A Jacobs Family History

Isabella Swaebe

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Name Isabella Swaebe Birth Abt 1832 Whitechapel, London, England [1]
- Fact Flags: Preferred
Gender Female *AKA Isabella Zwaab [2] Census 30 Mar 1851 Islington, London, England [3]
Age: 20y Address: 41 - Relation to Head of House: Domestic Servant
Living with family Peachey
Name is given as Zwaab but I'm pretty certain that it is her.
Occupation 30 Mar 1851 Islington, London, England Domestic Servant Age: 20y Census 7 Apr 1861 Norton Folgate, London, England [4]
Age: 29y Address: 1 Green Dragon Yard - Relation to Head of House: Wife
Census 2 Apr 1871 Spitalfields, London, England [5]
Age: 36y Address: 1 Crown Court - Relation to Head of House: Wife
Census 3 Apr 1881 Spitalfields, London, England [6]
Age: 50y Address: 17 Princes Street - Relation to Head of House: Head
This is a strange census entry.
The address matches for the family in 1891 but the children are wrong.
Here they have 4 children , Samuel, Ella, Ada and Laura.
Unfortunately none of their other children are present.
Is it simply a coincidence that two different William Jenkins occupied the same house 10 years apart?
The wife's name is not given on this census
Census 5 Apr 1891 Spitalfields, London, England [7]
Age: 59y Address: 17 Princes Street - Relation to Head of House: Wife
Recorded and indexed as Isbella
Census 31 Mar 1901 Spitalfields, London, England [8]
Age: 70y Address: 17 Princes Street - Widow
Washerwoman
Ancestor Count 2 Descendant Count 27 Reference Number J 0001a _UID 84BABD8CD1F24C3CAF2287733487C67E9C1C Burial May 1919 East Ham, London, England [9]
Age: 89y Address: East Ham Jewish Cemetery - Age on tombstone goes with age from census etc, but age on BMD is 81
Death 4 May 1919 Hackney, London, England [10]
Age: 89y - Fact Flags: Preferred
Person ID I5845 Jacobs Last Modified 25 Apr 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 William Jenkins, b. Abt 1835, Spitalfields, London, England d. Bef 1901 (Age < 65 years)
Marriage Between Oct 1857 and Dec 1857 Whitechapel, London, England [11]
Children 1. David Jenkins Swaebe, b. Between Jan 1858 and Mar 1858, Norton Folgate, London, England d. 14 Jul 1917, Golders Green, Middlesex, England
(Age 59 years)
2. Henry William Jenkins, b. 6 Feb 1860, Norton Folgate, London, England d. 15 Feb 1925, Whitechapel, London, England
(Age 65 years)
3. John Jenkins, b. Between Apr 1863 and Jun 1863, Spitalfields, London, England 4. Mary Jenkins, b. Abt 1868, Spitalfields, London, England 5. Alfred Jenkins, b. Between Oct 1869 and Dec 1869, Spitalfields, London, England 6. Frederick Jenkins, b. Between Oct 1871 and Dec 1871, London, England 7. Clara Jenkins, b. Between Jul 1873 and Sep 1873, Spitalfields, London, England 8. Flora Jenkins, b. Between Jan 1878 and Mar 1878, London, England Family ID F1940 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Mar 2020
Family 2 Unknown Children 1. Janet Swaebe, b. Abt 1855, Holland Family ID F1941 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Mar 2020
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Notes - In 1901 census has 2 grandsons living with her, David and William. There is no indication as to who their parents are.
Most likely candidates are her sons John and William. - At the moment (16/10/2011) we have no definite proof that her father was Aaron Swaebe. However, in the 1881 census her son, David Jenkins Swaebe, was living with his uncle, David Swaebe who is the son of Aaron.
Therefore it is reasonably safe to assume that as David Swaebe is his uncle, then his mother must be David's sister, therefore daughter of Aaron.
- In 1901 census has 2 grandsons living with her, David and William. There is no indication as to who their parents are.
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Sources - [S2683] 1861 Census - RG 9/0264 F104 P24 - Jenkins, William, 12 Oct 2011.
- [S2696] 1851 Census - HO 107/1502 F213 P16 - Swaebe, Isabella, 22 Jul 2012.
Surname given as Zwaab - [S2696] 1851 Census - HO 107/1502 F213 P16 - Swaebe, Isabella, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S2683] 1861 Census - RG 9/0264 F104 P24 - Jenkins, William, 15 Oct 2011.
- [S2688] 1871 Census - RG 10/0506 F020 P35 - Jenkins, William, 15 Oct 2011.
- [S2695] 1881 Census - RG 11/0434 F110 P19 - Jenkins, William, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S2689] 1891 Census - RG 12-0273 F098 P29 - Jenkins, William, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S2691] 1901 Census - RG 13/0297 F099 P42 - Jenkins, Isabella, 16 Oct 2011.
- [S2375] Cemetery Scribes - Source: www.cemeteryscribes.com copyright G. Laws, A. Shire, 19 Oct 2011.
- [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 19 Oct 2011, 1919 AMJ Hackney 1b 442.
Unconfirmed but most likely. Although age is out. - [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 15 Oct 2011, 1857 OND Whitechapel 1c 816.
Isabella is indexed as Swabe
- [S2683] 1861 Census - RG 9/0264 F104 P24 - Jenkins, William, 12 Oct 2011.