Grave 90
     

Rachel Jacobs

1825  – 1888


Here lies
a spinster of upright and honourable character 
Ms Rachel
Jacobs daughter of Mr Samuel 
may his memory be a blessing 
who joined
her fathers on day 1 (Sunday) 
the first of the month Shevat 
in the year 5648
in the sixty second year of the days of her life 
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
Rachel’s grave unto this day (Genesis 35:20) 
May her soul be bound up in the bond of life eternal

פנ
הבתולה מגזע ישרים ונכבדים מ רחל
רזי יקאבס בת ר שמואל זל שבה אל
אבותיה ביום א רח שבט שנה התרחם
בשנת שתים וששים שנה לימי חייה
ויצב יעקב מצבה על קברתה הוא מצבת
קברת רחל עד היום
תנצבה


IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF 
RACHAEL JACOBS. DAUGHTER OF
SAMUEL & PHŒBE JACOBS.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
JANUARY 15TH 1888.
AGED 62.
SHEBAT 1. 5648.

“AND JACOB SET A PILLAR UPON HER
GRAVE: THAT IS THE PILLAR OF RACHAEL’S
GRACE UNTO THIS DAY.” GEN. CHAP. 35.VER.20.


Rachel was the daughter of Samuel and Phoebe Jacobs, graves 87 and 88 and the sister of Harriet grave 89 and Julia grave 80.  She was  born in 1826 in Whitechapel London.  

Rachel   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 forRachel , her parents and three of her sisters, Harriet, Julia and Maria, returning from Victoria, Australia in March 1855.  A record of their arrival in Victoria has not been found but three  of Rachel's sisters  were married in Victoria between 1850 and 1854 (see life story for Samuel Jacobs grave 87). 

By the 1861 census  Rachel, together with her patents and her three unmarried sisters Harriet, 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. 

Rachel continued to live in Bath with her two unmarried  sisters , Harriet 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.  

Rachel  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 Harriet 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, Rachel's sister,  in Australia. Harriet died in 1885 leaving her  personal effects of £973 12s 8d. tor Rachel

Rachel died three years later on 15 March 1888 at 4 New King Street, Bath. Her personal estate was £2,026 1s. 9d.  which she left to "my sisters who shall be living at my decesase". 

Census records
  1841   39  South St Manchester Square   London
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  1871   2   Somerset Cottages Prioir Park    Bath
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  1881   11   Manvers Street   Bath
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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
     4  New King Street   Bath
  Place of death, Rachel Jacobs