Hellen Jacobs

Female1836–23 August 1873

Brief Life History of Hellen

When Hellen Jacobs was born in 1836, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, Allen E. Jacobs, was 34 and her mother, Betsey Hobart, was 42. She died on 23 August 1873, at the age of 37.

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Family Time Line

Allen E. Jacobs
1802–1852
Betsey Hobart
1794–1858
Ann J Jacobs
1824–1851
John Hobart Jacobs
1825–1901
Jeanette Jacobs
1828–
Thomas Jacobs
1828–
Aloisa Jacobs
1830–
Lyman Beecher Jacobs
1831–1883
Hellen Jacobs
1836–1873

Sources (2)

  • Helen Jacobs in household of Allen E Jacobs, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hellen Jacobs - Published information: birth-name: Hellen

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World Events (7)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 0

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1836 · The Bridge War

Age 0

On Halloween, tension between Cleveland and Ohio City began to boil over. Both sides of the river armed themselves with muskets and a cannon over the Columbus Street Bridge. These tensions were brought about because the bridge's location was diverting commercial attention away from Ohio City completely and the way that their concerns were being treated. Cleveland's mayor tried to reason with the enraged citizens but was greeted with a volley of rocks. No deaths were recorded but three men were injured.

1851 · Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad

Age 15

The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.

Name Meaning

Dutch, Flemish, German, English, and Jewish: patronymic from the personal name Jacob , ‘Jacob's (son)’, with genitival (or, as an English name, post-medieval excrescent) -s. This surname is also found in France (Nord, Alsace, and Lorraine). As a Jewish surname it has absorbed various other Jewish patronymics from the same personal name, as for example Jacobowitz , and in North America also cognates from other languages, for example Slovenian Jakopič (patronymic from an old variant of the personal name Jakob ).

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

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