Lawrence Jacobs

Abt 1834 - 1875  (41 years)

• 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 Unfortunately there is no comprehensive published or unpublished list of streets, or other place elements, missing from the census.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.
  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.
  Reference Number	BR 0022a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  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	Simpson
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2024

  
  

  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.