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David Jacobs[1]

Male 1862 - 1899  (36 years)    Has 13 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name David Jacobs  [2] 
    Birth 6 Oct 1862  Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Address: 8 Quadrant, North Street 
    • Debbie's Synagogue Transcript
      Fact Flags: Preferred
    Gender Male 
    *AKA David MORRIS  [7, 8, 9] 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Age: 7y 
    Address: 9 North Street Quadrant 
    • Relation to Head of House: Son
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Finsbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Address: 197 City Road 
    • Relation to Head of House: Brother
      Using name of David Morris, brother Henry Morris
      Coffeehouse Manager
      Roy Parker believes that this is David along with his brother Morris Henry
    Travel 1883  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    • Ship
    Occupation 1887  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Second Cook 
    Address: Queen's Hotel, 11 Portage 
    Occupation 1889  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 16] 
    Hotel had following staff listed in 1888 City Directory: 
    Address: Queen's Hotel, 11 Portage 

    • Proprietors: O'Connor & Thomas Brown.
      2 barmen, billiard marker, porter, bus driver, night watchman, 2 cooks, bellboy, newsstand operator.(chambermaids and permanent guests listed in 1889 directory)||Head Cook
    Occupation From 1890 to 1899  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 17, 18] 
    Coffee House Keeper 
    Address: 190 High Holborn 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  St Giles Cripplegate, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Age: 28y 
    Address: 174 High Holborn 
    • Relation to Head of House: Head
      Coffee House Keeper
    Main Occupation Coffee House Keeper  [14] 
    Occupation Chef / Coffee House Proprietor  [20] 
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  St Giles, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Coffee House Keeper 
    Age: 28y 
    Religion 19 Jul 1898  [11, 21] 
    Jewish 
    Probate 14 Jan 1899  Holborn, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Address: 190 High Holborn 
    Reference Number BR 0932a 
    Reference Number BR-J 
    Death 14 Jan 1899  Holborn, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 20, 23, 24] 
    Age: 36y 
    Address: 190 High Holborn 
    • 4 days
      Cardiac Failure
      Doctor's name unclear - may be J. Baumer or Banner MB
      Fact Flags: Preferred
    Person ID I3973  Simpson
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2024 

    Father Henry Jacobs,   b. Abt 1833, St James Westminster district, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1911, Frien Barnet, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Ellen Silverstone,   b. Abt 1835, Paddington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1913, Fulham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Notes 
    • From Gerry Newnham (email 16-Jul-2010)
      He also doesn't appear on the 1851 database as he was in Ohio/Kentucky at the time, where he married Ellen Silverstone.
      However no documentation of the marriage has been found - yet!
      In any case the Cincinnati records were destroyed in a fire
      around 1870 and although the records have been reconstructed Henry was back in England by then so probably wasn't aware that the authorities were asking people to re-register.
    Family ID F248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Brown,   b. 14 May 1865, Kentish Town, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1937, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 19 May 1887  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [26, 27, 28, 29] 
    • Married as David Morris
    Children 
     1. Philip Morris Jacobs,   b. 14 Dec 1888, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1961, Wimborne, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Maurice Albert Jacobs,   b. 1 Oct 1890, St Giles Cripplegate, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1978, Littlehampton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. David Albert Jacobs, M.C.,   b. 29 Jan 1892, St Giles Cripplegate, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1969, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     4. Ellen Dorothy Jacobs,   b. 17 Jun 1893, Holborn, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1969, Reigate, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F1440  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Address: 8 Quadrant, North Street - 6 Oct 1862 - Brighton, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 7y,Address: 9 North Street Quadrant - 2 Apr 1871 - Brighton, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Address: 197 City Road - 3 Apr 1881 - Finsbury, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTravel - 1883 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Second Cook,Address: Queen's Hotel, 11 Portage - 1887 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 May 1887 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Hotel had following staff listed in 1888 City Directory:,Address: Queen's Hotel, 11 Portage - 1889 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Coffee House Keeper,Address: 190 High Holborn - From 1890 to 1899 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 28y,Address: 174 High Holborn - 5 Apr 1891 - St Giles Cripplegate, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Coffee House Keeper,Age: 28y - 5 Apr 1891 - St Giles, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - Address: 190 High Holborn - 14 Jan 1899 - Holborn, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 36y,Address: 190 High Holborn - 14 Jan 1899 - Holborn, London, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • [Roy Parker]
      (Research):Name on Marriage certificate is David Morris, parents given as Henry and Ellen Morris - born London England

      Name on birth certificate of son Philip (Winnipeg 1888) is David Morris

      Only record in passenger list (1883) is David Morris, destination Winnipeg.

      Shown as David Morris in Winnipeg Directory for 1887,1888.
      Believed to have returned to UK in 1889 (per letter from Ph yllis Parker - when Philip was six months old i.e. about Ju ne 1889)

      Death certificate in January 1899 is for David Jacobs at 19 0 High Holborn
      Birth of Maurice Arthur Jacobs is in Civil Index for 1890
      Birth of David Albert Jacobs is in Civil Index for 1892
      Birth of Ellen Dorothy Jacobs is in Civil Index for 1893

      Widow and all children have surname Jacobs in 1901 Census.

