Individual Details
Amelia Lee Jackson
(22 May 1818 - 6 Feb 1888)
Events
| Birth | 22 May 1818 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 15 Jun 1840 | King's Chapel, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Prof. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 15 Jun 1860 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Prof. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. | | | |
| Census (family) | 22 Jun 1870 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Prof. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. | | | |
| Death | 6 Feb 1888 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | |
Families
| Spouse | Prof. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 - 1894) |
| Child | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935) |
| Child | Amelia Jackson Holmes (1843 - 1889) |
| Child | Edward Jackson Holmes (1846 - 1884) |
| Father | Charles Jackson (1775 - 1855) |
| Mother | Frances "Fanny" Cabot (1780 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Lucy Cabot Jackson (1815 - 1891) |
Notes
Marriage
On June 15, 1840, Holmes married Amelia Lee Jackson at King's Chapel in Boston. She was the daughter of the Hon. Charles Jackson, formerly Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the niece of James Jackson, the physician with whom Holmes had studied. Judge Jackson gave the couple a house at 8 Montgomery Place, which would be their home for eighteen years. They had three children: Civil War officer and American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935), Amelia Jackson Holmes (1843–1889), and Edward Jackson Holmes (1846–1884).Census (family)
Oliver W Holmes M 50 Massachusetts - PhysicianAmelia HolmesF42Massachusetts
Oliver W HolmesM19Massachusetts - Harvard College
Amelia J HolmesF16Massachusetts
Edward J HolmesM13Massachusetts
Mary RooneyF32Massachusetts - Servant
Margeret DowdenF35Maine - Servant
Cynthia EldridgeF32Maine - Servant
Census (family)
Oliver W Holmes M 60 Massachusetts - Prof. Anatomy & Phys.Amelia L Holmes F 52 Massachusetts - Keeping house
Oliver W Holmes M 29 Massachusetts - Lawyer
Amelia J Holmes F 26 Massachusetts
Mary E Quinn F 32 Ireland - Domestic servant
Mary A Keeny F 35 Massachusetts - Domestic servant
Annie Lee F 26 Ireland - Domestic servant
Burial
Plot: Lime Avenue, Lot 2147Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR4-MB7 : accessed 31 May 2016), Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee Jackson, 15 Jun 1840; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,094..
2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCC-NYD : 14 December 2017), Amelia Holmes in entry for Oliver W Holmes, 1860..
3. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3L-QYT : 12 April 2016), Amelia L Holmes in household of Oliver W Holmes, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 73, family 473, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,142..
4. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW9P-YPX : 10 March 2018), Amelia L. Holmes, 06 Feb 1888; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 393 p 53, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,239..
5. Find A Grave Memorial# 30633632.