Elmer Henry Jacoby

Brief Life History of Elmer Henry

When Elmer Henry Jacoby was born on 6 April 1897, in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Charles Jacoby, was 38 and his mother, Annie Laura Gerhart, was 32. He married Mercy Lillian Mae Roth on 15 July 1922, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Coopersburg, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Coopersburg, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States for about 1 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 28 November 1963, in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Friedensville, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elmer Henry Jacoby
1897–1963
Elsie Schimmel
1906–1986
William David Jacoby
1938–1963
Ruth Jean Jacoby
1941–1941
Pearl A Jacoby
1943–1943

Sources (19)

  • Elmer H Jacoby, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elmer Henry Jacoby - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elmer Henry Jacoby
  • Elmer H. Jacoby, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

German, French, Walloon, Luxembourgish, and Jewish: Latinized (humanistic) patronymic from the personal name Jacob or Jakob , from Jacobi, the genitive of its Latin form Jacobus. Compare Jacobi .

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

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