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Jacobus Johannes Jacobs 1917–1972 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Mar 1917

Birth Location: Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Death Date: 27 Dec 1972

Death Location: Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Father: Jan Jacobs

Mother: Francina b5c3d11

Spouse(s): Ella Meijntjies

Children(s): Elsie Jacobs, Willem Jacobs

The story of Jacobus Johannes Jacobs began in 1917 in Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Jacobus Johannes Jacobs married Ella Meijntjies, and had children including Elsie Marie Jacobs, Francina Johanna Jacobs, Jacobus Johannes Jacobs, Jan Hendrik Jacobs, Lourens Johannes Jacobs, Willem Jacobus Albertus Jacobs. Jacobus Johannes Jacobs passed away in 1972 in Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Jacobus Johannes Jacobs began in 1917 in Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
  • Jacobus Johannes Jacobs married Ella Meijntjies, and had children including Elsie Marie Jacobs, Francina Johanna Jacobs, Jacobus Johannes Jacobs, Jan Hendrik Jacobs, Lourens Johannes Jacobs, Willem Jacobus Albertus Jacobs.
  • Jacobus Johannes Jacobs passed away in 1972 in Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jan Jacobs
1874–1942
Birth Location: Rustenburg
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Francina b5c3d11
1878–1937
Birth Location: Waterval, Free State, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Ella Meijntjies
1922–1971
Birth Location: South Africa
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Children(s)

Elsie Jacobs
1949–2018
Birth Location: –
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Willem Jacobs
1949–2004
Birth Location: –
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Jacobus Jacobs's Ancestors

Self
Jacobus Jacobs
1917–1972
Birth Place: Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Parents
Jan Hendrik Jacobs
1874–1942
Rustenburg
Francina (Johanna Kruger) b5c3d11
1878–1937
Waterval, Free State, South Africa
Grandparents
Lourens (Johannes) Jacobz
1847–1926
Catharina (Jacoba) Schoeman
1852–1879
Marr: 1870
Daniel (Frederick) Kruger
1813–1892
South Africa
Hester (Catharina Susara) Erasmus
1854–1911
Smithfield, Orange Free State, South
Great-Grandparents
Marthinus Schoeman
1823–1904
Maria Jacobs
1832–1898
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Marthinus Schoeman
1783–1880
Catharina Engelbrecht
1790–1863
Daniel Jacobs
1792–1889
Anna Marais
1795–1857

Jacobus Jacobs's Descendants

1.
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Jacobus (Johannes) Jacobs (19 Mar 1917–27 Dec 1972) m. Ella Meijntjies (8 Sep 1922–1971)
  1. 1. Elsie (Marie) Jacobs 1949–2018 m. Julienne Dreyer 1944–2016
  2. 2. Willem (Jacobus Albertus) Jacobs 1949–2004

Jacobus Jacobs's Timeline

2 Records

1917
19 Mar 1917
Birth of Jacobus Johannes Jacobs in Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
1972
27 Dec 1972
Age 55
Death of Jacobus Johannes Jacobs in Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1917
    Event Place: Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Dec 1972
    Event Place: Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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