Julius E. Jacoby

b. circa 1861, d. circa 1890
  • Julius E. Jacoby was born circa 1861 in Preußen.
  • Julius E. Jacoby arrived in the Port of New York on 8 September 1877, from Germany traveling in steerage aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Oder, having departed Bremen on 25 August (via Southampton the 28th), with merchandise and passengers to Oelrichs & Co.
  • Julius E. Jacoby appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, at Exchange Road enumerated in the household of druggist & merchant Solomon Shiffmann or next door with other store clerks.
  • He was a store clerk, according to the 1880 census.
  • He married Katherine Bohnert, daughter of Francis Xavier Bohnert and Margaretha Deck, on 5 April 1882 in Cogan Valley, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Rev. J. A. Patton officiating.
  • The following appeared on 8 April 1882 in the Gazette & Bulletin: [Married] At the M. E. Parsonage, in Cogan Valley, April 5th, 1882, by Rev. J. A. Patton, Mr. Julius E. Jacoby and Miss Catharine Bohnert, both of English Centre, Pa.
  • He was a tannery superintendent.
  • Julius E. Jacoby became a widower at the 5 July 1885 death of his wife Katherine Bohnert.
  • Julius E. Jacoby died circa 1890 . He disappeared when his son was six years old, believed to have been murdered on a trip between New York City and Pennsylvania; no one viewed the body.
  • Last Edited: 16 Sep 2015

Family: Katherine Bohnert b. 19 October 1858, d. 5 April 1885