Albert A JACOB

(b. 15 January 1841 , Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany d. 21 January 1876 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Albert A JACOB was born 15 January 1841 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Albert A JACOB was the child of ? and ?

Albert A was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1866.

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Albert A married Marie Therese MIESCHE abt. 1862 . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Therese MIESCHE was born 31 March 1832 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen). Marie Therese died 7 May 1911 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville).

Albert A JACOB died 21 January 1876 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Albert A JACOB married

Marie Therese MIESCHE-- Date: abt. 1862 Place:

Children of Albert A JACOB and Marie Therese MIESCHE:

Paul Adolph JACOB (b.March 1862, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany d. abt. 1945, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Edward JACOB (b.abt. 1864, , Prussia d. , )

Mary JACOB (b.abt. 1866, , Prussia d. , )

Willie JACOB (b.abt. 1871, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Albert J JACOB (b.23 March 1873, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 September 1944, Alameda County, California, USA)
m. Anne M ROEHM 20 May 1896 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Henry Adolph JACOB (b.13 June 1876, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1949, , Massachusetts, USA)
m. Marie Agnes KLOSEMAN 20 September 1899 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

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1841 Birth
15 January 1841
Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Birth of Child
Paul Adolph JACOB was born March 1862, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

Albert A was 21 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Albert Jacob
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 29y
Race: White
Birthplace: Prussia
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Albert Jacob M 29y Prussia
Theresa Jacob F 28y Prussia
Paul Jacob M 8y Prussia
Mary Jacob F 4y Prussia
Anna Jacob F 6y Prussia
Godfrey Jacob M 80y Prussia
Christiana Jacob F 60y Prussia
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1873 Birth of Child
Albert J JACOB was born 23 March 1873, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Albert A was 32 years old.

1874 Naturalization
October 4, 1874

Albert Jacobs was born in Lauban January 15, 1841
He came to New York June 24, 1866
He currently lives in Pittsfield

Witnesses: Jacob Gimlich and Albert Elligsen, both of Pittsfield

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