Category: People

 The Life of Samuel Jacobs (1818 – 1885)  Prepared by Tom Keating  & Dave Simpson – June 2010 Early life We have no direct knowledge of Samuel’s early life.  We can only assume it was typical of the life lead by many poor families in London at the time and according to history there was little pleasure to be had....

Some doubts have been raised recently, November 2015, about this so this is an attempt to review the evidence. Henry Jacobs We have him in 5 censuses (1861-1901) 1861  Glass Merchant in Brighton                         Born: St James, Middlesex   Age 28 so DOB C 1833        ...

This article is based on research done by Shlomo Zatanka and Dave Simpson [Aug/Sept 2015] This information is what was known/believed at the time of writing   The main focus of this article is to try and establish what happened to Harry Braham Jacobs. Harry Braham Jacobs was the son of David Jacobs and Matilda Rebecca Jacobs. He appears in...

Whilst we are well familiar with the name Jacobs, we are less knowledgeable about Litzen.   This short article attempts to aggregate our knowledge of the name. One of our main sources for the name is research done by Hyamson. In this document the name Litzin is used several times, sometimes in English and sometimes in Hebrew. Other records where...

Looking at a possible wife for Philip Jacobs (1771 – 1845). I was contacted in December 2014 by Anne Piccoli asking me whether I thought that his wife was Wilmott Gilbert as reported on two Ancestry trees. Anne was sceptical about it, especially as the surname was ‘Jacob’ rather than ‘Jacobs’ My conclusion is that she is right and this...

Hannah Harris (c1810-1849) & Jacob Silverstone (1790-1878) by Gerry Newham (May 2012) [My 2x great-grandmother, ] Hannah Harris, was born about 1810. She married Jacob Silverstone (born Warsaw, Poland in 1790), probably in London, some time before 1833 when she gave birth to the first of three girls: Frances, to be followed in 1835 (app) by Ellen and in 1837...