High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Joseph Gilman Jacobs
23 Oct 1878 – 10 Feb 1920 · about 42 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Joseph Gilman Jacobs lived from 23 Oct 1878 to 10 Feb 1920, a span of about 42 years.
Theirs is one of 19 markers bearing the name Jacobs in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
View family network 6relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsFrederic Burnham Jacobs1880–1942 · Esther Arvilla Jacobs1882–1883
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match
The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Humphrey family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.
The entry, as printed
Manuf'r of edge-tools." Has removed to Nashua, N. H. Ch.,— i. Joseph Gilman, b. in Hing. Oct. 23, 1878. ii. Frederick Burnham, b. in Hing. 1880. iii. Esther Arvilla, b. in Hing. Jan. 23, 1882, d. 27 June, 1883. iv. Richard Dearborn, b. at Nashua, . 27. George Franklin (Benjamin = Harriet Curtis), a descendant of Nicholas1, and b. at So. Scit. Nov. 16, 1838. m. in Hing.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
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