Brief Life History of Olin Floyd
When Olin Floyd Jacobs was born on 20 October 1900, in Ridgeway, Harrison, Missouri, United States, his father, Rutherford B Jacobs, was 23 and his mother, Minnie Scott, was 17. He married Kate Garrett Leatham on 20 October 1921, in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 3 July 1973, in Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States.
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- Olin F Jacobs, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Olin Floyd Jacobs - Individual or family possessions: birth: 20 October 1900; Ridgeway, Harrison, Missouri, United States
- Olin F Jacobs, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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