Pvt. Edgar Lyle Jackson

1896 - 1952  (56 years)

• Name	Edgar Lyle Jackson  [1]
  Prefix	Pvt.
  Birth	26 Apr 1896	Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124522832
  _FGRAVE	124522832
  Death	9 Aug 1952	Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  	E.L. Jackson, Native Son, Dies Edgar Lyle Jackson, 1921 8th St. S.W., a native son of Calgary, died this morning in Colonel Belcher hospital. He was the son of the late Thomas E. Jackson who came west in 1882 and homesteaded near Calgary in what is now the Killarney district. Mr. Jackson farmed six miles west of Calgary in "Jackson's Valley" from 1922 to 1935 at which time he moved to Calgary. Employed by the Calgary Transit System as a bus driver until the time of his death, he had become one of its best known figures. During the First Great War he served four years overseas with the 31st Battalion. He was a member of the Native Sons' and of the Southern Alberta Oldtimers Association. He also was a member of the Army and Navy Veterans Association. Surviving are his wife, May; one daughters, Mrs. B.H. Johnson, one son, E. Lyle W.; his mother, Mary E. Jackson, all of Calgary; four sisters, Violet Gibson and Mrs. D. Bruce Smith, Vancouver; Mrs. George E. Wood and Mrs. F.J. Timmins, Calgary; five brothers, W. Earl, Thomas C., Albert G., all of Calgary; Frederick J., Vancouver; Ernest J., Detroit. Excerpt from The Calgary Herald, Saturday, August 9, 1952, page 15; includes photo of Mr. Jackson. ----- Enlisted as a Private, Number 2109847 in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, CEF at Calgary, Alberta on 27 Feb 1917. He served in France and was wounded; discharged from service on 8 Nov 1919 in Calgary, Alberta.
  Burial	Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  	Address: 27th. Ave. & Spiller Road SE Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta Canada 403 221-3660
  Person ID	I12813	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Edgar Jackson,   b. 4 Feb 1867, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Jul 1929, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Amelia May "Millie" Henry,   b. 4 Dec 1874, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 30 Oct 1901, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1894
  Family ID	F4242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	May
  Children	1. E. Lyle Jackson
  Family ID	F4243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Apr 1896 - Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Death - 9 Aug 1952 - Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Burial - Address: 27th. Ave. & Spiller Road SE Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta Canada 403 221-3660 - - Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 29 Jul 2018, PVT Edgar Lyle Jackson (Reliability: 3). PVT Edgar Lyle Jackson BIRTH?tab?26 Apr 1896 Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada DEATH?tab?9 Aug 1952 (aged 56) Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada BURIAL?tab? Union Cemetery Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada PLOT?tab?Section Y, Bock 4, Plot 125 MEMORIAL ID?tab?124522832