Daniel Raul Jacobs Meza b. 19 Jan 1899 Retalhuleu, Guatemala d. Bef 2021: Our Family History

A Jacobs Family History

1899 - Bef 2021 (< 121 years) Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

Name	Daniel Raul Jacobs Meza
Birth	19 Jan 1899	Retalhuleu, Guatemala [1, 2]
	Address: Finca Patio de Bolas, San Felipe
	Note that the Birth Registration records just that - , not the birth date. It confirms that he is a British Subject Fact Flags: Preferred
Gender	Male
Ancestor Count	15
Reference Number	BR 0942a
Reference Number	BR-J
_UID	86C0531806F148898C8202245B3BCC677670
Death	Bef 2021
	Fact Flags: Preferred
Person ID	I5200	Jacobs
Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

Father	Benjamin Jacobs Simmonds, b. Abt 1870, St. Thomas, West Indies d. 5 Jan 1931, Guatemala (Age 61 years)
Mother	Maria de la Luz Meza, b. 26 May 1876, Tontonicapan, Guatemala d. 30 Oct 1952, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Age 76 years)
Marriage	8 May 1895	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala [1]
	Address: Finca San Antonio Palajunoc, El Palmar
	From Lucrecia Peinada "Luz Mesa lived at Finca San Antonio Palajunoc when Bejamin Jacobs came to work there as an auditor. There they met and they got married. Since Benjamin was Jewish and Luz was Catholic, they only married for civil reasons in the town "El Palmar"."
Family ID	F1636	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - Address: Finca Patio de Bolas, San Felipe - 19 Jan 1899 - Retalhuleu, Guatemala
	Marriage - Address: Finca Patio de Bolas - 1924 - Champerico, Guatemala

Notes

JACOBS OF GUATEMALA - NAMING CONVENTION.
The unusual (by British standards) naming convention confused me until it was explained.

In the UK when a Mr Jacobs marries a Miss Jackson the norm is that the family name will remain as Jacobs, or possibly Jackson-Jacobs, and this will remain so for their children.

So their son, Louis would be Louis Jackson-Jacobs.
When he married Isabel Jones the family name would normally remain Jackson-Jacobs, or more rarely, Jones-Jackson-Jacobs.

However it would appear that in Guatemala the convention is different.
Using the same example, the family name would become Jacobs Jackson.
Their son, Louis would be Louis Jacobs-Jackson.

However, when he married Isabel Jones, the Jackson (his mother's maiden name) would be dropped and the family name would become Jacobs-Jones.

And so on..

Sources
[S3200] Email from Lucrecia Peinado, 6 Feb 2018.

[S3204] Birth Registration - Jacobs Meza, Daniel Raul, 10 Feb 2018.
From Lucrecia Peinado


Family	Daniel Raul Jacobs Meza, b. 19 Jan 1899, Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Married	1924	Champerico, Guatemala
	Address: Finca Patio de Bolas