updated February 2008
The Jacobson Family from Mir, Belarus
The Jacobsons lived in Mir, a small town about 30 miles south west of Minsk. At one time Mir was in Lithuania. It became part of the Russian Empire early in the 1800s. After WW I it came under Polish control. It was occupied first by the Russians and then the Germans during WWII. Then it became part of the Soviet Union. The town now is in Belarus. Many family members left Mir in the 1880s and settled in Des Moines, Iowa. More came to Iowa in the next generation. One Jacobson cousin, born in Des Moines, Iowa was married in Mir, Russia and lived there until her death in the influenza epidemic of 1918-19. Her husband also died in the epidemic. They left three young children. Her mother came to Mir after WWI to bring her grandchildren back to Iowa. Mir was then governed by Poland, and the government would not permit her to take Polish citizens out of the country. The grandmother stayed in Mir and raised her grandchildren for the rest of her life. One grandson survived WWII, as a Polish soldier in Russia. His descendants live in Israel. Descendants of other branches live in Iowa, Arizona, Oregon, New York, California, North Carolina, Georgia, Washington, Florida, Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and British Columbia. |
| Ancestor Jacobson & wife of Ancestor Jacobson | |||||
| Jacob Jacobson/Yakovson (1830 - ) & Rifka Becker (~1833 - ) | |||||
| Hyman Isaac JACOBSON (1853 - 1936) & Sara Cohen (1861 - 1939) | |||||
| Benjamin JACOBSON (1887
- 1956) David Jackson JACOBSON (1891 - 1942) & Irma Baigley (1905 - 1947) Joseph James JACOBSON (1893 - 1975) & Frances Berk Minnie Roslyn JACOBSON (1897 - ) Ella Blanche JACOBSON (1902 - 1996) |
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| Malka (Mollie) JACOBSON (1859 - 1957) & Isaac Jacob Chapman (1861 - 1928) | |||||
| Dorothy
Chapman (1887 - 1966) & Jacob Stark Ben Chapman (1889 - abt 1950) Nathan (Nate) S. Chapman (1890 - 1966) Mary Chapman (1895 - 1983) & Benjamin Hurwitz Sara Chapman (1899 - 1995) Isadore (Iz) Chapman (1898 - 1989) |
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| Moses JACOBSON (1868 - ) & Fredricka (1863 - 1913) | |||||
| Leo
JACOBSON (1892 - 1920) Lilyan JACOBSON & Edward Seymour Sacks |
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| Joseph JACOBSON (1869 - 1932) & Bessie (Batia) ZOLOTOROFE (1871 - 1931) | |||||
| Elsie
R. JACOBSON (1898 - 1973) Samuel J. JACOBSON (1900 - 1953) Edna JACOBSON (1903 - 1987) & Samuel Zechnowitz (1893 - 1976) Sydney M. JACOBSON (1903 - 1945) & Leona SAXON (CIECHANOWICZ) (1909 - 1992) |
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| Joseph A. JACOBSON (1941 - 1997) | |||||
| Minnie Jacobson & Unknown Chertok/Czertok | |||||
| Noach Chertok (?-~1937 Iowa) & Pesha (Bessie) Harkavy (1876 -? ) | |||||
| Jacob
Zavel Chertok (became JACOBSON) (1899 Mir - 1970 Illinois) & Helen
Borchardt Libby Chertok (became JACOBSON, then Chartok) (1900 Mir- 1983 Iowa) Dorothy JACOBSON (1907-1994) & Samuel Swartz |
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| I.M. JACOBSON/Isaac Moses Chertok (1880 Mir- 1929 Iowa) & Rose Carpe (1889 - 1974) | |||||
| Mary
JACOBSON (1907 - 1974) Ben JACOBSON & Mildred Sol JACOBSON (1911 - 2000) & Freda Osherow (1917 - 2007) |
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| Sol JACOBSON/Solomon Chertok (abt. 1883 Mir- ) | |||||
| Itkah JACOBSON & Avram Eskolesky/Iskolsky/Iaskolski(1867-1942 H)) | |||||
| Alter
Eskolesky (1898-1942 H) Ezra Eskolsky (1904 - 1995) & Rifka Chahass ? Gerszon (1917 - 1942) Iser Eskolesky (-1942 H) Ariye Eskolesky Dovid Eskolesky Chashke/Khana Eskolesky (-1942 H) |
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| Malka Sorah Jacobson & Benyamin Helfant | |||||
| Minnie Fagel Helfant (1857- ) & unknown Lewis | |||||
| Ben
Lewis Joseph Lewis Sara Lewis (1898- ) & David Cohen (1889 - ) |
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| Hayman Helfant (1866 - 1954) & Pauline Rabinovich | |||||
| Benjamin
Toubes (1900 - 1987) & Lena Abraham Akiba Toubes (1907 - 1993) & Yetta Kimmel (1913 - 1999) |
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| Louis Toubes (1868 - 1945) & Fannie Jacobs (1876 - 1959) | |||||
| Sarah
Mollie Toubes (1899-1992) & Morse David Levitt ( - 1972) Irene Toubes (1901 - 1995) & Benjamin Sideman (1897 - 1975)) |
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| Raisel Helfant (1868 - ) & Unknown Lewis | |||||
| Benjamin
Lewis Joseph Lewis Sonja Lewis & unknown Van Buskirk |
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| Solomon Jacobson (1856 Mir-1895 Iowa) & Shoshanna/Susie Davidson (1848 - abt 1940) | |||||
Elise/Lena Jacobson (1888 Iowa- 1918 Mir) & Ruben Garber (
- 1918 Mir) |
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| Zelda Garber (~1909 - 1942 H) & husband (- H) | |||||
| Reuven ( - 1942 H) | |||||
| Masha
Garber (~1910 - 1942 H) & husband (- H) Moshe Garber (1913 - 1997) & Sara (- 2004) |
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| David Jacobson (1890 Iowa-aft 1956 Chicago) | |||||
| Chaim/Hyman Jacobson | |||||
| Mose L. Jacobson (1859- 1929) & Ida Jacobs (1874- 1931) | |||||
| Harry Jacobson (1898 - 1962) & Ruth Sara Bernstein (1903-1993) Libby Jacobson (1899- 1993) & Al Miller Ruth Jacobson (1903- ) & Bill Bernstein |
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The Jacobson/Yakubzon family below came from Mir, but Srol moved to Rubezhevichi, according to the birth records for his twin sons. It is likely they are related to the Jacobson family listed above.
The type for my ancestors is bold If you recognize any names, have details to add or want more information about this Jacobson family, please contact me at: rkimble@uoregon.edu For information about the shtetl of Mir and old photos, visit the Mir Belarus web site. There are also some photos of members of this family on the web. updated February 2008 |
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