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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...

In April 2021 I was contacted by Shane Duffy regarding his grandparents, John Duffy and Rosina Amanda nee  Jacobs. In the email, Shane mentioned Diane Marie Jacobs (Dinah Lee). I took this to mean that Diane had married someone called Lee and was using Dinah instead of Diane. However, it turns out that Dinah Lee was Diane’s stage name and...

In August 2020 I was contacted by a chap called Greg. He had been on Margate beach (in Kent, UK) and had come across a shard of pottery. On the base the manufacturer’s signature was clearly visible. The signature reads  D. JACOBS, GLASS WAREHOUSE, 33 HAYMARKET Greg contacted me after an Internet search found the JacobsTree page, and asked if...

Rachael Jacobs was the daughter of Lewis Jacobs and Milcah Levy At the time of writing (February 2020) there are a large number (43) of trees on Ancestry that have Rachael marrying Jonas Lipman in 1849. None of these trees appears to have a detailed citation for the marriage. At best they give the date, 4th July 1849, and the...

The first Jacobs connection with Latin America that I am aware of is Daniel Jacobs. He is born, and spends most of his life in England. However, in 1860 he is living on St. Thomas in what is today the US Virgin Isles, but at the time it was Danish, working as a Clerk. The family he is living with...

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...