Alma Jacobs Meza

1916 - Bef 2021  (< 104 years)   Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

Benjamin Jacobs Simmonds

Abt 1870 - 1931  (61 years)

Birth	Abt 1870	St. Thomas, West Indies
Died	5 Jan 1931	Guatemala
	Age: 72y
	Address: Guatemala City
Father	Daniel Jacobs,   b. Between Oct 1839 and Dec 1839, Newington, London, England
Mother	Esther Carolina Simmonds
Married	9 Apr 1862	St Thomas, Virgin Islands
Family	Maria de la Luz Meza,   b. 26 May 1876, Tontonicapan, Guatemala
Married	8 May 1895	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Address: Finca San Antonio Palajunoc, El Palmar
Children	1. Enrique Benjamin Jacobs Meza,   b. 11 Jul 1896, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala   2. Daniel Raul Jacobs Meza,   b. 19 Jan 1899, Retalhuleu, Guatemala   3. Carmen Jacobs Meza,   b. 16 Jul 1901, Retalhuleu, Guatemala   4. Elisa Florencia Jacobs Meza,   b. 29 Dec 1902, Retalhuleu, Guatemala   5. Victor Manuel Jacobs Meza,   b. 3 Mar 1904, Guatemala   6. Percy Jacobs Meza,   b. 20 Jun 1906, Guatemala   7. Jorge Sidney Jacobs Meza,   b. 5 May 1908, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala   8. Alfredo Jacobs Meza,   b. 6 May 1909, Nahuala, Guatemala   9. Mario Eduard Jacobs Meza,   b. 2 Jun 1911, Guatemala   10. Lawrence Jacobs Meza,   b. 29 May 1913, Guatemala   11. Esther Juana Jacobs Meza,   b. Nov 1914, Guatemala City, Guatemala   12. Alma Jacobs Meza,   b. 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala   13. Benjamin Jacobs Meza,   b. 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Maria de la Luz Meza

1876 - 1952  (76 years)

Birth	26 May 1876	Tontonicapan, Guatemala
Died	30 Oct 1952	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Age: 76y
Family	Benjamin Jacobs Simmonds,   b. Abt 1870, St. Thomas, West Indies
Married	8 May 1895	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
	Address: Finca San Antonio Palajunoc, El Palmar
Children	1. Enrique Benjamin Jacobs Meza,   b. 11 Jul 1896, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala   2. Daniel Raul Jacobs Meza,   b. 19 Jan 1899, Retalhuleu, Guatemala   3. Carmen Jacobs Meza,   b. 16 Jul 1901, Retalhuleu, Guatemala   4. Elisa Florencia Jacobs Meza,   b. 29 Dec 1902, Retalhuleu, Guatemala   5. Victor Manuel Jacobs Meza,   b. 3 Mar 1904, Guatemala   6. Percy Jacobs Meza,   b. 20 Jun 1906, Guatemala   7. Jorge Sidney Jacobs Meza,   b. 5 May 1908, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala   8. Alfredo Jacobs Meza,   b. 6 May 1909, Nahuala, Guatemala   9. Mario Eduard Jacobs Meza,   b. 2 Jun 1911, Guatemala   10. Lawrence Jacobs Meza,   b. 29 May 1913, Guatemala   11. Esther Juana Jacobs Meza,   b. Nov 1914, Guatemala City, Guatemala   12. Alma Jacobs Meza,   b. 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala   13. Benjamin Jacobs Meza,   b. 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala

• Name	Alma Jacobs Meza
  Birth	1916	Guatemala City, Guatemala   [1]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Female
  Ancestor Count	15
  Reference Number	BR 1377a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	D433465154454DC0BEBFA718116409A2A086
  Death	Bef 2021
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I5242	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 - 1916 - Guatemala City, Guatemala  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Alma Jacobs Meza Photo courtesy of Lucrecia Peinado

  
  

• 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.