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David Jacobs

David Jacobs

Male 1865 - 1886  (21 years)    Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name David Jacobs 
    Birth 21 Feb 1865  Clyde, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
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    Gender Male 
    Reference Number BR 1148a 
    Reference Number BR-J 
    Death 9 Sep 1886  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 22y 
    Cause: Phthisis 
    Address: Immigrant's House From Nellie Johnston:- Immigrants Home The age 
    • Labourer, Single
      Parents: Laurence Jacobs and Catherine Jacobs (O'Regan)
      Born Melbourne, lived in Victoria all his life


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    Burial 10 Sep 1886  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 22y 
    Address: New Cemetery 
    Person ID I4059  Simpson
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2024 

    Father Lawrence Jacobs,   b. Abt 1834, St James Westminster district, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1875, Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Catherine O'Regen,   b. Abt 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1875, Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jul 1865  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    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.
    Family ID F271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Feb 1865 - Clyde, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 22y,Cause: Phthisis,Address: Immigrant's House From Nellie Johnston:- Immigrants Home The age - 9 Sep 1886 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Age: 22y,Address: New Cemetery - 10 Sep 1886 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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 
    1. [S2156] Birth Cert - Jacobs-David [Z159], Bef 6 Nov 2019.

    2. [S2142] Birth Cert - Jacobs, Philip [Z161], Bef 6 Nov 2019.
      Philip's birth certificate lists siblings, both alive and dead.

    3. [S2462] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z 159], 8 Oct 2010.

    4. [S427] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence - Oregan, Catherine, 18 Oct 2014.

    5. [S2461] Death Cert - O'Regen, Catherine, 8 Oct 2010.

    6. [S3421] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Lawrence - O'Regan, Catherine, 10 Mar 2020.