Born in Yorkshire, England, he came to New Zealand in 1851. He took up the Birchwood Run on the Jacob's River and also Manapouri Lake Station. He represented New River in Southland Provincial Council in 1861-1864. In 1866 he moved to Wanganui where he entered into business in 1874 as an auctioneer and stock and station agent (F A Krull being a partner later). He was a member of the Borough Council and Mayor of Wanganui 1892-1896. He was secretary of the Wanganui Jockey Club and Wanganui Gas Company. Married Anna Eleanor Augusta Lawlor in 1859. (see Dictionary of New Zealand Biography / Scholefield (Vol 1))
Jackson, Freeman Rayney, 1838-1900
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Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :[Abandoned hut on Mr Freeman Jackson's station] Ma...
Date: 1886
From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891
By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925
Reference: E-326-f-112-2
Description: Shows a hut with trees in the background and a cooking pot on the ground to the rear of the hut Freeman Jackson ran a station at Lake Manapouri until 1866 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - K H; Recto - Top of page: Manapouri March 1886 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 198 x 252 mm
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Correspondence
Date: 1887
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-07/4
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Outward correspondence to Menzies
Date: 1864-1866
From: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1821-1898 : Letters
Reference: MS-Papers-0693-6
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 letters). Finding Aids: For full description of the contents of this folder see inventory.
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Correspondence
Date: 1883-1884
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-01/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Wanganui, featuring Victoria Bridge, and buildings including Freeman R Jackson's wool a...
Date: [188-?]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025541-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
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View of the gardens behind the grandstand at the Wanganui Racecourse, including the Fre...
Date: [1910s?]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001064-G
Description: View of the Freeman R Jackson Memorial fountain with a lake on the left and pavilions on the right. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Racecourse. Wanganui [No.] 506 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
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The Freeman R Jackson Memorial at the Wanganui Racecourse
Date: [1910s?]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001012-G
Description: View of the Freeman R. Jackson Memorial at the Wanganui Racecourse. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Source of descriptive information - Historical notes provided by Library client, 2008 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wanganui. Racecourse. [No.] 168 The memorial was made by Walter Macfarlane of Glasgow, Scotland. By 2008 it was painted white and the gardens surrounding it had been replaced with a car park. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
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Photograph of Freeman Jackson, Wanganui district
Date: 1869
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-003811-G
Description: Carte de visite portrait of Freeman Jackson taken in 1869 in the studio of William James Harding of Wanganui Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - centre left - Jackson; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - F Jackson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
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Daughter of F R Jackson
Date: [between 1856-1889]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-008331-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches