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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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.
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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 ).
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Possible Related NamesBorn: 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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