When Swen Johnsen Jacobs was born on 17 December 1823, in Tysvær, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Sven Jakobsen, was 52 and his mother, Anne Johanne Jonsdatter, was 30. He married Sarah Sophia Wilhelmina Hopkins on 12 November 1853, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Newton, Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years. In 1863, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as policeman in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 3 January 1891, in Salem, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
Birth year of renown musical composer and pianist. Born in Bergen, Norway. Musical composer and pianist whose music is known worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to develop a national identity,
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.
Possible Related NamesDON LUTZ ANDERSON PERSONAL HISTORY This is me-Don Lutz Anderson writing this history, as far as my memory serves. I was born on June 9, 1911 in Rexburg, Idaho. My recollections of Rexburg are few …
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