James Jacobs

1897 -    Has 12 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

David Jacobs

Abt 1832 - 1911  (79 years)

Birth	Abt 1832	London, England
Died	28 Jun 1911	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 78y
	Cause: Bronchitis
	Address: McCrae Street
Buried	29 Jun 1911	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Address: White Hills Cemetary
Father	Ezra (Houser) Jacobs,   b. Abt 1806, St George East, London, England
Mother	Fanny Simmons
Married	4 Jul 1832	London, England
Family	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Children	1. Humphrey James Jacobs,   b. 1875, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia   2. John Jacobs,   b. 1877, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   3. David Jacobs,   b. 1878, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   4. Robert Orr Jacobs,   b. 1879, Victoria, Australia   5. Catherine Jacobs,   b. 1882, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   6. David Ezra Jacobs,   b. 1889, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   7. Amelia Jacobs,   b. 1895, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   8. James Jacobs,   b. 1897, White Hill, Victoria, Australia

Esther Mary Canavan

1855 - 1926  (70 years)

Birth	4 Oct 1855	Victoria, Australia
Died	26 Mar 1926	Kew, Victoria, Australia
Buried	1926	Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Warringal Cemetery
Father	Alfred James Canavan
Mother	Catherine Orr
Married	1855	Victoria, Australia
Family 1	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Children	1. Humphrey James Jacobs,   b. 1875, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia   2. John Jacobs,   b. 1877, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   3. David Jacobs,   b. 1878, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   4. Robert Orr Jacobs,   b. 1879, Victoria, Australia   5. Catherine Jacobs,   b. 1882, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   6. David Ezra Jacobs,   b. 1889, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   7. Amelia Jacobs,   b. 1895, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   8. James Jacobs,   b. 1897, White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Married	1911	Victoria, Australia

• Name	James Jacobs  [1]
  Birth	1897	White Hill, Victoria, Australia   [2, 3]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Ancestor Count	12
  Reference Number	BR 1171a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	E115CA70710F480CACB7E4C538680A540E46
  Person ID	I4097	Jacobs
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England d. 28 Jun 1911, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Mar 1926, Kew, Victoria, Australia (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia   [4]
  	Address: Sandhurst
  	Esther had written permission from her father to marry.
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1897 - White Hill, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Reading his parents' court case of 1898, it throws doubt as to his father being David Jacobs as he claims that the two youngest children at that time (Amelia & James) were William Hogan's James is listed on David's Death Certificate as being his child, but we don't know who gave the information. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2151] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109]. [S2151] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109], Bef Jan 2020. Ages on father's death certificate is difficult to read. [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 6 May 2021, Victoria, Australia 1897 15407. Father: David Mother's maiden name: Callavan, Esther May [S2152] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109], Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S4968] Court Case - Jacobs, david - Jacobs, Esther, Hogan, William, 11 Oct 2022.