MacNeil and Jacobs Genealogy of Maine

Saturday, February 16, 2013

The Jacobs Family (1620 – 1990)

Took a little break for a while… my uncle came to the house with a box full of pictures, so I’ve been taking time going through everything. Some of this stuff in amazing.

Anyway… here’s what I have on my entire branch (that I know of) of the Jacobs family. It goes all the way back to Salem, Mass. in 1692.

I’m going to start with Walter Jacobs’ brothers and sisters… then his parents… then I’m out of pictures.
The rest will just be text.

The Jacobs side of the family is as follows:

George Fletcher Jacobs

Born Feb. 24, 1877

Died Aug. 7, 1878

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Elias F. Jacobs

Born May 2, 1879

Married Annie Goodwin

Died ?

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Walter Randall Jacobs

Born April 10, 1881

Died Nov. 3, 1963

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Edith E. (Jacobs) Hooper

Born April 15, 1883

Married Walter H. Hooper

Died ?

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Huldah M. (Jacobs) Hawks

Born Nov. 8, 1884

Married William C. Hawks

Died ?

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Raymond P. Jacobs

Born July 24, 1887

Died June 15, 1901

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Ruth L. (Jacobs) Smith

Born June 20, 1890

Married John F. Smith

Died Oct. 7, 1918

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Fanny L. (Jacobs) Etzel

Born June 11, 1891

Married George F. Etzel

Died ?

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Mary H. (Jacobs) Zumphe

Born May 19, 1893

Married Leroy C. Zumphe

Died Feb. 4, 1990

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George B. Jacobs Jr.

Born Oct. 28, 1898

Died Oct. 8, 1986

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The parents of all these children were George Barstow Jacobs Sr. and Mary L. (Libby) Jacobs.

George Barstow Jacobs Sr.

Born 1854

Died 1927

Mary L. Libby

Born Nov. 25, 1856

Died 1932

They were married on May 4, 1876

They were both buried in the Stroundwater Burial Grounds in Portland, Maine.

Addie and Elsie were sisters, and the daughters of Arthur Jacobs.

Arthur was the brother of George Jacobs Sr.

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From here on in, I'm just going to list the Jacobs family decendents that I'm related to.

If you have any questions or know you have an ancestor somewhere in this line, let me know, and I can let you know what I have, if your interested.

Father of George Barstow Jacobs was

Elias Jacobs III

Born 1825

Died1858

Married Ellen Fickett

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Father of Elias Jacobs III was

Elias Jacobs II

Born 1784

Died 1828

Married Abigail B. Parker

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Father of Elias Jacobs II was

Elias Jacobs

Born 1745

Died ?

Married Mary Dorman in 1768

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Father of Elias Jacobs was

George Jacobs

Born 1718

Died ?

Married Mary Woodman in 1741

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Father of George Jacobs IV was

George JacobsIII

Born 1677

Died 1751

Married Hannah Cousins in 1701

Married Elizabeth D. Burnham in 1742

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Father of George Jacobs III was

George Jacobs II

Born 1649

Died 1718

Married Rebecca Frost in 1674

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Father of George Jacobs II was

George Jacobs

Came to Salem, Mass. in 1692
Was hung at the Salem Witch Trials

Friday, April 27, 2012

Walter Randall Jacobs & Wives

Walter Randall Jacobs

Walter Randall Jacobs

Born April 10, 1881 in Portland, Maine

to George Barstow Jacobs Sr. and Mary L. (Libby) Jacobs

He married Ethel Bliss Sparrow on January 14, 1908 in Portland, Maine

The couple had 2 girls, Margaret Eleanor and Ethel Sparrow

After Ethel's death (see below) he married Bessie Frances Weeks in 1919

He died on November 3, 1963 in Portland, Maine

Ethel Bliss Sparrow

Ethel Bliss Sparrow

Born May 21, 1882 in Portland, Maine

to Capt. Grenville Sparrow and Martha (Tukey) Sparrow

She married Walter Randall Jacobs on January 14, 1908 in Portland, Maine

The couple had 2 girls, Margaret Eleanor and Ethel Sparrow

She died, due to complications following childbirth, on July 1, 1911 in Portland, Maine

Bessie Frances Weeks

Bessie Frances Weeks

Born January 31, 1889 in Malden, Mass.

to Howard T. Weeks and Harriet (Glover) Weeks

She married Walter Randall Jacobs in 1919 and helped him

raise his 2 daughters from his previous marriage.

She died in February of 1966 in Portland, Maine

Ethel and Bessie had been friends growing up.

Bessie's step-mother, Grace (Clough) Weeks, was the niece of Martha (Tukey) Sparrow, Ethels mother.

Bessie, Walter, and Ethel

Monday, April 16, 2012

The Jacobs Side - Ethel and Margaret

I'm going to start with my 'Nana', Ethel Sparrow (Jacobs) MacNeil, whom I've already mentioned a few times, and her older sister, Margaret.

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs

She was born on June 24, 1911 in Portland, Maine

to Walter Randall Jacobs and Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs

She married Cecil R. MacNeil on November 7, 1931

and after having 6 children, the couple divorced in the 1970's

She passed away in Freeport, Maine on August 6, 2008

Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

She was born on April 19, 1910 in Portland, Maine

to Walter Randall Jacobs and Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs

She married John L. Snider on June 21, 1934

They had 2 boys, William and Charles.

