Blanche Jacob

FemaleNovember 1871–after 1930

Brief Life History of Blanche

When Blanche Jacob was born in November 1871, in Durham, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Milton O. Jacob, was 28 and her mother, Clara A. Aleshire, was 22. She married Clayton McElvain in 1893, in Illinois, United States. She lived in Peoria City Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died after 1930.

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Clayton McElvain
1871–1924
Blanche Jacob
1871–1930
Marriage: 1893

Sources (6)

  • Blanche Jacob in household of Milton Jacob, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Blanche Jacob in entry for Clayton Mcilvaine, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Blanche Mcilvaine in household of Bert H Jacob, "United States Census, 1930"

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  • Marriage
    1893Illinois, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 1

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1877 · The First Workers Strike

    Age 6

    The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 19

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    Jewish, English, Welsh, German, Portuguese, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian: derivative, via Latin Jacob(us), from the Hebrew personal name Ya‘aqob (Yaakov). In the Bible, this is the name of the crafty younger twin brother of Esau (Genesis 25:26), who took advantage of the latter's hunger and impetuousness to persuade him to part with his birthright ‘for a mess of potage’. The name is traditionally interpreted as coming from Hebrew akev ‘heel’: Jacob is said to have been born holding on to Esau's heel. In English usage the name Jacob is regarded as distinct from the name James , but they are of identical origin. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Yaqub , Yakub , Yacoub , or Yacob , Slovenian Jakob and Jakop, Czech and Slovak Jakub , and also their patronymics and other derivatives (see examples at Jacobs and Jacobson ). The name Jacob is also found among Christians in southern India (compare Chacko ), but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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