Harry Burton Jacobs ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

   Another name for Harry was Harold Jacobs.¹³

   FamilySearch ID: KDMB-RXC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Evening Herald: Personal: William J. Jacobs, the West Oak street tailor, meets his customers with a pleasant smith these days.A young tailer arrived at his house yesterday, and papa is as happy as the day is long., 15 Feb 1896, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁴

2. Census in 1900 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁴ Living at 37 W Oak Street in Shenandoah, William Jacobs, tailor, 37, born Jul 1862, was married for 17 years to wife Sarah E., 38, born May 1862. She had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1900. With them: Nelda, 12, Jun 1887; Harry B., 4, Feb 1896; and William K., 2, Dec 1897. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Mount Carmel Daily News: "William J. Jacobs and son Harry, of Shenandoah, were the guests of Mr. Jacobs' niece, Mrs. Lewis Hilbert, of the corner of Third and Chestnut streets over the Sabbath.", 11 Jan 1904, Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA. ¹⁵

4. Census in 1910 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁶ He is listed in the 1910 Census as William Jacobs, age 48. In his household are Sarah E., wife, age 26, married to him for 26 years and giving birth to 5 children, 4 of whom were still living in 1910. Also there is Harry B., 14; William K., 12; Lawrence C., 6. The children and father were all born in Pennsylvania, as were their parents. Sarah's parents were born in England.

5. Occupation: school teacher in Stellertown, Pa. On 2 Jun 1917 in , Schuylkill, PA. ⁵

6. Residence: 37 Oak Street, Shenandoah, Pa. On 2 Jun 1917 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁵

7. Marriage Fact: Harry and Harriet married a second time to legalize their first "illegal" marriage in Maryland., 25 Apr 1918, Reading, Berks, PA. ²

8. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: Miss Harriet E. Krause married Harry B. Jacobs, 26 Apr 1918, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ² ELOPERS MAKE KNOT TIGHTER
Bethlehem, Pa., April 26. -- Last October Miss Harriet E. Krause, a Hellertown teacher, and Harry B. Jacobs, assistant principal of the High school of that town, eloped to Elkton, Md., and were married. The bride at that time was not of legal age, so yesterday the couple went to Reading and were married again by the Rev. H. B. Smith.

9. Census in 1920 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁷ Living at 37 W Oak Street in Shenandoah, William J. Jacobs, tailor, 56, was with wife Sarah, 55; son Harry, 24; and son Lawrence, 15. The children, Sarah, William, and William's father were born in Pennsylvania. William's mother was born in New Jersey. Sarah's parents were born in England.

10. Census in 1930 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁸ The 1930 census recorded owning a $20,000 home at 37 W. Coal Street: Harry B. Jacobs, book store proprietor, 34, divorced, living with his brother, Larry C. Jacobs, helper book store, 25; his mother Sarah Jacobs, widowed, 65; and granddaughter Marion Harmon, 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

11. Residence: on 5 Mar 1935 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹¹

12. Census in 1940 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ³ The 1940 census recorded owning a home at 37 Oak Street: Harry Jacob, book store proprietor, 43, living with brother Larry Jacob, book store clerk, 35; sister Nelda Harman, widowed, 51; and niece Peggy Harmon, 21, single. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same house in 1935.

13. Residence: 37 W. Oak Street, Shenandoah, Pa. On 27 Apr 1942 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁴

14. Cause of Death: carcinoma of lungs with metastasis, 26 Jun 1942, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹

15. Occupation: business man, retail book store on 26 Jun 1942 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹

16. Residence: 37 W. Oak Street, Shenandoah, Pa. On 26 Jun 1942 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹

Harry married Harriet E. Krause, daughter of John Daniel Krause and Cora P. Ache, in Oct 1917 in Elkton, Cecil, MD.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Harriet E. Krause was born on 28 Jul 1897 in , , Pennylvania, USA,^{19 20} died in Jan 1979 in Hellertown, Northampton, PA ^{19 20} and was buried in Hellertown: Union Cemetery, Northampton, PA ¹⁹.)