Lawrence Jacobs

Abt 1834 - 1875  (41 years)   Has 9 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

Moses Jacobs

Abt 1794 - 1856  (62 years)

Birth	Abt 1794	Whitechapel, London, England
Died	26 Nov 1856	Lambeth, London, England
	Age: 64y
	Cause: Fractured ribs by falling accidentally against a chair
	Address: 24 Tenison Street
Father	Henry Jacobs,   b. Between 1767 and 1776, London, England
Mother	Kitty Moses,   b. Between 1760 and 1780
Married	19 Jun 1793	London, England
	Address: Great Synagogue, St James Dukes Place
Family	Sarah Levy,   b. Abt 1793, St Martin in the Fields, London, England
Married	31 Jul 1815	London, England
Children	1. Samuel Jacobs   2. Jane Jacobs,   b. Bef 1817   3. David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1819, St Martin in the Fields, London, England   4. Hannah Jacobs,   b. Between 1823 and 1826, St James West, London, England   5. Henry Jacobs,   b. Abt 1833, St James Westminster district, London, England   6. Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England   7. Sampson Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, London, England

Sarah Levy

Abt 1793 - 1856  (63 years)

Birth	Abt 1793	St Martin in the Fields, London, England
Died	25 Mar 1856	St Pancras, London, England
	Age: 64y
	Cause: Bronchitis
	Address: 52 Seymour Street, Euston Square
Father	Simon Levy
Mother	Hannah [Levy],   b. Abt 1761, London, England
Family	Moses Jacobs,   b. Abt 1794, Whitechapel, London, England
Married	31 Jul 1815	London, England
Children	1. Samuel Jacobs   2. Jane Jacobs,   b. Bef 1817   3. David Jacobs,   b. Abt 1819, St Martin in the Fields, London, England   4. Hannah Jacobs,   b. Between 1823 and 1826, St James West, London, England   5. Henry Jacobs,   b. Abt 1833, St James Westminster district, London, England   6. Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England   7. Sampson Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, London, England

Catherine Jones

Abt 1841 -

Birth	Abt 1841	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Family	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Married	1859	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Children	1. Lawrence Samuel Jacobs,   b. 10 Aug 1860, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lawrence Samuel Jacobs

1860 - 1935  (74 years)

Birth	10 Aug 1860	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Address: 91 East Oxford Street, East Collingwood
Christened	6 Sep 1861	Eastern Hill, Victoria, Australia
Died	27 Jun 1935	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 80y
	Cause: Hyperpiesiea
	Address: Northcote
Buried	28 Jun 1935	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 80y
	Address: The New Melbourne General Cemetery, Fawkner
Father	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Mother	Catherine Jones,   b. Abt 1841, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married	1859	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Family	Alice Read
Married	Abt 1892	Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Catherine O'Regen

Abt 1842 - 1875  (33 years)

Birth	Abt 1842	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died	20 Jan 1875	Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 33y
	Cause: Acute gastritis
	Address: 202 Eastern Road
Buried	21 Jan 1875	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 33y
	Address: Melbourne General Cemetery
Father	Michael O'Regen
Mother	Mary Egan
Family	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Married	31 Jul 1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Emerald Hill
Children	1. Sarah Ann Jacobs,   b. 31 May 1862, Hotham, Victoria, Australia   2. Simeon Jacobs,   b. 1864, Dunstan, New Zealand   3. David Jacobs,   b. 21 Feb 1865, Clyde, Otago, New Zealand   4. Philip Jacobs,   b. 25 Apr 1868, Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia

Sarah Ann Jacobs

1862 - 1862  (0 years)

Birth	31 May 1862	Hotham, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Victoria Street
Died	18 Oct 1862	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
	Age: 5m
Buried	20 Oct 1862	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
	Age: 5m
Father	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Mother	Catherine O'Regen,   b. Abt 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married	31 Jul 1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Emerald Hill

Simeon Jacobs

1864 - 1864  (0 years)

Birth	1864	Dunstan, New Zealand
Died	1864	Dunstan, New Zealand
	Age: 2m
Father	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Mother	Catherine O'Regen,   b. Abt 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married	31 Jul 1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Emerald Hill

David Jacobs

1865 - 1886  (21 years)

Birth	21 Feb 1865	Clyde, Otago, New Zealand
Died	9 Sep 1886	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 22y
	Cause: Phthisis
	Address: Immigrant's House From Nellie Johnston:- Immigrants Home The age
Buried	10 Sep 1886	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 22y
	Address: New Cemetery
Father	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Mother	Catherine O'Regen,   b. Abt 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married	31 Jul 1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Emerald Hill

Philip Jacobs

1868 - 1898  (30 years)

