so named after Edmund's home county Yorkshire. This farm is still worked by descendants today.
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