Hendrik Johan Jacobsen Bergen/Chicago 1880-85

[Tore Louis Martin Syversen]

Hendrik Johan Jakobsen, født 15.4.1856 i Bergen. Han reiste med Inman Linie fra Bergen 4.6.1880. Han kom på ukjent dato tilbake til Norge og reiste på ny til USA 18.2.1885 med Cunard Linie. I databasen for emigranter fra Bergen (1874-1930) var han oppført med bosted Chicago. Han etterlot seg kone og barn i Bergen som skulle følge etter. Han døde i Chicago på ukjent tidspunkt trolig etter en ulykke på arbeidsplassen. Vi leter etter opplysninger om denne personens liv og virke i USA samt omstendighetene rundt hans dødsfall.

[Margit R Bakke]

What is the name of his wife and children? What else do you know?

[Margit R Bakke]

Illinois pre 1916 death database
http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/deathsrch.jsp

[Margit R Bakke]

H. Jacobson in household of George Howard, "United States Census, 1880"
name : H. Jacobson
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
gender: Male
age: 25
marital status : Married
occupation : Laborer
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Other
birthplace : Norway
birthdate : 1855
spouse's name :
spouse's birthplace :
father's name :
father's birthplace : Norway
mother's name :
mother's birthplace : Norway
page : 227
page character : C
entry number : 4095
nara film number : T9-0192
gs film number : 1254192
digital folder number: 004240469
image number: 00179
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self George Howard M 21 Massachusetts, United States
other John Ward M 12 IL
other Charles Webber M 26 Illinois, United States
other John Colleur M 44 Pennsylvania, United States
other Peter White M 35 Ireland
other James White M 19 Ireland
other Charles Long M 30 Ireland
other John Massy M 35 England
other John Moore M 18 New York, United States
other John Wallace M 22 Ireland
other H. Jacobson M 25 Norway
other Thomas Garvey M 27 IL
other John Phillips M 35 Pennsylvania, United States
other John Riley M 45 IL
other Thomas Bross M 45 New Hampshire, United States
other Thomas Brown M 30 New York, United States
Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXN5-25M : accessed 23 Jan 2013), H. Jacobson in household of George Howard, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 227C, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T9-0192.

[Tore Louis Martin Syversen]

Thank you for a very rapid response!
He was married to Helene Ellingsen born July7, 1854 in Bergen. They had three children:
Bernhard Olai b. 1874
Henrik Peter Tordenskjold b. January 3, 1879
Hilma b. 1885

His parents:
Peder Jacobsen b. 1820 d. February 7, 1904
Birgitte Lovise Hansen b. April 26, 1826 d. June 17, 1896
They had the following children:
Wilhelmine b. 1851
Hendrik Johan b. April 13, 1856 (the person we search for)
Peder Oluf carl b. 1858
Henriette Hansine b. 1860
Helga Severine 1862
Berentine b. 1865

I appreciate very much your help!

Tore Syversen

[Margit R Bakke]

Did the wife and all the children come to Illinois?

[Tore Louis Martin Syversen]

No, they stayed in Bergen. The plan was that Hendrik should get properly started in the US and then they would come. However, he died before they were able to leave Norway.