Birth	25 Apr 1868	Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia
	Address: 104 Park Street, East. Emerald Hill
Died	19 Aug 1898	Malverne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 38y
	Cause: Acute Pneumonia
	Address: Darling Road
Buried	22 Aug 1898	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 38y
	Address: Melbourne Cemetery
Father	Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England
Mother	Catherine O'Regen,   b. Abt 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Married	31 Jul 1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Emerald Hill

• Name	Lawrence Jacobs
  Birth	Abt 1834	St James Westminster district, London, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	The entry in Myer Solomon's Circumcision Register fits well. Given that it was custom to circumcise a male child about 8 days after birth, this would give us a birth date of 6th October 1834 Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jun 1841	London, England
  	Berwick Street is missing from the 1841 census. "Thank you for contacting The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Unfortunately there is no comprehensive published or unpublished list of streets, or other place elements, missing from the census. However, we hold some detailed street indexes for London districts, which conform that all of the returns for the Berwick Street sub-district of St James Westminster are missing from the 1841 census." - May 2016
  Census	30 Mar 1851	London, England   [3]
  	Age: 17y
  	Address: 101 Berwick St., St James West
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Unmarried. Errand Boy
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851	London, England   [4]
  	Errand Boy
  	Age: 17y
  	Address: 101 Berwick Street., St James West
  Emigration	16 Aug 1853	Port Philip Bay, Australia   [5]
  	Unconfirmed. Original info from Bronwyn Lee-Coward The entry only refers to Jacobs, age 18, which matches.
  Ancestor Count	11
  Miscellaneous	28 Apr 1856	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [6]
  	Hackney Carriage Licence granted to him. See: Melbourne Argus of that date.
  Court Case	24 Jul 1866	Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand   [7]
  	This is a contentious entry as not everyone agress that these three are the sons of Moses & Sarah. I have taken to decision to make the entry with this qualification in the hope that it can later be proved/disproved: Sampson Jacobs, Samuel Jacobs and Lawence Jacobs are charged with Larceny from a Dwelling. Note that in the newspaper entry from the 14th., Sampson is named as Sampson Marks. Samuel and Laurence (sic) were discharged and the case was dropped against Sampson. However the articles clearly link them as brothers.
  Court Case	8 May 1871	Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Australia   [8]
  	Fined 5s for leaving his horse uncontrolled.
  Descendant Count	5
  Reference Number	BR 0022a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	62B0F58289C04DF8AE2FC0E35F5E0A17753F
  Death	16 Jul 1875	Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia   [9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  	Age: 41y
  	Cause: Pneumonia
  	Address: 202 Eastern Road
  	Labourer Father - Moses Jacobs, Merchant Born London, England Married to Catherine O'Regan at age 25 Children: Laurence aged 15, David aged 12, Sarah - dead, Philip aged 8 5 Years in New Zealand and 15 years in Victoria Fact Flags: Preferred
  Burial	18 Jul 1875	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [9]
  	Age: 41y
  	Address: Melbourne General Cemetary
  Person ID	I774	Jacobs
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses Jacobs,   b. Abt 1794, Whitechapel, London, England d. 26 Nov 1856, Lambeth, London, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Sarah Levy,   b. Abt 1793, St Martin in the Fields, London, England d. 25 Mar 1856, St Pancras, London, England (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1815	London, England   [14, 15]
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Jones,   b. Abt 1841, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  Marriage	1859	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [16]
  	On Samuel Lawrence's birth cert she gives maiden name as Jones and birth place as Hobart Town, Tasmania.
  Children	1. Lawrence Samuel Jacobs,   b. 10 Aug 1860, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 27 Jun 1935, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine O'Regen,   b. Abt 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia d. 20 Jan 1875, Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [17, 18, 19]
  	Address: Emerald Hill
  	Occupation: Dealer Catherine couldn't sign her name.
  Notes	Children:- We appear to have a slight discrepancy:- We have birth certificates for Sarah Ann and Philip On these certificates it says how many children alive and dead In 1862 when Sarah Ann is born we are told that Lawrence Samuel is alive 2 other children have died In 1868 when Philip is born we are told that Lawrence is still alive, now aged 7 Sarah Ann has died Simeon is dead David is alive aged 3 If we assume that Simeon died before Sarah Ann was born that still leaves 1 dead child to account for at the time of Sarah Ann's birth.
  Children	1. Sarah Ann Jacobs,   b. 31 May 1862, Hotham, Victoria, Australia d. 18 Oct 1862, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   2. Simeon Jacobs,   b. 1864, Dunstan, New Zealand d. 1864, Dunstan, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   3. David Jacobs,   b. 21 Feb 1865, Clyde, Otago, New Zealand d. 9 Sep 1886, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 21 years)   4. Philip Jacobs,   b. 25 Apr 1868, Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia d. 19 Aug 1898, Malverne, Victoria, Australia (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1834 - St James Westminster district, London, England Census - 6 Jun 1841 - London, England Census - Age: 17y,Address: 101 Berwick St., St James West - 30 Mar 1851 - London, England Occupation - Errand Boy,Age: 17y,Address: 101 Berwick Street., St James West - 30 Mar 1851 - London, England Emigration - 16 Aug 1853 - Port Philip Bay, Australia Miscellaneous - 28 Apr 1856 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 1859 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Marriage - Address: Emerald Hill - 31 Jul 1865 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Court Case - 24 Jul 1866 - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand Court Case - 8 May 1871 - Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Australia Death - Age: 41y,Cause: Pneumonia,Address: 202 Eastern Road - 16 Jul 1875 - Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia Burial - Age: 41y,Address: Melbourne General Cemetary - 18 Jul 1875 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lawrence & Catherine's marriage certificate is very informative as it gives there place of birth -London for Lawrence, Tasmania for Catherine and the names of both parents. The important one for us is Lawrence's parents. They are Moses Jacobs and Sarah, nee Levy This one document provides the link between Lawrence and Moses. [20] Lawrence & Catherine's (O'Regen) marriage certificate is very informative as it gives there place of birth -London for Lawrence, Tasmania for Catherine and the names of both parents. The important one for us is Lawrence's parents. They are Moses Jacobs and Sarah, nee Levy This one document provides the link between Lawrence and Moses. [20] Family of Lawrence Jacobs & Catherine O'Regen There are some discrepancies around the data we have for this family. We have a marriage certificate for Lawrence and Catherine O'Regen dated 1865 Yet we have at least 2 children (Lawrence Samuel & Sarah Ann) born before this date. First assumption is that there was a prior marriage - despite Lawrence and Catherine being Bachelor & Spinster on the marriage certificate. However, Sarah Ann's birth certificate in 1862 gives her mother as Kate Jacobs, formerly Regen (Catherine/Kate and the O' dropped from O'Regen) . This certificate also lists Lawrence and refers to 2 deceased children, names unknown. Sarah Ann's birth certificate also gives a marriage date of 1859 for her parents. Philip's birth certificate in 1868 tells us that his parents, Lawrence & Catherine nee Regan, married in 1860. It also lists brothers Lawrence, aged 7 and David, aged 3. Sarah Ann is listed as dead and we learn of another brother, also deceased, called Simeon. So now we have some extra confusion: In 1862 when Sarah was born we knew of two previously deceased children, one of whom could be Simeon (although if we take the order of listing as order of birth, then Simeon came after Sarah Ann), but then who was the second, and why are they not listed on Philip's birth certificate?

