A Jacobs Family History

David SWAEBE
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Name David SWAEBE Birth Abt 1819 Brussels, Belgium
[1] - Fact Flags: Preferred
Gender Male Census 30 Mar 1851 Bishopsgate, London, England
[1] Age: 32y Address: 9 Bishopsgate Street - Relation to Head of House: Head
Foreman at Cigar Manufacturers
Born Belgium
Indexed as Sweebe
Name is clearly written as Daniel no David
Census 7 Apr 1861 Bishopsgate, London, England
[2] Age: 42y Address: 8 Devonshire Street - Relation to Head of House: Head
Cigar Manufacturer employing 20 men and 10 boys
Census 3 Apr 1881 West Hackney, London, England
[3] Age: 62y Address: 51 Colvestone Crescent - Relation to Head of House: Head
Tobacconist
With 2nd wife
Also has a nephew, David Jenkins Swaebe staying with them. Born about 1859. He married Annie Wartski in 1888
Also a stepson - James Helsby who is his 2nd wife's son by her first marriage.
Ancestor Count 2 Descendant Count 23 Death 14 May 1887 London, England
[4, 5] Age: 68y Address: 13 Church Street, Spitalfields - Indexed as Swa_be
Also has addresses of
51 Colvestone Crescent, Dalston
6 Aden Terrace, Green Lanes
Fact Flags: Preferred
Probate 4 Jun 1887 London, England
[5] Address: 13 Church Street, Spitalfields - Also has addresses of
51 Colvestone Crescent, Dalston
6 Aden Terrace, Green Lanes
Effects: ?1,561 8s
Tobacconist
Reference Number J 0692c _UID C18B98E88FAE45C5B3F69CB2834C1F989054 Person ID I5522 Jacobs Last Modified 8 Nov 2025
Father Aaron SWAEBE, b. 1783, Amsterdam, Holland
d. 1843, Brussels, Belgium
(Age 60 years) Mother Jeanne KONING Family ID F1861 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jessey MITCHELL, b. Abt 1815, London, England
d. 18 Jul 1869, London, England
(Age 54 years) Marriage 13 Nov 1844 London, England
[6, 7] Children 1. Daniel SWAEBE, b. Abt 1843, Brazil 
> 2. Henry SWAEBE, b. Abt 1846, London, England
d. 23 Sep 1896, London, England
(Age 50 years)+ 3. John SWAEBE, b. Between Oct 1847 and Dec 1847, Shoreditch, London, England
d. 14 Jun 1897, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
(Age 49 years)+ 4. Flora SWAEBE, b. Abt 1852, London, England 
Family ID F1828 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Nov 2025
Family 2 Rebecca COHEN, b. Abt 1841, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
d. 16 Feb 1917, Hampstead, London, England
(Age 76 years) Marriage Between Jul 1872 and Sep 1872 Manchester, Lancashire, England
[8] Children 1. Abraham Adolph SWAEBE, b. 13 Nov 1873, City of London, England 
2. Jeanette SWAEBE, b. Between Jul 1875 and Sep 1875, Islington, London, England 
> 3. Albert Victor Louis SWAEBE, b. Between Apr 1877 and Jun 1877, Islington, London, England 
> 4. Priscilla Minnie SWAEBE, b. 6 Jun 1878, Strand, Westminster, London, England 
5. Henrietta Nellie SWAEBE, b. 8 Nov 1879, Dalston, London, England
d. 10 Mar 1880, Dalston, London, England
(Age 0 years)Family ID F1857 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Nov 2025
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Notes - Born in Belgium but Naturalised British Subject
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Sources - [S2366] 1851 Census - HO 107/1524 F686 P39 - Swaebe, Ben Moya.
- [S2525] 1861 Census - RG 9/0212 F138 P28 - Swaebe.
- [S2526] 1881 Census - RG 11/0291 F056 P32 - Swaebe.
- [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 1887 St Giles 1b 373.
- [S3326] Will - Index - Swaebe, David.
- [S2365] Marriage Cert - Ben Moya, Jessy - Swaebe, David.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1844 OND London 2 188.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1872 JAS Manchester 8D 846.
- [S2366] 1851 Census - HO 107/1524 F686 P39 - Swaebe, Ben Moya.

