Brief Life History of Jacob Elias
When Jacob Elias Jacobson was born on 1 September 1853, in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Rasmus Erastus Jacobson, was 30 and his mother, Iverine Engelbretsdatter, was 30. He married Harriet Ann Oscroft on 12 July 1875, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 6 July 1902, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- 1880 United States Census for Jacob Elias Jacobson & Cecelia Elmira McBride Jacobson
- 1853 Norway Birth & Baptism of Jacob Elias Rasmusen (Jacobson) son of Rasmus Erastus Jacobson & Iverine Iversdatter
- 1878 Utah Endowment House Marriage of Jacob Elias Jacobson & Cecilia Elmira McBride
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1856
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Jean Pierre “Peter” Stalle' BIRTH 25 Dec 1803 Angrogna, Città Metropolitana di Torino, Piemonte, Italy DEATH 17 Aug 1856 (aged 52) Wyoming, USA CENOTAPH Hyrum City Cemetery Hyrum, Cache County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 210905806
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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My Great Grandfather was a shoemaker
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