Jane JACOBS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1663a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Whitechapel, London, England; : 14y; Address: Petticoat Square
• Various: 7 Mar 1844, Aldgate, London, England; : 17y; Address: 25 Petticoat Square
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, England; : 24y; Address: Old Court
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, England; Traveller; : 24y
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Bristol, Somerset, England; : 34y; Address: Gloucester Lane

Notes:

Note from Manfred Linder's data:-

Owing to her very long life, many of her great-grandchildren have vivid recollections of this great-grandmother. One story has it that whenever she saw a great-grandchild she would give him/her a nickel. Another was that she was a very tiny woman, possibly due to shrinkage associated with old age Lived to be nearly 95.

She and husband settled in Chicago from London in 1869-70, opening a furniture store on Blue Island Avenue which was later taken over by their oldest daughter and son-in-law. Later they operated a shoe store on Jackson Boulevard. At the time of her death she was living in the home of her youngest son, Joseph Simons.

Various:
Moses and family were served with a Removal Order to return them to the parish of Christchurch from the parish of St Botolph.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
In a lodging house listed as travellers

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
??? Maker
Indexed as Simmons

Jane married Lewis SIMONS on 2 Apr 1845 in London, England. Lewis (son of Tsevi SIMONS and Reyna UZIELI) was born on 17 Mar 1823 in London, England; died on 25 Feb 1893 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1028b
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, England; : 10m; Address: Old Court
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Bristol, Somerset, England; : 11y; Address: Gloucester Lane

Notes:

Notes from Manfred Lindner's data:-

Remembered by her descendants & family members as "Rayna Simons DeCosta", there have been at least a dozen namesakes. Yet there is no English birth record of a Rayna Simons, daughter of Lewis and Jane.
Ultimately I learned the reason.

In searching for the Lewis/Jane Simons family in the 1861 census for Bristol, England, the children were listed, in order of age, as Maria, Hannah, Henry, Moses & David. Maria's age was listed as11 years and her birthplace as Gloucester, England.

No family member alive in 1990- and to whom I spoke of this- was aware of the name Maria. All thought that the name of the oldest child was Rayna, born in 1850 in Bristol. Ultimately I obtained the birth certificate for Maria Simons; it confirmed in every detail the information in the 1861 census, and the birthdate (May 20, 1850) is that of gm Rayna. By 1870 the Simons Family was already listed in the Chicago, U. S. census, and in that record the oldest child was listed as Rayna Simons, age 20.

Sometime within that 9-year interval Maria became Rayna. We now know that her paternal grandmother's name was Reyna Uzieli, who married a Henry Simons in August of 1810. Henry is known to be the name of the father of Lewis Simons, Rayna's father (see family 66 and notes on individual 237).

[Note by David Simpson 9/Aug/2008:- Found the family in 1851 census and she is listed as Rayner in that census]

Why the name Maria? Apparently she was named after her maternal aunt, Maria Jacobs (who was married to one Joseph Alexander just a few months following the marriage of Jane and Lewis), but changed the name to Rayna some time between 1861 and 1870. Thus, she swapped the name of a maternal aunt for that of her paternal grandmother.

! Birth Certif. No. 145, Reg. Distr. Gloucester, St. Nicholas, Gloucester County, b. on 20 May, 1850, reg'd. on 25 June, 1850. Somerset House Index for births for 2nd qtr, 1850: "Simons, Maria, Gloster", Vol XI, Pg 368, found on LDS microfilm
roll no. 528262.

! 1861 census for Bristol, Eng. on LDS microfilm no. 542859, pg 80 (pg 25 of enum dist). Sup. Reg. Dist. Clifton, Enum Dist No. 3, Subdist of St. Phillip & Jacob. Lewis Simons, head. Oldest child listed as Maria, age 11, birthplace listed as
Gloucester.

! 1870 census for Chicago, IL, 9th ward, pg 2132, line 6. Home of Lewis Simons. Oldest child (dtr.) Rayna, age 20.

! Marriage Certif. State of Illinois, County of Cook, City of Chicago. Dec. 31, 1870. Jacob De Costa and Rayna Simons, by Justice of the Peace, Andrew Enzenbacher (copy of certif. on hand)

! 1880 census for Chicago, IL, Enum Dist No. 83, Pg 53, line 26. Jacob De Costa. Wife, Rayna De Costa, age listed as 27.

! Declaration for Widow's Pension, No. 508,910, filed 23 August, 1890, by Rayna De Costa, widow of Jacob De Costa, Union Army veteran.

! Death Certif. No. 4107, Dept of Health, City of Chicago. Died on Dec. 15, 1898, age given as 48 y, 6 mo.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Her place of birth is listed as Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Checking the BMD indexes I can find nothing that fits so I assume that this is an error, but it is strange one.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Listed as Maria
Indexed as Simmons

Family/Spouse: Jacob DA COSTA. Jacob (son of Aaron DA COSTA and Cathline [DA COSTA]) was born on 26 Feb 1846 in Whitechapel, London, England; died on 25 Jul 1886 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1267a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Bristol, Somerset, England; : 9y; Address: Gloucester Lane

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Indexed as Simmons

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1268a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Bristol, Somerset, England; : 5y; Address: Gloucester Lane

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Indexed as Simmons

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1269a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Bristol, Somerset, England; : 3y; Address: Gloucester Lane

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Indexed as Simmons

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1270a
• Reference Number: BR-J
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Bristol, Somerset, England; : 2m; Address: Gloucester Lane

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Indexed as Simmons

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 1027a
• Reference Number: BR-J

Notes:

Note from Manfred Lindner's notes:-

My mother, who died in 1926 when I was six years of age. Thus, I have very few personal recollections of her, although her image is vivid. An expert seamstress and dressmaker, according to statements made by her sister, Rachel, to me.
For years she made all the dresses and suits that her three children wore. Apparently she could look in a department -store window at a gown or suit, then purchase material and come home to make a very close reproduction of the object on display.

Hannah married Harry MARKS before 1910 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Harry was born on 18 Jul 1878 in Illinois, USA; died on 14 Apr 1911 in Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 Apr 1911 in Free Sons Cem., Forest Park, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Manfred LINDNER, Sr on 18 Dec 1912 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Manfred (son of Sigmund LINDNER and Augusta [LINDNER]) was born on 15 Sep 1879 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 13 Jan 1932 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 15 Jan 1932 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0873a
• Reference Number: BR-J

Family/Spouse: Bernice Helen ALTMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]