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...

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...

Solomon Jacobs (1861 – 1924)   We first heard about Solomon from Debbie Bozkurt who added him to our ‘Most Wanted’ list back in 2008. “Last seen age 19 4/34 Duke Street, Aldgate London, living with his father Henry and sister Sarah Swaebe (nee Jacobs), working as a Butcher. Do you have a Solomon Jacobs in your family, he may...

Removal Order – Moses Jacobs [Z067] and family     Whilst I have heard of these documents I had never seen one until Helen Redmond sent me this one.   We are possibly lucky in that not only is the hand writing legible, but the information that it contains is very informative.   We learn that Moses and Hannah (nee...

Henry Jacobs, Ellen Silverstone and Elizabeth Twine I asked Peter to fill me in on Henry and his wives/lovers and he kindly sent me this information. Henry Jacobs born about 1832, son of Moses Jacobs of 101 Berwick Street, emigrated to the USA about 1850 and married Ellen Silverstone who was born in Paddington about 1835, who had a Polish...

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