  
  

• Sources

  [S427] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence - Oregan, Catherine, Bef Jan 2020. [S3190] Circumcision Extracts, 12 Aug 2017. [S366] 1851 Census - HO 107/1483 F176 P15 - Jacobs, Moses, Bef Jan 2020. [S366] 1851 Census - HO 107/1483 F176 P15 - Jacobs, Moses, 1 Jan 1980. [S3106] Jacobs, Laurence - Immigration 1853 - unconfirmed, 14 Feb 2016. [S2589] Hackney Carriage Licence - Jacobs, Lawrence, 23 Apr 2011. [S3004] Court Case - Jacob, Moses, Lawrence, Samuel, 26 Nov 2015. [S3018] Court Case - Jacobs, Lawrence, 3 Dec 2015. [S2460] Death Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence, 8 Oct 2010. [S480] Death Notice - Jacobs, Lawrence, Bef Jan 2020. [S3017] Probate Notice - Jacobs, Lawrence, 3 Dec 2015. [S3020] Sale of house - Jacobs, Lawrence, 3 Dec 2015. [S3420] Death Entry - Jacobs, Lawrence (1834), 10 Mar 2020. [S617] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Moses [Z009] & Sarah Levi, 18 Oct 2014. Date is written in Hebrew but others have translated it as 31/July/1815. This fits with the next entry which is 23rd August. [S2374] Synagogue Scribes - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, 28 Nov 2015, GSM 164/39. [S2459] Birth Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence Samuel, 8 Oct 2010. [S427] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence - Oregan, Catherine, 18 Oct 2014. [S2461] Death Cert - O'Regen, Catherine, 8 Oct 2010. [S3421] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence - O'Regan, Catherine, 10 Mar 2020. [S427] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence - Oregan, Catherine.