La Vird Jacobi
b. 31 October 1896, d. 10 November 1958
- Father: Henry Jacobi b. November 1861
- Mother: Lucinda Bettner b. 15 October 1866, d. 30 November 1916
- La Vird Jacobi was born on 31 October 1896 in Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois.
- Henry Jacobi and Lucinda Bettner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Orange County, Texas. Other members of the household included La Vird Jacobi, Inla Ray Jacobi and Harold J. Jacobi. Also in the household were five male boarders, all immigrants and railroad laborers.
- Henry Jacobi and Lucinda Bettner appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Hidalgo County, Texas, south of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad on "Hidalgo Livingston" [Louisiana-Rio Grande?] Company Canal.. Other members of the household included La Vird Jacobi, Inla Ray Jacobi, Harold J. Jacobi, Henrietta Jacobi, Editha Jacobi, Beatrice Jacobi and Harriet T. Jacobi.
- He married Angeline (?) circa 1917.
- La Vird Jacobi registered for the draft on 5 June 1918 in Houston County, Texas, while living in Crockett with his wife Angeline, and employed there by East Texas Motor Company.
- La Vird Jacobi and Angeline (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas.
- He was an automobile mechanic, according to the 1920 census.
- Henry Schmidt and Editha Jacobi appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, at 4214 Homerlee Avenue. Other members of the household included La Vird Jacobi. And Angeline Jacobi was enumerated with her sister Kate Porter in Crockett, Texas.
- He was employed as a mechanic by a dairy company, according to the 1930 census.
- He married Mattie Lou Major, daughter of Elijah Elbridge Major and Winifred Copeland Hewlett, say 1931.
- La Vird Jacobi registered for the draft in 1942 while living with his wife Mattie Lou at 2151 Inner Circle in Munster, Lake County, Indiana, and self-employed in East Chicago.
- His wife Mattie Lou Major became a widow at his death.
- La Vird Jacobi died on 10 November 1958 at age 62 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 21 Oct 2011