This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McGowan Jackson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7980 Message Board Post: Need help researching the family of 1940s bandleader Arthur Jackson originally from North Shields area of Durham Co., England. Father Robert Jackson, grandparents Arthur Jackson and Mary McGowan from Wigtownshire Scotland.