David Ezra JACOBS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1174a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Electoral Register: 1903, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Can't read name on father's death cert

Electoral Register:
Messenger - can't be certain if it is David or David Ezra
Appears to be living with siblings
Lists: Alfred James, David, Robert Orr
Unfortunately no ages are given

David married in 1921 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0957a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, London, England; : 9y; Address: Wentworth Street
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Whitechapel, London, England; : 20y; Address: 102 Petticoat Lane
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Whitechapel, London, England; Master Butcher; : 20y
• Occupation: 27 Jun 1874; Messenger of Insolvent Court
• Court Case: 16 Nov 1898, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
• Probate: 1911, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

It looks as though Esther had left David by 1900.
She has two children in 1900 and 1903
Margueretta Hogan Jacobs - father would appear to be Hogan
William Patrick Jacobs - Indexed as both Jacobs and Hogan
Esther marries William Hogan in 1911 after David Jacobs dies.

However, a court case in 1898 implies that Amelia and James Jacobs were also not David's.
See attachments.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Master Butcher

Court Case:
David charges his wife with 'illegal detention' of certain items.
In the article it identifies that his wife has been unfaithful to him on numerous occasions with William Hogan. It further states that of her 6 children, only 5 are his.



Probate:
David is described as a Bailiff.
He had a property on McCrae Street which was an 'Old weatherboard house containing 5 rooms'
His estate was valued at ?96
He left everything to his son, John.

Died:
Occupation: Assignees Messenger
According to death entry he had been in the colonies 59 years. i.e. 1852

David married Esther Mary CANAVAN on 27 Jun 1874 in White Hills, Melbourne, Australia. Esther (daughter of Alfred James CANAVAN and Catherine ORR) was born on 4 Oct 1855 in Victoria, Australia; died on 26 Mar 1926 in Kew, Victoria, Australia; was buried in 1926 in Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0957b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Court Case: 16 Nov 1898, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

It looks as though Esther had left David by 1900.
She has two children in 1900 and 1903
Margueretta Hogan Jacobs - father would appear to be Hogan
William Patrick Jacobs - Indexed as both Jacobs and Hogan
Esther marries William Hogan in 1911 after David Jacobs dies.

However, a court case in 1898 implies that Amelia and James Jacobs were also not David's.
See attachments.

Court Case:
David charges his wife with 'illegal detention' of certain items.
In the article it identifies that his wife has been unfaithful to him on numerous occasions with William Hogan. It further states that of her 6 children, only 5 are his.



Died:
Entry gives father as Alf Canavan and mother as Catherine Orr

Notes:

Married:
Esther had written permission from her father to marry.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0999a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Tower Hamlets, London, England; : 35y; Address: Wentworth Street
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841; Butcher; : 35y
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Whitechapel, London, England; : 44y; Address: 102 Petticoat Lane
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Whitechapel, London, England; Master Butcher; : 44y
• Census: 7 Apr 1861
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Spitalfields, London, England; : 74y; Address: 9 Bell Lane
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Spitalfields, London, England; Butcher; : 74y
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Whitechapel, London, England; : 89y; Address: 8 Bell Lane
• Occupation: 5 Apr 1891, Whitechapel, London, England; Butcher; : 89y

Notes:

1861 census his wife, Nancy, says she is a widow, but the London Gazette confirms that Ezra is in prision for debt. So is this just face saving?

'Houser' is apparently a nickname. It was used by his son John when placing a death notice in the Jewish Chronicle.

Census:
Butcher

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Master Butcher
Indexed as Ergen Jacobs

Census:
In prison for debt - see Extracts from London Gazette
On her census his wife describes herself as a widow

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Butcher

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Butcher
Widower

Died:
Son, John, living at 67 Newington Green Road at the time.
Newspaper announcement placed by son gives age as 93, BMD index gives 92

Ezra married Fanny SIMMONS on 4 Jul 1832 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0999b
• Reference Number: BR-J

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Millwright
• Reference Number: J 0578b

Alfred married Catherine ORR in 1855 in Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: J 0578a

Notes:

Can't read her maiden name on Esher's marriage certificate but Esther went on to name a son Robert Orr Jacobs.

Notes:

Married:
She is listed as Moffat - Previously married to Richard Moffat in Scotland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jacob Jacobs
• Reference Number: BR 0011a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Tower Hamlets, London, England; : 65y; Address: Petticoat Lane
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, Tower Hamlets, London, England; Butcher; : 65y
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; : 82y; Address: 27 1/2 Duke Street
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, St Botolphs, London, England; Retired Butcher; : 82y

Notes:

Census:
Butcher - listed as John

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Father
Widower.
Retired butcher.
Living with son's family.

Jacob married Phillis JACOBS on 18 Nov 1795 in London, England. Phillis (daughter of Hirsh WASSERTRAGER) was born in 1776 in Middlesex, England; died on 29 Sep 1844 in Whitechapel, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Phillis Wassertrager
• Reference Number: BR 0011b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, London, England; : 65y; Address: Petticoat Lane

Notes:

Died:
Middlesex Street used to be Petticoat Lane
Husband's name given as Angel, but death wasn't registered by him.
Note from June Keating: "My cousin, John Keating, used to talk about Angelo (also referred to as Angel)Jacobs. He reckoned that he came to NZ with his brother, They were both amateur artists and a painting of his was in his mother's possession but no-one seems to know what happened to it."