Here lies
a spinster of upright and honourable character Etta
Jacobs daughter of Mr Samuel may his memory be a blessing
who joined
her fathers on day 3 (Tuesday) the 14th of Tevet in the year 5646
in the sixty third year of the days of her life
May her soul be bound up in the bond of life eternal
פנ
הבתולה מ גזע ישרים ונכבדים מ עטע
רזי יקאבס בת ר שמואל זל שבה אל
אבותיה ביום ג יד טבת שנה התרום
בשנת שלשה וששים שנה לימי חייה
תנצבה
IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERANCE OF
HARRIET JACOBS DAUGHTER OF
SAMUEL & PHOEBE JACOBS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEMBER 22
ND 1885
AGED 63
TEBETH 14 5646
Harriet was born in 1827 in Whitechapel London. She was the daughter of Samuel and Phoebe Jacobs who are buried in graves 87 and 88. Her sister Julia is buried in grave 16 and her sister Rachel is buried in grave 90.
Harriet had a brother, who died aged 15, and seven sisters, all born in Whitechapel. She never married. Her father Samuel was a clothes salesman. There is no record of the family in England in the 1851 census. But there is record for Harriet, her parents and three of her sisters, Rachel, Julia and Maria, returning from Victoria, Australia in March 1855. A record of their arrival in Victoria has not been found but three of Harriet's sisters were married in Victoria between 1850 and 1854 (see life story for Samuel Jacobs grave 87).
By the 1861 census Harriet, together with her parents and her three unmarried sisters Rachel, Julia, and Maria were living in Paddington. Maria married in 1866 and went to live in Vienna.
The family moved to Bath in 1861/2 , probably because of Samuel's health. He died in 1866 a rich man and Harriet's mother died a year later.
Harriet continued to live in Bath with her two sisters, Rachel and Julia. In the 1871 census they are living in 2 Somerset Cottages, Prior Park Road. Their occupations are recorded as 'bond holders/income from foreign bonds'. By the 1881 census Harriet and Rachel are living in a lodging house at 11 Manvers Street. Their sister Julia was recorded as living in the St Cuthberts Lunatic Asylum in Wells.
Harriet made a will which gives her address as 27 Milsom Street. However she died on 22 December 1885 at New King Street. She appointed her sister Rachel and her brother in law Emmanuel Davis as executors. Emmanuel had returned to Birmingham with his 4 children after the death of his wife Amelia, Harriet's sister, in Australia. Harriet left personal effects of £973 12s 8d. to her unmarried sister Rachel
See Samuel Jacobs, grave 87, for details of married sisters lives.
Census records
1841
39
South St Manchester Square
London
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1861
59
Cambridge St
London
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1871
2
Somerset Cottages Prioir Park
Bath
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1881
11
Manvers Street
Bath
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1885
55
New King Street
Bath
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
Associated addresses
1862-1870
12
Bladud Buildings
Bath
The Jacobs family lived here from 1862. End date uncertain, but by 1871 after their parents deaths, Phoebe and Harriet and Rachel are living elsewhere