Author: dave

Back in 2008 Nellie Johnston allerted us to a man calling himself ‘The Wizard Jacobs’ Wizard Jacobs We managed to find a lot of information that was added to that original mpost. Unfortunately we were not able to find any genealogical connection to ‘our’ Jacobs Tree. In February 2026 I was contacted by Delmer Mason who was able to throw...

In May 2024 Phil Kirby alerted me to a discussion on the glassmessages website which mentioned Jacobs glassware – thank you Phil. I would also like to thank the various posters on that site. The topic was Pressed Tumblers & Goblets and page 3 is linked here https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,69201.20.html It’s nice to see this website referenced quite a few times. The...

Many thanks to Jim Palmer for this latest photograph of a Jacobs plate. Jim found it on a beach at Mersea Island, Essex which is a good distance from Brighton. The original find in Brighton is understandable as David Jacobs had a shop in Brighton, but this one is a lot further away.  Whatever the reason, it is nice to...

I was recently contacted via the family tree database by Olivia Jameson. Liv and her family are descendants of Samuel Jacobs who went to NZ via Tasmania and Australia. Three Jacobs brothers were in NZ in the mid 1860s – details of Samuel can be found on this site :- The Life of Samuel Jacobs June very kindly sent me some...