Ancestors of Jacob Ocum

Jacob Ocum
(1790-1841)

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Jacob Ocum

Born: 2 Jun 1790, , Lebanon, PA ¹ ² ³
Christened: 21 Nov 1790, Fredericksburg, Lebanon, PA ²
Marriage (1): Catharina Wolfe
Died: 14 Aug 1841, , Lebanon, PA at age 51 ¹ ³
Buried: Hamlin: Klopps Cemetery, Lebanon, PA, USA ¹ ³

Other names for Jacob were Jacob Ocam ³ and Jacob Okum.¹ ² ⁴

FamilySearch ID: MR8D-Z6C.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1820 in Bethel Twp., Berks, PA. ⁵ The 1820 census recorded Jacob Ocum with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 5.

Jacob married Catharina Wolfe. (Catharina Wolfe was born on 15 Nov 1794 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,⁶ ⁷ died on 2 Feb 1849 in , Lebanon, PA ⁶ ⁷ and was buried in Hamlin: Klopps Cemetery, Lebanon, PA, USA ⁷.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155987434.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Pennsylvania > Lebanon > Fredericksburg > St John Evangelical Lutheran Church J Jacob Okam b. 2 Jul 1790 bapt. 21 Nov 1790 father Henry Okam mother Elizabeth.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Jacob Ocam, b. 2 Jun 1790, d. 14 Aug 1841, buried Klopp's Cemetery.

4 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NT-8X7 Anna Maria Okam, 1824.

5 1820 United States Census, Jacob Ocum, Bethel, Berks, PA.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Pennsylvania > Lebanon > Jonestown > Lutheran > Zion Evangelical - Catharina Okam, b. 15 Nov 1794 d. 2 Feb 1849.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246172522.

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