Where Can I look to find information on a Person who died in the 1800's?

Question

My Husband and I un-earthed an old Grave stone on our Property. The Person on the stone died in 1857, We are trying to find the origin of the family name and possibly someone who is a family member that would be interested in this find. Can You Help?

Answer 1

If it's in North America, you won't find much in the way of death certificates. We weren't good about keeping death records back then. But you can go to the Register of Deeds office in your county and trace the ownership of the land. That will give you real names to work with and something concrete that you can trace with wills, military and census records. Then you can snoop for marriage records and local histories on the pioneer families in your area. You may be surprised at how much help your local historical society is once you get that land record.

Answer 2

His parents, wife and children:

HENDRICK JACOBUS and LENA VAN BLARCOM

b. NJ, USA abt 1741 b. NJ,USA

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ANTHONY JACOBUS

b.  9 Oct. 1786 New Jersey,USA

d.  21 Nov. 1857 Rochester New York

m. MARGARET BOSS (10 Dec. 1808 Essex Co. NJ)

b.  9 Feb. 1789 New Jersey USA

d.  27 Dec. 1878 Rochester, New York

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HENRY b. 1810

HANNAH (Gillet) b. 1813

HELEN b. 1815

PETER m.Rhoda b. 1817

ELIZABETH b. 1819

JOHN b. 1822 in Benton, New York USA

(married Phoebe Robbins - see Robbins)

EDWARD m.Christiana b. 1825

f***y b. 1828

(listed at this site: http://www3.sympatico.ca/kleonard/page23...

"This is the information I have on the White,Woodruff, Jacobus,Armstrong and Robins areas of our family tree. If you think you may have a connection or just some information that may be of help I'd love to hear from you. Email address to contact Karen is at the bottom of the website--where it says "For more info email" and click the underlined word Email.

This is shown at another site: http://www.elduanewhatley.com/names_j.ht...

JACOBUS,Anthony-2824 1782 906

(Directions for use:  Listed below to the left are the surnames in my genealogy files which begin with a H.. Next listed are the birthdate, deathdate, and spouse, or *father.  If you see a name you are interested in, then contact me by email, and I may be able to give you more information about  that particular person.  My email is here.   Good luck on your search.    El Duane Whatley

Answer 3

I looked on the census of 1850 and Anthony Jacobus lived in Greece, New York (Monroe County) which doesn't appear to be too far from Rochester.  He was married and his wife's name was Margaret.

If I were you I'd go to the local Historical Society and find out who lived on your property in the 1850's and what connection they had with Anthony Jacobus.  The Historical Society in Monroe County might also be able to give you some information on his descendants.  

Answer 4

Lisa.. we have tons of sources that can help, and a variety of persons.

Please, you can edit your question  include the name of the person and the county (town).  Everything we say, will depend on this.. there are different sources for US or UK, so we need a location. Each state and county will also be different.

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I see you are on genforum already.. good for you.  So far I see, several Anthonys.. but you are on the right track.

However, you still may want to be CERTAIN that you don't live on what what his original land.. in which case, the stone may well belong right where it is.. his grave may be on the property.

PLEASE keep us up to date !!

Answer 5

Fascinating!  Please take a photo of it and post it on findagrave.com, someone in that family is surely looking for his final resting place!

I believe I found him, as I verified Rochester is in Monroe County:

1850 United States Federal Census

about Anthony Jacobus

Name: Anthony Jacobus

Age: 63

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1787

Birth Place: New Jersey

Gender: Male

Home in 1850(City,County,State): Greece, Monroe, New York

Household Members: Name Age

Anthony Jacobus 63  (occupation listed as "Laborer")

Margaret Jacobus 61  

Peter Jacobus 31  (Laborer)

Rhoda Jacobus 23  

Cornelia Paine 20  

Eliza Paine 43  

Gilbert Paine 14  

Rinear Paine 53  

Sarah Paine 18  



Please let me know if you'd like to see the original image, I could send it as an attachment if you provide your address.

Answer 6

You can consult your county or state vital and/or church records office to see if there is any record of this person.  You might have to pay for it.  Death certificates usually have a signature from the next-of-kin, which will give a starting point for you to look for family.

The Latter-Day Saints have an extensive database that is free to search: http://www.familysearch.org

There you might be able to find records of the deceased as well.