Lenore Josephine Jacobs

Lenore married John H. Meissenhelder between 1897 and 1931. John was born in 1884 in Texas; died between 1901 and 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact 1: Fact 1

Notes:

On the 1880 census for DeWitt County, TX, there is an Andrew Jacobs age 67 listed as father. If this is Michael's father, why is he listed as Andrew and not Henry? Or, if its Mary's father, why is he not listed as Joseph?

April 15, 1872: Michael purchased all rights, title and interest in property from his mother-in-law, Anna Maria Bitterly, and his sister-in-law, Rosalia Bitterly, situated in the County of DeWitt east of the 5 mile Coletto Creek, it being part of the James Quinn league and labor and a part of a 205-3/4 acres tract of land deeded by A. Golly to Joseph Bitterly dated 29 Jan 1866, refer to book K, page 121& 122, records of deed in DeWitt County.

November 24, 1883: Michael purchased from Emilie Bitterle, Caroline Bitterle, William Bitterle and John Bitterle an estimated 100 acres of land which is part of the James Quinn league and labor in DeWitt County and a part of a 205-3/4 acres tract of land deeded by A. Golly to Joseph Bitterle on 29 Jan 1866.

December 29, 1887: Michael purchased 132 acres of the upper half of the Miguel Ortiz land situated in DeWitt County, Texas on the western side of the Guadalupe River, from John H. and Richard Power.

Facts about this person:

Burial January 1904
DeWitt County Texas

Census 1870
DeWitt County Texas

Alt. Census 1880
DeWitt County Texas

Property April 15, 1872
DeWitt County Texas

Source: Michael Jacobs Warranty Deed

Pages(s): Vol M, pg. 496
Deed records, DeWitt County, Texas

Alt. Property March 27, 1884
DeWitt County Texas

Source: Michael Jacobs Deed

Pages(s): Vol Y, pg. 231
Deed records, DeWitt County, Texas

Alt. Property May 25, 1889
DeWitt County Texas

Source: Michael Jacobs Release Vendor's Lien

Pages(s): Vol 30, pg 106
Deed Records, DeWitt County Courthouse, Cuero, Texas

Died:
Diabetes

Michael married Anne Marie Bitterly on 26 Nov 1868 in Dewitt County Texas. Anne was born on 1 Dec 1850 in Fellering Haut-Rhin Alsace France; died on 31 May 1928 in Dewitt County Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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September 30, 1910: Mary purchased from her children, the property left to them by their father, Michael Jacobs; about 472 acres of the James Quinn League and about 232-1/2 acres of the M. Ortiz league and about 100 acres of the Thos. H. Bell league and all personal property belonging to said estates.

In her will, Mary left to her three daughters, Amelia Jacobs Harsdorff, Bertha Jacobs Boyd, Alvina Jacobs Schrade, all her land and real estate in DeWitt County, being 549 acres more of less, about three miles south of Arneckeville, Texas and being the land upon which Louis Gerhold resided. Each daughter has one year to pay $466.00 to their brother, Berthold Jacobs, as a stipulation to receiving their share of the estate. She states she did not leave an equal share of her property to Berthold because she has already advanced him approximately $7500.00 and she feels she is being equally fair to all four children by not doing so.

Facts about this person:

Burial June 1928
DeWitt County Texas

Census 1910
DeWitt County Texas

Property September 30, 1910
DeWitt County Texas

Source: Anne Marie Bitterly Quitclaim Deed

Pages(s): Vol 66, pg 191
Deed Records, DeWitt County Texas

Will August 16, 1928
DeWitt County Texas

Source: Anne Marie Bitterly Will

Pages(s): Proof of Will #2099
Probate Records of DeWitt County, Texas

Other Events and Attributes:

• Category: Texas Pioneers
• Name: Henry Andrew Jacob

Notes:

In Jan. 1845 Henri Jacob, sawyer, asked for a passport for New York. Soon after that he sold a meadow and a house located in Kruth. Finally he left only at the end of 1853, via Le Havre and disembarked at New Orleans in Jan. 1854, five months before Panteleon was born.
He built a cabin on a spring fed branch of the Coleto. In December 1855, his wife Agathe and their 9 Undisclosed children left the valley for Texas. They arrived in good shape in the beginning of 1856.

Two other children were born in Texas: Reinholt in 1859 and Paulina in 1861.

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Henry married Agathe Sifferlin on 14 Jan 1837 in Kruth, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Agathe (daughter of Andre Sifferlen and Anne Marie Arnold) was born on 16 Aug 1814; died on 4 Feb 1869 in Ander, Goliad, TX; was buried in St. Peter & Paul Cem, Meyersville, Dewitt, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Category: Texas Pioneers

Notes:

her surname is also spelled Schefferly

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Notes:

There were a total of nine children born to Thiebaut Jacob and Anne-Marie Grunenwalt.

This Henri Jacobs is the father of at least three children that immigrated to Texas. They settled around Meyersville, DeWitt County, and many of their descendants are still Undisclosed there. The JACOB name was probably the foremost name in the Alsatian immigration to South Texas as many of their relatives immigrated at the same time. (Claude GeWiss)

Henricus married Anne Marie Walter on 13 Nov 1792 in Oderen Haut-Rhin Alsace France. Anne (daughter of Marcus ( Marc) Walter and Marie-Agathe Humbrecht) was born in 1774 in Kruth Haut-Rhin Alsace France; died on 23 Feb 1824 in Kruth Haut-Rhin Alsace France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andre married Anne Marie Arnold on 15 Jan 1809 in Kruth Haut-Rhin Alsace France. Anne (daughter of Laurentius Arnold and Anne Marie Munsch) was born in 1783 in Kruth Haut-Rhin Alsace France; died on 11 Jan 1820 in Kruth, Haut-Rhin, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]