Ancestry of
Jimmy Stewart

Movie Actor

Elizabeth Ruth Jackson

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• • Mother of Jimmy Stewart — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Samuel McCartney Jackson 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Easton Wilson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Mar 1875 
  • Birth Location:
  • Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
  • Jun 1875 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Presbyterian Church, Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania 
  • Death Date:
  • 2 Aug 1953 
  • Death Location:
  • Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
  • 5 Aug 1953 
  • Burial Location:
  • Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Alexander Maitland Stewart
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Dec 1906 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  James Maitland Stewart (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Jackson's birth date is given as 16 MAR 1874 on her tombstone and 16 APR 1875 on her death certificate. Church baptism record says she was born 28 MAR 1875. However, her father gives her birth date as 16 MAR 1875 on his 1900 U.S. passport application.

    Elizabeth Jackson's given name is also seen as Bessie.

• Sources for Elizabeth Ruth Jackson

  • ¹ California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for son James Maitland Stewart.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Indiana County, 1910, Indiana Ward 4, E.D. 83, Sheet 6B, Image 12 of 23.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Indiana County, 1930, Indiana, E.D. 32-34, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 33.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Armstrong County, 1880, Apollo, E.D. 10, p. 47, Image 18 of 29.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, PA, Armstrong County, 1900, Apollo, E.D. 1, Sheet 28A, Image 55 of 60.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/11/2019).
  • ⁷ Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1914, Birth certificate for son James M Stewart.
  • ⁸ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death cerficate for Elizabeth Ruth Stewart.
  • ⁹ Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Marriage record for Alexander M Stewart and Elizabeth R Jackson.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, No. 24283, 15 MAY 1900, Application for father S. M. Jackson.
  • ¹¹ U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, Baptism record for Elizabeth Ruth Jackson.
  • ¹² McClure, Rhonda R., Finding Your Famous {and Infamous} Ancestors, Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books (2003), 144.
  • ¹³ Smith, Robert Walter, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins and Co. (1883), Profile between pages 238 and 239.
  • ¹⁴ Wikipedia, "James Stewart", (accessed 07/03/2019).