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.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsFrederic Burnham Jacobs1880–1942 · Esther Arvilla Jacobs1882–1883
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Humphrey family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
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.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Joseph's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
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