Mary Hood ²

   Another name for Mary was Mary Houd.

  Birth Notes:

In the 1920 census for her son, William J. Jacobs, it records his mother was born in New Jersey, not Pennsylvania as indicated in her 1900 census record.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, May 1823, , , Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ In her son William's 1910 census he lists his mother's birthplace as New Jersey.

• Census, 1850, New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ In the 1850 Census William Jacobs is listed as age 30 and head of a household that included his wife, Mary (27), and children Mary Anne (7), Jane (4), Henrietta (2). His occupation is listed as Stage Driver. Their birthplaces are missing on the census form.

• Census, 1860, New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ He is listed as day laborer William Jacobs (age 40) and living with wife, Mary (36), and daughters Sarah J. (14) and Emma (6). The census was recorded 5 June 1860. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1870, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ He is listed as laborer William Jacob (no S on his name) (age 50) living with his wife Mary (48); Emma (17); and William (8). Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1880, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ William Jacobs, laborer, (age 70) was living with wife, Mary (57) and his 10-year old granddaughter, Sadie Beacher. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1900, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸ Renting at 218 Straweberry Street was William Jacobs, age 87, born July 1812, 60 years married to his wife, Mary, who is age 77 born May, 1823. (The census was recorded on June 6, 1900.) The census lists her as the mother of 7 children, 4 of whom are living. Mary and her parents are listed as born in Pennsylvania. William is born in Pennsylvania but his father is from France and his mother from Wales. William is listed as unable to read or write but he can speak English. Mary can read, can't write, and can speak English.

Mary married William J. Jacobs about 1840.¹ (William J. Jacobs was born in Jul 1812 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,¹ died circa 1908 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ² and was buried in Ringtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ².)