Benjamin JACOBS SIMMONDS

Abt 1870 - 1931  (61 years)

• Name	Benjamin JACOBS SIMMONDS
  Birth	Abt 1870	St. Thomas, West Indies   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Kensington, London, England   [1]
  	Age: 1y
  	Address: 49 Oxford Gardens
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Occupation	Between 1896 and 1898	Guatemala
  	Accountant
  	Address: Champerico, Retalhuleu
  	From Lucrecia Peinado "orge Jacobs Meza's story: "For reasons unknown to me, Benjam?n and Luz moved to Champerico when Enrique Benjam?n was very young." Benjam?n worked in Champerico as an accountant of Customs Agencies."
  Reference Number	BR 1034a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Residence	1907	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
  	From Lucrecia Piniedo "Story Jorje Jacobs Meza: "At the end of 1907 the family moved to Quetzaltenango, Benajmin worked in that place for Mr. Hugo Flashman, and in this city Jorge Sidney was born on 5/5/1908 ...""
  Residence	1909	Guatemala
  	Address: Suchitepequez, Guatemala
  	From Lucrecia Pienedo "Story Jorje Jacobs Meza: "and again the family moves, this time to a farm called El Horizonte, jurisdiction of San Jos? El Idol, a very hot place, Suchitep?quez, there the family remained for a short time"
  Residence	1910	Guatemala
  	Address: Finca El Desenga
  	From Lucrecia Peinado:- Jorge Jacobs Meza story: "The Desenga?o", again the family returns to this farm (second stay) in May Comet Haley approached the land, causing great novelty and astonishment in the town. "
  Death	5 Jan 1931	Guatemala   [2, 3]
  	Age: 72y
  	Address: Guatemala City
  	From Lucreia Peinado:- Story Jorge Jacobs Meza: "On two different occasions I had the joy of serving my parents having them with me in the capital ... in 1930 he had them for two years ... my father died while I was with him ... at 72, the day January 5, 1931
  Person ID	I4995	Jacobs
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Daniel JACOBS,   b. Between Oct 1839 and Dec 1839, Newington, London, England
  Mother	Esther Carolina SIMMONDS   d. 2 Mar 1881, Kensington, London, England
  Marriage	9 Apr 1862	St Thomas, Virgin Islands   [4]
  Family ID	F1630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [3]
  	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"."
  Children	1. Enrique Benjamin JACOBS MEZA,   b. 11 Jul 1896, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala d. Bef 1898, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Age < 1 years) 2. Daniel Raul JACOBS MEZA,   b. 19 Jan 1899, Retalhuleu, Guatemala d. Bef 2021 (Age < 121 years)   3. Carmen JACOBS MEZA,   b. 16 Jul 1901, Retalhuleu, Guatemala d. 1902, Suchitepequez, Guatemala (Age 0 years) + 4. Elisa Florencia JACOBS MEZA,   b. 29 Dec 1902, Retalhuleu, Guatemala d. 31 Mar 1979, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Age 76 years) + 5. Victor Manuel JACOBS MEZA,   b. 3 Mar 1904, Guatemala d. 3 Mar 1972, Guatemala (Age 68 years) + 6. Percy JACOBS MEZA,   b. 20 Jun 1906, Guatemala d. 1956, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Age 49 years) + 7. Jorge Sidney JACOBS MEZA,   b. 5 May 1908, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala d. 7 Dec 1998, Cortes, Honduras (Age 90 years)   8. Alfredo JACOBS MEZA,   b. 6 May 1909, Nahuala, Guatemala d. Abt 1914, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Age 4 years)   9. Mario Eduard JACOBS MEZA,   b. 2 Jun 1911, Guatemala d. Bef 2021 (Age < 109 years)   10. Lawrence JACOBS MEZA,   b. 29 May 1913, Guatemala d. Bef 2021 (Age < 107 years)   11. Esther Juana JACOBS MEZA,   b. Nov 1914, Guatemala City, Guatemala d. 23 Jan 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Age 1 year)   12. Alma JACOBS MEZA,   b. 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala d. Bef 2021 (Age < 104 years) 13. Benjamin JACOBS MEZA,   b. 1916, Guatemala City, Guatemala d. Bef 2021 (Age < 104 years)
  Family ID	F1636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1870 - St. Thomas, West Indies Census - Age: 1y,Address: 49 Oxford Gardens - 3 Apr 1881 - Kensington, London, England Marriage - Address: Finca San Antonio Palajunoc, El Palmar - 8 May 1895 - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Occupation - Accountant,Address: Champerico, Retalhuleu - Between 1896 and 1898 - Guatemala Residence - 1907 - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Residence - Address: Suchitepequez, Guatemala - 1909 - Guatemala Residence - Address: Finca El Desenga - 1910 - Guatemala Death - Age: 72y,Address: Guatemala City - 5 Jan 1931 - Guatemala  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Benjamin Jacobs Simmonds Record originated in Jacobs Tree

  
  

• 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

  [S2966] 1881 Census - RG 11-0040 F129 P17 - Jacobs, Daniel, 21 Nov 2015. [S3202] Death Cert - Jacobs Simmonds, Benjamin, 10 Feb 2018. [S3200] Email from Lucrecia Peinado, 6 Feb 2018. [S2986] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Daniel - Simmonds, Esther, 23 Nov 2015.