Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families
Jacob John Jacobs
1890 - 1954 (63 years)
Generation: 1
1. Jacob John Jacobs was born on 4 May 1890 in Lake City, MI (son of Jan John Jakobs and Hattie Groenersvold); died on 17 Feb 1954 in Holland Ottawa Co MI. Jacob married Nellie Dekker on 4 Apr 1917 in Holland, Michigan. Nellie (daughter of Gerbrand Dekker and Lena Caauwe) was born on 14 Jul 1893 in Chicago, IL; died on 14 Nov 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Walter Albert Jacobs was born on 28 Mar 1918 in Holland Ottawa Co MI; died on 23 Feb 1995 in Ft Lauderdale, Dade FL; was buried in Jenison?.
- George John Jacobs was born on 23 Nov 1919 in Holland Ottawa Co MI; died on 18 Mar 1997 in Lakeland, Polk, FL; was buried in Holland.
- Robert Arthur Jacobs was born on 27 May 1925 in Holland Ottawa MI; died on 28 Aug 2006 in Holland Ottawa Co MI; was buried in Pilgrim Home, Holland MI.
2. Jan John Jakobs was born on 6 Jan 1860 in Faan (Olderkerk) Groningen Netherlands; died in 1926 in Holland Ottawa Co MI. Jan + Hattie Groenersvold. Hattie was born in 1864; died in 1933 in Holland Ottawa Co MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hattie Groenersvold was born in 1864; died in 1933 in Holland Ottawa Co MI. Children:
- 1. Jacob John Jacobs was born on 4 May 1890 in Lake City, MI; died on 17 Feb 1954 in Holland Ottawa Co MI.
- Bert Jacobs was born in 1894 in Aetna, Missaukee, MI; died in 1967 in Holland Ottawa Co MI; was buried in Pilgrim Home.
- Lewis (Lou) Jacobs was born on 14 Dec 1896 in Missaukee County, MI; died on 6 Mar 1980 in Holland Ottawa Co MI.
- Jennie Jacobs was born on 21 Jun 1899 in Missaukee County, MI; died on 24 Jan 1965 in Holland Ottawa Co MI.
- Arie Jacobs was born in 1901 in Aetna Twp, Missaukee, MI; died in 1923 in Holland Ottawa Co MI; was buried in Pilgrim Home.
- Bertha Jacobs was born in 1904 in HOLLAND; died in 1935 in Holland Ottawa Co MI.