James Howard Jacobs

Male11 June 1901–9 April 1929

Brief Life History of James Howard

When James Howard Jacobs was born on 11 June 1901, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, his father, James William Jacobs, was 26 and his mother, Mary Jane Cross, was 25. He died on 9 April 1929, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

James William Jacobs
1874–1937
Mary Jane Cross
1876–1977
Lagrange Henry Jacobs
1895–1966
James Howard Jacobs
1901–1929

Sources (9)

  • Howard Jacobs in household of Mary Morgan, "United States Census, 1910"
  • James Howard Jacobs, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • James Howard Jacobs, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

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Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

Age 1

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 2

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Age 8

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

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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