Jemima Lease

Female22 May 1826–18 August 1900

Brief Life History of Jemima

When Jemima Lease was born on 22 May 1826, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, William Lease Jr, was 51 and her mother, Mary Riner, was 33. She married Adam Lewis Jacobs in 1847, in Frederick, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Frederick, Maryland, United States in 1880. She died on 18 August 1900, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Adam Lewis Jacobs
1838–1890
Jemima Lease
1826–1900
Marriage: 1847
Mary M. Jacobs
1867–
David W Jacobs
1871–1890

Sources (2)

  • Jemima Jacobs, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Jemima L Jacobs in household of Adam L Jacobs, "United States Census, 1880"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1847Frederick, Maryland, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 4

    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.

    1830

    Age 4

    Historical Boundaries: 1830: Frederick, Maryland, United States

    1846

    Age 20

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and Irish: possibly a shortened and altered form of McLeish .

    English: variant of Lees 2.

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

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