John Svendsen Jacobs

Brief Life History of John Svendsen

When John Svendsen Jacobs was born on 7 December 1825, in Åsen, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Sven Jakobsen, was 54 and his mother, Anne Johanne Jonsdatter, was 32. He married Elizabeth Coleman on 27 October 1852, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1852. He died on 17 January 1919, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Svendsen Jacobs
1825–1919
Harriet Austin
1847–1916
Marriage: 23 March 1867
Joseph Rawlins Jacobs
1868–
Emma Ann Jacobs
1869–1881
Franklin Jacobs
1871–1920
Harriet Elizabeth Jacobs
1874–1898
Julia Jacobs
1877–1881
Leo Jacobs
1880–1968
Delroy Jacobs
1883–1884
Della Jacobs
1883–1964
Josephine Jacobs
1886–1886
Clare Naomi Jacobs
1887–1889
Ezra Thomas Jacobs
1889–1889

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  • John Jacobs, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Svendsen Jacobs - birth: 7 December 1825; Tysvaer, Rogaland, Norway
  • Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971

World Events (8)

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Birth year of Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian playwright and theatre director and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His most-known works were Peer Gynt and A Doll's House.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1850

Historical Boundaries 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

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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Summary of John Svendsen Jacobs

Born: December 7, 1825 in Byglandsfjord, Berjnisley, Norway Parents: Svend Jakobsen and Anna Johanna Johnson Military: He was an Indian War veteran. Married: Elizabeth Coleman on October 27, 1852 …

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