Esther Mary Canavan

1855 - 1926  (70 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.

Alfred James Canavan

Family	Catherine Orr
Married	1855	Victoria, Australia
Children	1. Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia

Catherine Orr

Family 1	Richard Moffat
Married	1849	Selkirk, Scotland
Family 2	Alfred James Canavan
Married	1855	Victoria, Australia
Children	1. Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia

David Jacobs

Abt 1832 - 1911  (79 years)

Birth	Abt 1832	London, England
Died	28 Jun 1911	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 78y
	Cause: Bronchitis
	Address: McCrae Street
Buried	29 Jun 1911	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Address: White Hills Cemetary
Father	Ezra (Houser) Jacobs,   b. Abt 1806, St George East, London, England
Mother	Fanny Simmons
Married	4 Jul 1832	London, England
Family	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Children	1. Humphrey James Jacobs,   b. 1875, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia   2. John Jacobs,   b. 1877, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   3. David Jacobs,   b. 1878, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   4. Robert Orr Jacobs,   b. 1879, Victoria, Australia   5. Catherine Jacobs,   b. 1882, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   6. David Ezra Jacobs,   b. 1889, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   7. Amelia Jacobs,   b. 1895, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   8. James Jacobs,   b. 1897, White Hill, Victoria, Australia

Humphrey James Jacobs

1875 -

Birth	1875	Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst

John Jacobs

1877 -

Birth	1877	White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst

David Jacobs

1878 -

Birth	1878	White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst

Robert Orr Jacobs

1879 - 1924  (45 years)

Birth	1879	Victoria, Australia
Died	6 Mar 1924	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Buried	Mar 1924	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Bendigo Public Cemetery
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Family	Margaret Ellen Fanning
Married	1904	Victoria, Australia
Children	1. Margaret Ellen Jacobs

Catherine Jacobs

1882 -

Birth	1882	White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst

David Ezra Jacobs

1889 -

Birth	1889	White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Family	Veronica Moore
Married	1921	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Children	1. Living

Amelia Jacobs

1895 - 1950  (55 years)

Birth	1895	White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Died	4 Aug 1950	Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Family	John Stuart James Canavan
Married	1912	Victoria, Australia
Children	1. Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 1914, Cunningham, Victoria, Australia   2. William James Canavan,   b. 1915, Richmond, Victoria, Australia   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living

James Jacobs

1897 -

Birth	1897	White Hill, Victoria, Australia
Father	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Mother	Esther Mary Canavan,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst

• Name	Esther Mary Canavan  [1]
  Birth	4 Oct 1855	Victoria, Australia   [2, 3]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Female
  Ancestor Count	2
  Court Case	16 Nov 1898	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia   [4]
  	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.
  Descendant Count	33
  Reference Number	BR 0957b
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	5DB3A2C873A044C081E772E23DE6BC2C58B6
  Burial	1926	Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia   [3]
  	Address: Warringal Cemetery
  Death	26 Mar 1926	Kew, Victoria, Australia   [3]
  	Entry gives father as Alf Canavan and mother as Catherine Orr Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I4095	Jacobs
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Alfred James Canavan
  Mother	Catherine Orr
  Marriage	1855	Victoria, Australia   [5]
  	She is listed as Moffat - Previously married to Richard Moffat in Scotland
  Family ID	F1756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1832, London, England d. 28 Jun 1911, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia   [2]
  	Address: Sandhurst
  	Esther had written permission from her father to marry.
  Children	1. Humphrey James Jacobs,   b. 1875, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia   2. John Jacobs,   b. 1877, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   3. David Jacobs,   b. 1878, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   4. Robert Orr Jacobs,   b. 1879, Victoria, Australia d. 6 Mar 1924, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 45 years)   5. Catherine Jacobs,   b. 1882, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   6. David Ezra Jacobs,   b. 1889, White Hill, Victoria, Australia   7. Amelia Jacobs,   b. 1895, White Hill, Victoria, Australia d. 4 Aug 1950, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years)   8. James Jacobs,   b. 1897, White Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family 2
  Marriage	1911	Victoria, Australia   [6]
  Family ID	F2661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Oct 1855 - Victoria, Australia Marriage - Address: Sandhurst - 27 Jun 1874 - White Hills, Melbourne, Australia Marriage - 1911 - Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2151] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109]. [S2152] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109], Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S4967] Tombstone - Hogans, Various, 9 Oct 2022. [S4968] Court Case - Jacobs, david - Jacobs, Esther, Hogan, William, 11 Oct 2022. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 9 Oct 2022, Victoria, Australia BMDs 3179/1855. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 8 Oct 2022, Victoria, Australia 7835/1911. Esther listed as Ether Mary Jacobs