Here lies buried
...
May his soul be bound up in the bond of life eternal
נפ
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOSEPH JACOBSON
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ANTONIA JACOBSON
WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
FEB. 11
TH 1920. AGED 73
REST IN PEACE
תבצבר
Joseph Jacobson was born in Russian in 1847-9. In the early records of his life he is known as Oskar Jackson.
By the 1880s he was in London where in 1884 he married Antonia Blaustein, who was born in Hungary. The Middlesex criminal register records that in October 1887 Oskar Jackson and two other men were accused of rape. They were all acquitted.
Oskar was a Master Tailor. At the time of the 1891 census Oskar was living with Antonia and their children Sami aged 6 and Heriett aged 5.
By 1900 he has changed his name to Samuel and is registered in the Bath Directory as a tailor at 45 New King Street. The 1901 census records the family living at this address with Harry (Sami) and three daughters, Harriet, Rose and Lena all born in London.
By 1905 he is doing well enough to have a business at 10 Barton Street and by the 1911 census they are living at 10 Great Stanhope Street where he continued to live until his death in 1920.
Antonia died in London in 1930. Samuel (son) married and lived in Wales. Rose and Lena stayed in Bath where they both married and had children. There is no certain information about Harriet.
The death of Oscar Jacobson, aged 73, was registered 1920/Q1 Bath.
From the National Probate Calendar 1920: JACOBSON Oscar of 10 Great Stanhope-street Bath master tailor died 11 February 1920 Administration Bristol 13 March to Antonia Jacobson widow. Effects £183 6s. 4d. He did not leave a will
Census records
1891
23
Alvington Crescent
Hackney, London
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1901
45
New King Street
Bath
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
1911
1
Great Stanhope St
Bath
Name | Age
Birth
Relationship
Occupation
Associated addresses
1900-1904
45
New King Street
Bath
Bath Directory
1905-1910
1a
Barton St
Bath
Bath Directory, Jackson S, Tailor, res 10 Great Stanhope Street
1916-1920
2
New Westgate Buildings
Bath
1916 & 1921 Bath Directory
Jackson, Samuel, tailor and wardrobe dealer, 2 New Westgate Buildings, res. 10 Great Stanhope Street
1
Gt Stanhope St
Bath