George Calstone

George Calstone (1869-1942) was the son of Isaac and Diane, the younger brother of Annie, Bessie and Joshua, the husband of Olivia Jackson and the father of Josephine, Roland, George, Harriet, Jeffrey and Benjamin.

Having married Jackson in 1893, the pair had six children together named Josephine (b. 1899), Roland (b. 1901), George (b. 1903), Harriet (b. 1904), Jeffrey (b. 1906) and Benjamin (b. 1911).

History
He was born in Washington in 1869, the only surviving child of Isaac and Diane. His three older siblings Annie, Bessie and Joshua all died at the age of three. He became a lawyer in 1891.

Though he was supposed to have married Victoria White, as it was arranged by their parents, when he met Olivia Jackson in 1888, he fell in love with her. His and White's marriage was meant to happen in 1892. However the following year, he married Olivia Jackson. His parents never approved of him marrying into a pauper family and never attended the wedding. Their first child Josephine was born six years later in 1899. Two years later in 1901, their son Roland was born, a few weeks later they moved to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in England. Their third child George was born two years later. Their fourth child Harriet was born the following year. Their fifth child Jeffrey was born two years later and their sixth child Benjamin was born five years later in 1911. Their marriage lasted for forty-nine years, ending with his death.

He died in 1942 and was buried in a cemetery in Newcastle.