Robert Jackson France
1947 - 2012 (64 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Robert Jackson France was born on 17 Mar 1947 in Michigan (son of Charles Jackson "Jack" France and Audrey Isabelle Olson); died on 5 Feb 2012 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan.
2. 
Charles Jackson "Jack" France was born on 21 Feb 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (son of Walter Hamilton France and Edith Jackson); died on 5 Oct 1992 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. Other Events:
- Military: World War II. US Navy medical officer in the Pacific.
- Occupation: physician
- Census: 1950, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Notes:
C. Jackson France, 75, a Detroit native who served the metro area as a surgeon for more than 40 years, died of heart disease Monday at his Grosse Pointe Park home.
Dr. France graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1942 and served as a Navy medical officer for two years in the Pacific during World War II.
He trained at Detroit Receiving Hospital and spent most of his career as a general surgeon at St. John Hospital in Detroit, from which he retired in 1988. He served as chief of staff at St. John from 1967-68 and after his retirement trained doctors as a volunteer.
Dr. France taught medicine as a clinical professor at Wayne State University from 1953-88, and also served on the school’s admissions committee for several years during the 1970s.
He was a member of the Detroit Medical Club, Detroit Surgical Society, member and past president of the Wayne County Medical Society and a regular contributor to the Michigan State Medical Society’s newspaper.
Dr. France is survived by his wife, Audrey; daughters Margaret Rao and Karen Unruh; sons Robert and John; and nine grandchildren.
Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today at Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, Grosse Pointe Park. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gross Pointe Memorial Church, 16 Lake Shore, Grosse Pointe Farms.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Friday, 9 October 1992.
Charles married Audrey Isabelle Olson. Audrey was born on 3 Dec 1919 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota ; died on 18 Feb 2007 in Macomb County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Audrey Isabelle Olson was born on 3 Dec 1919 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota ; died on 18 Feb 2007 in Macomb County, Michigan. Notes:
Audrey married a second time to unknown Johnson.
France
Audrey I. February 18, 2007, age 87. Beloved wife of the late C. Jackson France, M.D. Loving mother of Robert J., John M., Margaret L. (Ender) Roa, Karen E. (Brian) Unruh and the late Charles A. Grandmother of Brett, Joel, Leah, Isabel, John, Andrew, Maggie, Michael, David and Jennifer. Services Wednesday 1 p.m. with visitation 10 a.m. until time of service at Chas. Verheyden Funeral Home, Ind. 16300 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe. Memorial to C. Jackson France, M.D. Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fune, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Office of Development and Alumni Affairs, 101 E. Alexandrine, Detroit, 48201 or the Alzheimers Association.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Tuesday, 20 February 2007, page 12.
Name:
daughter of Earl W. Olson and Laura L. MarshallChildren:
- 1. Robert Jackson France was born on 17 Mar 1947 in Michigan; died on 5 Feb 2012 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan.
- John Marshall France was born in 1948 in Idaho; died on 30 Sep 2015.
- Charles A. France was born on 21 Oct 1952; died on 14 Dec 1978 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
Generation: 3
4. Walter Hamilton France was born on 2 Mar 1891 in Michigan; died on 30 May 1979 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Census: 1930, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
- Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Notes:
France
Walter H. Beloved husband of Edith; dear father of Robert Ashley, and Charles Jackson M.D.; grandfather of five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Memorial services Saturday 11 a.m. A.H. Peters Funeral Home, 20705 Mack Ave at Vernier, Grosse Pointe Woods. Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert Ashley France and Charles Ashley France Scholarship Fund – Wayne State Fund.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Saturday, 2 June 1979
Name:
son of Charles H. France and Marian DunsmoreWalter married Edith Jackson on 18 Jun 1915 in Bark River, Delta County, Michigan. Edith (daughter of Ashley Jackson and Margaret Schafer) was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Ohio; died on 14 Jan 1982 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Edith Jackson was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Ohio (daughter of Ashley Jackson and Margaret Schafer); died on 14 Jan 1982 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. Children:
- 2. Charles Jackson "Jack" France was born on 21 Feb 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Oct 1992 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.
- Robert France was born on 14 May 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1945; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan.
Generation: 4
10. Ashley Jackson was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Ohio; died on 2 Mar 1914 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Grelton Cemetery, Grelton, Henry County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Occupation: foreman at saw mill
- Census: 1900, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
- Census: 1910, Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan
Notes:
Funeral in Gladstone
Funeral services over the body of Ashley Jackson, a pioneer employee of the Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber company, who passed away at St. Paul hospital on Monday, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the family home at Gladstone. Last night accompanied by members of the family, the body was taken to St. Paul, where it will be cremated according to the wishes of Mr. Jackson, of the life of Mr. Jackson the Gladstone Reporter says:
Ashley Jackson was born in Grelton, Ohio, fifty nine years ago, while he attended school in his early youth he never received what might be called a good education, yet in spite of this the deceased was one of the most highly educated and best read men in our city. From his boyhood days to the day that sickness forced him to his bed he was a constant reader and in this way he educated himself in the ways of the world and mankind. He spent about six years in the state of Kansas where he was engaged in the erection of windmills during the time that they were in big demand. He returned to his native town and state in the year of 1883 and was married to Miss Mary Watson, of this union one son, Glenn W. Jackson was born and survives his father. In the year of 1885 death claimed Mrs. Jackson, and in the year of 1890 Mr. Jackson took Miss Margaret Schaeffer of Continental, Ohio, as his second wife, of this union one child, Miss Edith Jackson was born and survives her father.
During the late eighties and early nineties, Mr. Jackson was foreman of various Cooperage plants for the Buckeye company in Ohio. In the year of 1894 he came first to Gladstone and at that time he came to look land, which was purchased by the Buckeye company. He again returned to Ohio and shortly after came back to Gladstone of the company as woods superintendent, one of the most important positions that a man could hold with this large concern.
As those who knew and with whom he toiled have lost a valuable servant.
The deceased has always been an active and energetic man, both mentally and physically, giving liberally of his time and labor to those who needed him.
In religion he early developed the habit of weighing things in the balance of reason, discarding that which to him did not harmonize with the Creator’s plans as he saw God’s laws in the big book of nature. He believed in doing good for the sake of humanity and not in the fear of the anger and vengeance of a higher power. Hell to him, is what men make for themselves here on earth, and not a place of divine origin for future punishment.
To the future existence, he felt that each will be rewarded according to the good deeds done in life. That we come into this life not of our own accord, and that we go not out of our own free will, but subject to the Supreme Power over all, and to that Power he was willing to trust his fate when his time should come to meet the mystery of death.
His convictions whether right or wrong were honest and sincere resulting from much careful study and analysis on his part, and with which he calmly met the fate of all flesh.
The deceased is survived by the wife, one son, Glen W. Jackson, one daughter, Miss Edith Jackson, two brothers, Willis Jackson of Grelton, Ohio, and L.A. Jackson of Cornelius, Ore., two sisters, Mrs. G. J. Cowan of Schenectady, N.Y., and Mrs. D. Battenfield of Delaware, Ohio.
Escanaba Morning Press, Escanaba, Michigan. Friday, 6 March 1914, page 6.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113264891/ashley-jackson
Section: 1, Lot: 2 Plot: 3
https://greltoncemetery.com/full_record.php?wreck=4&&name=jacksonAshley married Margaret Schafer on 8 Nov 1891 in Putnam County, Ohio. Margaret (daughter of William Schafer and Mary Morris) was born on 19 Sep 1867 in North Creek, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 25 Jan 1950 in Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan; was buried in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Wells, Delta County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Margaret Schafer was born on 19 Sep 1867 in North Creek, Putnam County, Ohio (daughter of William Schafer and Mary Morris); died on 25 Jan 1950 in Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan; was buried in Gardens of Rest Cemetery, Wells, Delta County, Michigan. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148166271/margaret-schaefer-jackson
Plot Section E
Children:
- 5. Edith Jackson was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Ohio; died on 14 Jan 1982 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.