John Otto Jacoby

John Otto Jacoby

• Father: Otto Julius Jacoby b. 2 August 1884, d. 28 October 1930
• Mother: Marie Katherine Kammerer b. 18 May 1892, d. 14 September 1977

• John Otto Jacoby was born on 7 April 1921 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
• He was baptized/christened on 19 June 1921 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, sponsored by John Balthasar Kammerer and Grace B. Moloney.
• Otto Julius Jacoby and Marie Katherine Kammerer appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1620 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included John Otto Jacoby, Frederick Harvey Jacoby, Elizabeth Marie Jacoby and Mary A. Kempf.
• Otto Julius Jacoby and Marie Katherine Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 952 Vanderbilt. Other members of the household included John Otto Jacoby, Frederick Harvey Jacoby, Elizabeth Marie Jacoby and Robert Carl Jacoby.
• Marie Kammerer Jacoby and her five children appear in a snaphot on Vanderbilt Avenue.
• Marie Katherine Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Niagara Falls, New York, at 952 Vanderbilt. Other members of the household included John Otto Jacoby, Frederick Harvey Jacoby, Elizabeth Marie Jacoby and Robert Carl Jacoby. Also in the household was one female lodger.
• He was employed as a lab technician by a chemical company, according to the 1940 census.
• He married Betty Jane Boos, daughter of Harry Joseph Boos and Olive Ethel Applegate, on 27 October 1940 in Youngstown, Niagara County, New York, in the rectory of St. John's Episcopal Church.
• The following appeared on 29 November 1940 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Betty Jane Boos, daughter of Mrs. Olive E. Boos and the late Mr. Harry J. Boos, of 203 Fifth street, to Mr. John Otto Jacoby, son of Mrs. Marie Jacoby and the late Mr. Otto Jacoby, of 954 [sic] Vanderbilt avenue, October 27, in the rectory of St. John's Episcopal church in Youngstown, N. Y., with the Rev. W. Edmund Nixon officiating.
       They were attended by Miss Betty Haggerty and Mr. William Bennett. They are residing at 1004 Fifteenth street.
• The following appeared on 5 December 1944 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: John O. Jacoby, son of Mrs. Marie K. Jacoby, of 952 Vanderbilt avenue and husband of Mrs. Betty Boos Jacoby, of 1628 South avenue, has been graduated from the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command's school at Selman Field, La., and has been Commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air corps. Representatives of 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico were members of the class of which Lieutenant Jacoby was a member.
• The following appeared on 5 December 1944 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Aviation Cadet and Mrs. John O. Jacoby have returned to Selman Field, LaMonroe, La., after visiting their parents, Mrs. Olive Boos, of South avenue, and Mrs. Marie K. Jacoby, of Vanderbilt avenue.
• The following appeared on 20 August 1945 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: (Births at Mt. St. Mary's Hospital) To Lieutenant and Mrs. John Otto Jacoby, 1628 South avenue, August 19, a daughter.
• The following appeared on 1 November 1946 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: (Births at Memorial Hospital) To Mr. and Mrs. John O. Jacoby, 1628? South avenue, October 31, a daughter (stillborn).
• The following appeared on 20 February 1958 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (Births at Memorial Hospital) To Mr. and Mrs. John O. Jacoby, 10021 Black Creek Dr., Feb. 19, 1958, a daughter, Marie Katherine.
• The following appeared on 1 March 1960 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: (Births at Mt. St. Mary's Hospital) To Mr. and Mrs. John O. Jacoby Jr., 10021 Black Creek Rd., Feb. 27, 1960, a son, Robert Carl.
• The following appeared on 14 September 1977 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Funeral services will be held today for Mrs. Marie K. Jacoby, 85, formerly of 712 Division Ave. She died this morning (Sept. 14, 1977) in Memorial Nursing Home.
       A native of this city, she was the daughter of the late Adam and Lizzie Weiler Kammerer. She was a member of St. Paul Calvary Lutheran Church, and the ladies groups of the church. She was predeceased by her husband Otto J. Jacoby.
       She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frederic (Elizabeth) Dunning; three sons, John O. Jacoby, both of this city, Richard K. Jacoby of Lompoc, Calif., and Robert C. Jacoby of Tampa, Fla; a brother, Carl Kammerer of New York City, and nine grandchildren, and several neices and nephews. She was the mother of the late Frederick H. Jacoby.
       Funeral services will be held at the Cornell and Daggett Chapel at 9 p.m. today with the Rev. Robert C. Richardson officiating.
       Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
       Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m.
       Memorials to St. Paul-Calvary Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Building Fund, will be accepted as tributes, the family said.
• John Otto Jacoby died on 29 April 1994 at age 73 in Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.

• Last Edited: 21 Sep 2015

• Charts: Descendants of DEXHEIMER Philipp Peter & Maria Agnesa Wagner / Anna Christina Baltz , Descendants of KÄMERER Laurentius & Catharina Schömbs, Descendants of WEILER Balthasar & Anna Walter