She passed away in Newton, Mass. on February 2, 1998

Although we do have a ton of photos of Ethel and Margaret together, they were not raised together as sisters until Ethel was around 10 years old. Ethel Bliss (Sparrow) Jacobs passed away shortly after Ethel was born, leaving Walter as a single parent. He ended up moving in and staying with his mother-in-law, Martha Ann (Tukey) Sparrow, with Margaret, until he remarried a woman named Bessie Frances Weeks in 1919. After their marriage, Ethel (who was being raised by Walter's sister, Fanny) moved back into the Jacobs home with her father, sister, and new step-mother.

Ethel and Margaret - Growing Up

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs - Circa 1912

Ethel Sparrow and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs at Stroudwater

Ethel Sparrow and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

Margaret Eleanor, Walter R., and Ethel Sparrow Jacobs

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs, Bessie F. (Weeks) Jacobs,
and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

Ethel Sparrow and Margaret Eleanor Jacobs

Walter R. Jacobs, Bessie F. (Weeks) Jacobs,
Margaret Eleanor and Ethel Sparrow Jacobs

Ethel Sparrow Jacobs (6th Grade - 1923)

Bessie F. (Weeks) Jacobs, Margaret Eleanor Jacobs,
and Walter R. Jacobs

Margaret Eleanor Jacobs w/ her Family

Margarets husband, John L. Snider, their son (not sure which one),
and Margaret.

Margaret and son (again, not sure which one).

Margaret with Ethel's children
Franklin and Walter

Sunday, April 15, 2012

MacNeil Family Pictures (1920 – 1950)

Cecil MacNeil & Family

Sisters - Theo, Natalie, and Margaret
MacNeil

Brothers - John, Harry,
and Cecil MacNeil

Sisters - Theo and Margaret MacNeil

Theo, Jack Hornsinger (Theo's boyfriend/husband),
Natalie, Margaret, and Annie (Barnes) MacNeil.
(Not sure of the names of the others.)

Cecil MacNeil & Ethel (Jacobs) MacNeil w/ his family

Ethel, Cecil, Natalie, Chester MacMahan
(Margarets boyfriend/husband), Margaret, Theo and Unknown.

Back Row - Chester, Unknown, and Cecil
Front Row - Margaret, Natalie, and Ethel

Cecil MacNeil & Ethel (Jacobs) MacNeil w/ their children

Cecil, Ethel, and baby Walter

Walter and Cecil

Cecil and Ethel
with Franklin, Frances, and Walter

Ethel with
Walter, Franklin, and Frances

Franklin, Walter, Frances
and Gordon

Ethel (holding Alice), Cecil, Gordon (in front of Cecil),
Walter, Franklin, and Frances

Franklin, Ethel, Walter, Alice, Frances, and Gordon

Walter, Ethel, Gordon, Frances, Alice and Raymond

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

James and Annie MacNeil & Children

So as we start to branch out, I think I’ll start on the MacNeil side. I don’t have as much information, or as many pictures for this side, as I do the Jacobs side. Running into some snags as far as that goes, but I’ll post the pictures and information that I do have. (Unfortunately, through this process, I've noticed that the obituary information and the census information, along with birth date, immigration date, etc., is sometimes WAY off from each other. I'm not sure if it's just a lot of misprints or what, but... all I can do it just post the information that I have.)

As mentioned in the previous post, the parents of Cecil R. MacNeil were:

James Roderick MacNeil

James Roderick MacNeil

He was born on May 22, 1866 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia - Canada

to Roderick J. MacNeil and Catherine (MacLean) MacNeil

Immigration year from Canada to Maine – 1887

(Source – 1910 and 1930 Census for Bath, Maine - 1900 Census says 1883?)

Annie Augusta (Barnes) MacNeil

Annie Augusta (Barnes) MacNeil

She was born on April 2, 1870 in Grafton, New Brunswick – Canada

To Joseph Barnes and Rebecca (Miller) Barnes

Immigration year from Canada to Maine – 1898

(Source – 1910 and 1930 Census for Bath, Maine - 1900 Census says 1892?)

James and Annie were married on June 6, 1900 in Bath, Maine.

The couple had 7 children in the course of their marriage.

(See future post for information.)

James Roderick MacNeil died on October 4, 1952 in Bath, Maine.

Annie Augusta (Barnes) MacNeil died on November 12, 1958 in Bath, Maine.

James Roderick MacNeil - Headstone
MacNeil Family Plot - Bath, Maine

Annie Barnes MacNeil - Headstone
MacNeil Family Plot - Bath, Maine

Children Of James and Annie MacNeil

These are the children that survived to adulthood. (Or nearly.)

Natalie Barnes MacNeil

Natalie Barnes MacNeil

She was born on November 12, 1900 in Bath, Maine

She never married and never had children.

She died January 5, 1967 in Bath, Maine

James Lincoln MacNeil

James Lincoln MacNeil

He was born on December 30, 1902 in Bath, Maine

He died August 25, 1918 in Bath, Maine

He was awarded the Carnige Hero Medal for the brave efforts which caused his death.

Full information can be found here: http://www.carnegiehero.org/search.php

under James L. McNeil - Bath, Maine.

James L. received a silver medal for his actions and in November 1919 the Commision provided a grant of $500, as well as the silver medal, to James R. MacNeil, father of James L.