      When and why was he Jacobs?

      Was he a friend of author W.W. Jacobs, whose books he gav e to Philip in December 1898? WWJ's first publication dat e is 1896, but he may have been a coffee-house customer.

      No trace of David Morris born in London in 1862-63
      (David Jacobs born 4Q1862 Marylebone 1A 475)

      1891Census
      RG12/211, Folio 40, Page 13
      174, High Holborn, St. Giles in the Fields, London
      David Jacobs, Head, Married, 28, Coffee House Keeper, Brigh ton, Sussex
      Emma, Wife, 24, Hampstead, London
      Philipe, Son, 2, Winnipeg, Canada
      Maurice, 6 months, St. Giles, London
      Mary Newman, Servant, Unmarried, 19, Waitress, Mile End, Lo ndon
      Annie Coombes, Servant, Unmarried, 24, Kitchenmaid, Islingt on, London
      Sarah Riley, Servant, Unmarried, 24, Nursemaid, Sheffield , Yorkshire
      Walter Cleaver, Servant, Unmarried, 17, Errand Boy, Woodfor d, Surrey

      First (wrong) Conclusion - born Morris (see 1881 Census RG1 1 Piece 0361 Folio 7 Page 7), Changed to Jacobs after retur n to UK, no known reason.

      Checked with WWJacobs' biographer (Anthony James) 9 Nov 200 4 - 011-44-127 387 1017.
      Nothing in his papers re David Morris. May have frequente d coffee house en route to/from Birkbeck College, but too f ar from workplace (St. Martins-le-Grand) to be visited fo r lunch!.

      1871 Census shows Henry and Ellen JACOBS in Brighton with s on David age 7 and Mears (?Morris) age 15. 1881 census ha s Henry Morris age 23 or 25 and David Morris age 18. Fits...

      This would put David's birth about 1863-1864, matches 189 1 census entry.

      Born Jacobs, used Morris from pre-1881 until return to UK , Jacobs again by 1891.

      Nothing in FRL Jun 1863 - Sep 1864

  • Sources 
    1. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM.
      Source for field: Custom IdSource for field: _UIDRecord updated from...

    2. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM.
      Source for field: GivenSource for field: Surname

    3. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM, Bef 6 Nov 2019.
      Source for field: SourceSource for field: SourceSource for field: SourceSource for field: SourceSource for field: Source

    4. [S2090] 1871 Census - RG 10/1088 F37 P02 - Jacobs, Henry Jr, Bef Jan 2020.

    5. [S3241] BMD - Death Index, Bef 6 Nov 2019, JFM 1899 St. Giles, Holborn 1b 430.

    6. [S2189] Great Synagogue Birth Records - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, Bef Jan 2020, File No: 04659 Ref No: 6050 Vol: 113.
      Dovid Meir ben Tsvi = David Morris son of Henry

    7. [S2413] Jacobs - Philip Morris - Birth Certificate, Recorded 05 Mar 2003 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S2426] Port of Halifax Arrivals, Recorded 05 Mar 2003 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM.

    10. [S2090] 1871 Census - RG 10/1088 F37 P02 - Jacobs, Henry Jr, Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    11. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM, Bef Jan 2020.

    12. [S2435] 1881 Census - RG 11/0361 F007 P07 - Jacob, David (as David Morris), 18 Sep 2010.

    13. [S2426] Port of Halifax Arrivals, Bef 6 Nov 2019, Reel C-4512 (Reliability: 3).
      Recorded 05 Mar 2003 - named as David Morris [Roy Parker]

    14. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM, Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    15. [S2428] Winnipeg - City Directory 1887, Bef 6 Nov 2019.
      [No copy - DS]

    16. [S2429] Winnipeg - City Directory 1889, Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    17. [S2422] Notes - Parker, Phyllis Marjorie, Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    18. [S2400] Directories, Bef Jan 2020, Kelly's Trades Directory of London 1891 Page 1670 - Coffee Rooms (Reliability: 3).

    19. [S2306] 1891 Census - RG 12/0211 F40 P13 - Jacobs, David, Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    20. [S2278] Notes - Sandra Bonn, Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    21. [S2431] Book Plate of book (Robinson Crusoe) presented to Philip Morris Jacobs, 18 Sep 2010.
      Bookplate dated 19 Jul 1898/5658, Westminster Jews' Free School
      Prize awarded to son, Philip Jacobs for Good Progress - Jacob Woolf, Headmaster.

    22. [S2323] Will - David Jacobs [Z 265], 25 Apr 2010.

    23. [S2347] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z 265], Bef Jan 2020.

    24. [S2323] Will - David Jacobs [Z 265], Bef Jan 2020.

    25. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM.
      Record updated from...

    26. [S2278] Notes - Sandra Bonn, Bef 1 Jan 2020.

    27. [S2398] Roy Parker's GEDCOM, Bef 1 Jan 2020.
      Source for field: Source

    28. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, Bef 1 Jan 2020, 1889 AMJ Page 43 No. 92 Municipality of Winnipeg.

    29. [S3422] Marriage Entry - Jacobs, David (as David Morris) - Brown, Emma, 10 Mar 2020.


 

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