James JACOBS

1897 -    Has 9 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

David JACOBS

Abt 1832 - 1911  (79 years)

Birth	Abt 1832	London, England
Died	28 Jun 1911	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Age: 78y
	Cause: Bronchitis
	Address: McCrae Street
Buried	29 Jun 1911	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
	Address: White Hills Cemetary
Father	Ezra (Houser) JACOBS,   b. Abt 1806, St George East, London, England
Mother	Fanny SIMMONS
Married	4 Jul 1832	London, England
Family	Esther Mary CANAVAN,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Children	1. Humphrey James JACOBS,   b. 1875, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia   2. John JACOBS,   b. 1877, White Hills, Victoria, Australia   3. David JACOBS,   b. 1878, White Hills, Victoria, Australia + 4. Robert Orr JACOBS,   b. 1879, Victoria, Australia   5. Catherine JACOBS,   b. 1882, White Hills, Victoria, Australia + 6. David Ezra JACOBS,   b. 1889, White Hills, Victoria, Australia + 7. Amelia JACOBS,   b. 1895, White Hills, Victoria, Australia   8. James JACOBS,   b. 1897, White Hills, Victoria, Australia

Esther Mary CANAVAN

1855 - 1926  (70 years)

Birth	4 Oct 1855	Victoria, Australia
Died	26 Mar 1926	Kew, Victoria, Australia
Buried	1926	Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia
	Address: Warringal Cemetery
Married	1855	Victoria, Australia
Family 1	David JACOBS,   b. Abt 1832, London, England
Married	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia
	Address: Sandhurst
Children	1. Humphrey James JACOBS,   b. 1875, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia   2. John JACOBS,   b. 1877, White Hills, Victoria, Australia   3. David JACOBS,   b. 1878, White Hills, Victoria, Australia + 4. Robert Orr JACOBS,   b. 1879, Victoria, Australia   5. Catherine JACOBS,   b. 1882, White Hills, Victoria, Australia + 6. David Ezra JACOBS,   b. 1889, White Hills, Victoria, Australia + 7. Amelia JACOBS,   b. 1895, White Hills, Victoria, Australia   8. James JACOBS,   b. 1897, White Hills, Victoria, Australia
Family 2	William Patrick HOGAN,   b. 10 Jun 1861
Married	1911	Victoria, Australia
Children	1. Margueretta Hogan JACOBS,   b. 1900, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia + 2. William Patrick JACOBS,   b. 1903, Richmond, Victoria, Australia

• Name	James JACOBS  [1]
  Birth	1897	White Hills, Victoria, Australia   [2, 3]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Ancestor Count	12
  Reference Number	BR 1171a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  _UID	E115CA70710F480CACB7E4C538680A540E46
  Person ID	I4097	Dave
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	David JACOBS,   b. Abt 1832, London, England d. 28 Jun 1911, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Esther Mary CANAVAN,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Mar 1926, Kew, Victoria, Australia (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1874	White Hills, Melbourne, Australia   [4]
  	Address: Sandhurst
  	Esther had written permission from her father to marry.
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1897 - White Hills, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Reading his parents' court case of 1898, it throws doubt as to his father being David Jacobs as he claims that the two youngest children at that time (Amelia & James) were William Hogan's James is listed on David's Death Certificate as being his child, but we don't know who gave the information. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2151] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109]. [S2151] Death Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109]. Ages on father's death certificate is difficult to read. [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, Victoria, Australia 1897 15407. Father: David Mother's maiden name: Callavan, Esther May [S2152] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, David [Z109]. [S4968] Court Case - Jacobs, david - Jacobs, Esther, Hogan, William, 11 Oct 2022.