Aaron Carl Jacobson Jr

Brief Life History of Aaron Carl

When Aaron Carl Jacobson Jr was born on 12 March 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Aaron Carl Jacobson Sr, was 27 and his mother, Carolina Christina Carlson, was 35. He married Melva Estella Cherry on 29 October 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 24 November 1918, in Rockland, Power, Idaho, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Carl Jacobson Jr
1878–1918
Melva Estella Cherry
1882–1972
Marriage: 29 October 1902
Aaron Carl Jacobson III
1903–1994
James Harold Jacobson
1906–1999
Melva Romania Jacobson
1907–1992
Walter Cherry Jacobson
1909–1998
Wanda Cherry Jacobson
1913–2003
Marvin Cherry Jacobson
1916–2001
Laura Caroline Jacobson
1919–1998

Sources (68)

  • Carl L Jacobson in household of Cal P Jacobson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1908
  • Aaron C. Jacobson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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

English, Swedish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Jacob denoting ‘Jacob's son’. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, including Scandinavian (see 2 below) and, in some cases, Croatian Jakobović (which is from the personal name Jakob ).

Americanized form of Swedish Jacobsson or Jakobsson and Danish, Norwegian, North German, or Dutch Jacobsen or Jakobsen , all cognates of 1 above.

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

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