Henry JACOBS

1849 - 1920  (71 years)

• Name	Henry JACOBS
  Birth	20 May 1849	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Burgess Rolls	1879	Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand
  	Henry Jacobs, Hokitika, Householder - Qualification Abandoned - Listed as not entitled to vote
  Burgess Rolls	1898	Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand
  	Address: Beach Street
  	Henry Jacobs, Carter, Cottage, Beach Street
  Occupation	Fireman
  Reference Number	BR 0815a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Death	8 Oct 1920	Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand   [3]
  	Age: 71y
  Burial	9 Oct 1920	Westland, New Zealand
  	Age: 71y
  	Address: Hokitika Cemetery
  	Entry No. 16072 Plot 1009 Occupants of the plot:- 16072 Henry Jacobs 71 bd 09/19/1920 Church of England 16069 Lucy Amelia Harris 16070 E J King Don't know Lucy Amelia Harris & E J King
  Person ID	I3975	Jacobs
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel JACOBS   d. 8 Apr 1885, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand
  Mother	Fanny Matilda GOMM,   b. Abt 1830, Sherston Magna, Wiltshire, England d. 25 Mar 1869, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1849	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [4]
  Notes	From Sarah Hannah's birth certificate in 1859, we learn that there is 1 other living child and 5 dead. None of the children are named.
  Family ID	F249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Annie PHILLIPS,   b. Abt 1853, London, England d. 2 Feb 1887, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1872	Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  	St Paul's Methodist Church, Hokitika 1865-72 Jacobs, Henry Full Bachelor Upholsterer Married 31 May 1872 Weslyan Chapel Hokitika Phillips, Mary Anne Full Spinster 3rd daughter of D S Phillips Witnesses: Thomas Fitzsimmons? Printer Hokitika Johanna Hildreth, Hokitika Rev W G Thomas Transcript from visit to Hokitika Archives, 06/03/2017
  Children	1. Samuel Henry JACOBS   d. 1883 + 2. Lawrence Albert Enoch JACOBS,   b. 25 Apr 1884, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand d. 21 Nov 1918, Tapanui, West Otago, New Zealand (Age 34 years) + 3. Fanny Matilda JACOBS,   b. Between Oct 1885 and Dec 1885, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand
  Family ID	F1293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Charlotte YEMM,   b. Abt 1863, Newnham, Gloucestershire, England d. 10 Apr 1950, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1888	Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand   [7]
  Children	1. John JACOBS   2. Harold Arthur JACOBS + 3. Caroline JACOBS,   b. 1 Jan 1889, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand d. 19 May 1955, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 66 years)   4. Harold Henry JACOBS,   b. May 1891, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand d. 11 Dec 1891, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   5. Braham Simeon JACOBS,   b. 1892, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand d. 7 Jun 1897, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand (Age 5 years) + 6. Leah Miriam JACOBS,   b. 1896, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand + 7. Alice Maud JACOBS,   b. 18 Sep 1897, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand + 8. Albert Edward JACOBS,   b. 25 May 1901, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand d. 9 Apr 1936, New Zealand (Age 34 years) + 9. Thelma Lilian JACOBS,   b. 31 Aug 1905, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand + 10. Sydney George JACOBS,   b. 30 Jun 1907, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand d. 24 Jun 1971, New Zealand (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F1283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 May 1849 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Marriage - 31 May 1872 - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand Burgess Rolls - 1879 - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand Marriage - 10 Jan 1888 - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand Burgess Rolls - Address: Beach Street - 1898 - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand Death - Age: 71y - 8 Oct 1920 - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand Burial - Age: 71y,Address: Hokitika Cemetery - 9 Oct 1920 - Westland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Henry Jacobs Z051 - Fireman
  		Henry & Charlotte Jacobs & Family Record originated in Jacobs Tree
  		Henry and Charlotte Jacobs Record originated in Jacobs Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived in NZ approx 1862. They had approx 7 children From Nellie Johnston: This photo comes from Jo in NZ as Henry Jacobs was her GGGrandfather. He apparently was a part time fireman in NZ and this is a photo of him in his uniform Note that one of the newspaper notices of Samuel Jacobs' death confirms that he is the father of Henry Jacobs of Hokitika

  
  

• Sources

  [S2125] Birth Cert - Jacobs, Henry Z051, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2148] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Henry (Z051) & Courlishaw, Charlotte, Bef 6 Nov 2019. 2nd marriage certificate gives place of birth as London. Lists mother as Fanny Matild rather than just Matilda. [S2126] Death Cert - Jacobs, Henry Z051, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S428] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Samuel to Gomm, Fanny Matilda, 18 Oct 2014. [S2149] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Henry [Z051] & Phiilips, Mary Annie, Bef 6 Nov 2019. Newspaper cutting lists Henry as being only son of Samuel and Mary Annie as being 3rd daughter of DS Phillips. [S3185] Newspaper Cutting - Marriage of henry Jacobs & Mary Annie Phillips, 14 Apr 2017. [S2148] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Henry (Z051) & Courlishaw, Charlotte, Bef 6 Nov 2019.