PHILIP DAVID JACOBS-HARRIETTE MATILDA NERWICH

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This new threads provides some data on the children of Philip David Jacobs 1849-1923 and Harriette Matilda Nerwich who died in 1930. I had previously posted some time ago small amounts of data on Philip and Harriette including census and other records but had not looked in detail at their children.
I will post links to the earlier data and also on the parents of Harriett. Philip David Jacobs was the son of David Jacobs 1820-1869 and Matilda Rebecca Jacobs 1822-1888. See GRO Birth Index for Philip Jacobs March qtr 1849 St Martins 1 135 and his death Dec qtr 1923 Philip D Jacobs age 76 Lambeth 1d 251.
In earlier posts I had identified that Philip and Harriette appeared to have separated circa 1900s or earlier. During that period Harriette and her children adopted the surname JAMES. The reason for this change of surname is unknown but may have been due to the separation and bankruptcy of Philip.
When Harriette died in 1930 her probate indicated her name change- Probate Harriett Matilda Jacobs or JAMES Fitzroy House Regency Square Brighton widow died 6 January 1930 at St.Georges Home Hurstpierpoint Sussex Administration to Ernest JAMES chartered accountant Effects £591.6s 10d

As other records will confirm the surname change was adopted by several of her children if not all.
The children of Philip and Harriette were Ethel Lizzie Jacobs March qtr 1873 Strand 1b 623; David Ernest Jacobs March qtr 1874 Strand 1b 610; Daisy Hilda Jacobs March qtr 1876 Kensington 1a 45; Cyril Henry Jacobs March qtr 1881 Kensington 1a 28A;Winifred May Jacobs Sept qtr 1887 Isle of Wight 2b 637.
In the New York Court Case reported in the New York Times January 1906 involving the estate of Angel Henry Jacobs a significant number of plaintiffs were identified including Jacobs, Nerwich and related family members. The names included Philip D Jacobs; Harriett M Jacobs; David Ernest Jacobs known as Ernest JAMES; Daisy Hilda Jacobs; Ethel Izzie Jacobs;Winifred May Jacobs; Cyril Henry Jacobs.
It has proved very difficult to locate census and other records on Harriett and her children post separation from Philip. However, Probate records provide some clues to where some of the children were living at the time of their death- Probate Ethel Lizzie Jacobs or Ethel Lizzie JAMES of Horton Hospital Epsom Surrey spinster died 7 April 1953 Admin to Montague Cooper chartered accountant attorney of Cyril Henry JAMES Effects £707.6s5d further grant 31 October 1953.

Probate Cyril Henry JAMES 10 The Mumbles Gillespie Street Durban Natal South Africa died 17 July 1953 Admin to Montague Cooper chartered accountant attorney of James Allen PERRIDGE £264 5s 3d

Probate Winifred May JAMES Albany Hotel 74 Cromwell Road Earles Court spinster died 3 January 1934 Warrington Lodge Nursing Home Warrington Crescent Middlesex Admin to Ethel JAMES spinster £63 7s

The UK Passenger Lists show- Cyril Henry JAMES single clerk b abt 1881 Departed London for Cape Town on the "Wilcannia" 6 November 1909

The 1901 Census ( Crown Copyright TNA) RG13 8 51 36 36 Clifton Gardens Paddington shows- Cyril H Jacobs boarder s 20 clerk Commercial b London; Harriet M Jacobs boarder M 42 b Ireland; Winifred M Jacobs s 21 b London Governess school

I will post further.
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The Jewish Victorian Genealogical Information from the Jewish Newspapers 1871-1880 transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger, 1999 Publisher Robert Boyd- MARRIAGE 16.8.1871 at Hanover Square Rooms London- Harriette Matilda NERWICH second daughter of HENRY NERWICH, 1 Upper Leeson Street Dublin to PHILIP D JACOBS of 38 Upper Bedford Place, eldest son of the late David Jacobs.
Berger cross referenced the lines to Lizzie Emma Nerwich sister; I Jacobs brother in law; Louis Sophia LYONS sister; BB Lyons brother in law; Elizabeth Jacobs grandmother; Henry Jacobs grandafther; Mrs david Jacobs mother in law; Lizzie Constance Jacobs sister in law; Maurice Newton NATHAN brother in law

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The following 4 Census records show Philip David Jacobs first with his wife and children and then living alone:
1881 Census ( Copyright TNA) RG118 117 5
2 Carlton Vale Paddington
Phillip D Jacobs H M 32 Glass merchant b Middx Westminster employing 8 men; 2 boys; Harriette M wife 30 b Ireland Dublin; Ethel l dau 8 b Middx London; David E son 9 b Middx London; Daisy H dau 5 b Middx London; Cyril H 6mths; Winifred M dau 3 +5 servants

1891 Census ( Copyright TNA) RG12 617 31
2 Carlton Vale Paddington
Philip D Jacobs H M 42 Glass merchant b Middx London; Harriette M wife 35 b Ireland Dublin; Ethel L dau s 18 b Middx London; David E son 17 s Civil engineer b Middx London; Daisy H dau 15 b Middx London; Winifred M dau 13 b Middx London; Cyril E son 10 b Middx London -1 servant

1901 Census ( Crown Copyright TNA) RG13 1 57 6
2 Fulham Place Paddington
Philip D Jacobs M 52 Boarder Glass merchant own account b London St Martins in the Fields

1911 Census (Crown Copyright TNA)
RG14 38
39 Blomfield Road Maida Vale Paddington
Philip David Jacobs 62 Head Married 40 years 5 children all living Commission Agent working at home b 33 Haymarket

The following census record is likely to be David Ernest Jacobs aka Ernest James:
1911 (Copyright TNA) RG14 10129 80
Palmeira Tower Hotel Westcliffe on Sea Southend on Sea Essex
Ernest James 37 Boarder single Chartered Accountant b Paddington

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The 1871 Census shows Philip David Jacobs with his mother and some of his siblings:
1871 Census ( Copyright TNA) RG10 358 26 3
33 Haymarket St Martins in the Fields Middlesex
Philip D Jacobs H I? 22 Glass Merchant employing 10 men b Haymarket; Matilda R Jacobs Mother widow 48 b Finsbury Square; Angelo brother u 20 Glass Merchant b Haymarket; Henriette sister u 19 b Haymarket; Lizzie sister u 18 b Haymarket; Frederick brother u 17 clerk b Haymarket; Harry B brother 11 scholar b Haymarket

Angelo Jacobs was to marry Leah NATHAN in 1872. Angelo changed his surname to HANRAY . This surname had been used by his son Laurence who was an actor as early as 1892. Angelo died in 1910- GRO Death Index Angelo David HANRAY age 80 April qtr 1910 London 1a 14. Angelo and Philip were bankrupts by 1890. They had dissolved their partnership in 1897- The London Gazette March 9, 1897 -Partnership between Philip David Jacobs and Angelo Jacobs Glass and China Merchants at 3 & 4 Arundel Place Haymarket dissolved 3 March 1897. They had traded as David Jacobs before becoming bankrupt in 1890- Angelo Jaobs residing at 35 Hamilton Gardens Abbey Road Middlesex and Philip Daviod Jacobs 85 Maida Vale and 3 and 4 Arundel Place Haymarket.
See Wealth and Notoriety the extraordinary families of William Levy and Charles Lewis of London Robert Ward April 2013 -self published lulu. This book contains significant data on Angelo and his children as well the related Jacobs and other families.

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