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