1888 - His birth certificate #25050 states State of New York, In the City of Troy, Birth Return, no name for him, sex-boy; born July 15th 1888 at 742 River St, Troy, NY, father Adolph Jacob, 30, born Germany, cigarmaker; mother Lillie [sic] (Franklin) Jacob born US, 24; # of this Mother's Previous Children-3; How many of them now Living-3; DJ Archambeault? MD, Medical Attendant, 131 30th, Troy, NY; dated 17 July 1888

- The following listings of his father in the Boston City Directories show where Sam lived over the years:
Year Page Listing
1893 722 Jacobs, Adolph cigarmaker, h 328 W.Broadway
1894 Jacobs, Adolph cigarmaker, h 45 Mercer
1895 "
1896 "
1897 Jacobs, Adolph cigarmaker, h 100 Mercer
1898 Jacobs, Adolph cigarmaker, h 110 Mercer
1899 "
1901 863 J 178 L St., South Boston
1902 877 "
1903 "
1904 Jacobs, Adolph cigarmaker, h 637 E Sixth St., South Boston

1906 - He is listed in the Boston City Directory, p. 966 working for EEI Co. (Edison Electric Illuminating Co.) on L St, South Boston, living at 637 E Sixth St, South Boston.

1908 - His marriage is recorded at the MA Registry of Vital Statistics, Boston, MA, Marriages 1908 v 581 p 284. It states: #6532, married 2 Dec 1908 by Herbert M Monks, Justice of the Peace, at Boston:
Groom: Samuel Jacobs, 21, of 168 O St, 1st marriage, born Troy NY, occupation machinist, father Adolph Jacobs, mother Lillian Franklin.
Bride: Rebecca DeLaFuente, 22, of 8 Bower St, 1st marriage, born London England, occupation tobacco stripper, father Abraham DeLaFuent [sic], mother Mary Bronkhorst.

1909 - He is listed in the Boston City Directory as boarding at 8 Bower St, Roxbury, the home of his in-laws.

1910 - He is listed in the Boston City Directory, p. 960, as a machinist living at 709 E Seventh St, South Boston. E 7th St between Monks and Peters, Ward 14.
He is listed at the National Archives, Microfilm T624, Roll 619, in the US Census taken on 19 April 1910 in MA, Suffolk County, e.d. #1469, sheet 10A, line 16 as Samuel Jacobs living at 709 Seventh St, Boston, white male age 21 married for over a year, born in NY, father born in Germany, mother born in NY, native language English, a machinist in a machine shop, working for wages, employed all the preceeding year, able to read and write, renting his home, living with his wife, Rebecca Jacobs and his daughter, Lillian M Jacobs.

Boston City Directories:
1911: p 971, Jacobs, Samuel, machinist, 709 E Seventh St, SB
1912: p 971, Jacobs, Samuel, machinist, h 48 L, SB
1913: p 986, Jacobs, Samuel, machinist, h 53 L, SB
1917: p 824, ditto
1918: p 827, Jacobs, Samuel machinist rem[oved] to Everett
1919: p 826, not listed

1917 - He registered for the draft for World War I. His draft registration card is filed at the US National Archives, NE Region, Waltham, MA, film M1509, roll MA-67: Form 33250, registration 2931, #3109, order #184, Samuel Jacobs, 28, [53 L St, So. Boston is written but crossed out] 650 7th St, born Jul 15, 1888, natural born citizen, born Troy, NY, tool maker foreman employed by Standard Thereometer Co, 65 or 63 Shirley St, Roxbury, MA, had wife and three children dependent on him for support, married, caucasian race, no military service, claimed exemption based on dependents. Signed Samuel Jacobs. Registrar's report 20-4-9-A: medium height, medium build, black eyes, black hair, not bald, not disabled. Signed John C Tobin, Jr, registrar, Suffolk Co, Boston, MA 5 Jun 1917.

1920 - He is listed at the National Archives in the 1920 US Census in MA, Suffolk County, Microfilm T625, Roll 734, e.d. #284, sheet 10, line 89: 652 East Seventh St, S. Boston, Samuel Jacobs, white married male, age 31, living with his wife, Rebecca, daughter Lillian, son, Samuel, and daughter, Marion, renting his home, able to read and write, born in New York, his father born in Germany with German as his mother tongue, his mother born in New York, able to speak English, a wage worker as a machinist in a machine shop.

1925 - His daughter, Kathaleen Haynes, by Dorothy Washington, was born on 27 Nov in Lynn, MA.

1930 - He is listed at the National Archives in the 1930 US Census taken on 8 Apr 1930 in MA, Suffolk County, Microfilm T626, Roll 846, e.d. #13-284, sheet 17A, line 3: Samuel Jacobs, head of household, renting his home for $28 per month, owned a radio, not living on a farm, white married male, age 42, married at age 18, did not attend school since 1929, able to read and write, born New York, father born Germany, mother born New York, able to speak English, a chauffeur for a taxi service, was at work on the last working day, not a US veteran, living at 128 Emerson St, South Boston, ward 6, a 3-family house (appears to be in the middle floor), with his wife, Rebecca, son, Samuel, and daughter, Marion.

1931 - Pictured in the Boston Post newspaper, Thurs, Dec 17, 1931, p 27:
SMUGGLING OF ALIENS IN HUB
Probe Starts, Following Arrest of Chinese
[then there is a picture of him with the following caption:]
SAMUEL JACOBS
Boston taxi driver detained in Meriden, Conn., with a deserting Chinese seaman he was taking to New York.
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Probe of alien smuggling by United States immigration authorities turned to Boston last night, following the arrest in Meriden Conn., yesterday, of a South Boston taxi driver and a Chinese, the latter alleged to be one of three who stole away from the S.S. Polyshemus at the Army Base, yesterday morning.
The taxi driver held in Meriden is Samuel Jacobs of 128 Emerson street, South Boston. He denied any knowledge that the Chinaman was in the country illegally and stated that he was engaged to drive him to New York for $75.
Police here last night were seeking a John Haggerty, who, Jacobs is alleged to have told Meriden police, got him his Chinese passenger. Haggerty is supposed to be another taxi driver.

1940 - Listed in the US Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, e.d 15-237, sheet 8B lines 49-52, living at 128 Emerson St, Boston:
Jacobs, Samuel, head of household, renting his home for $21/month, not living on a farm, male, white, 51, married, did not attend school, completed 7th grade, born Troy, NY, lived same house in 1935, worked in March, worked 40 hours/week a cab driver, employer, worked 52 weeks last year, income $1000, no other source of income
Jacobs, Rebecca, wife, female, white, 53, married, did not attend school, completed 8th grade, born England, a naturalized US citizen, lived same house in 1935, housework,
Jacobs, Marion, daughter, female, white, 22, single, did not attend school, completed 4 years of high school, lived same house in 1935, worked in March, worked 40 hours/week, a stenographer for the electric company, worked 52 weeks last year, income $1000, no other source of income
DeLaFuente, Mary, mother [in-law], female, white, 89, widow, did not attend school, completed 4th grade, born Holland [sic], a naturalized US citizen, lived same house in 1935, unable to work

May 1940 - He filed an application for social security. Male, white, application, born 15 Jul 1888 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY, father Adolph Jacobs, mother Lillian Franklin, reference #65132003480.

1942 - He registered for the draft for World War II as follows:
Registration Card Serial # U693, Samuel Jacob, residence 499 Huntington Ave, Boston, Suffolk, Mass., age 53, born Troy, NY on July 15, 1888, person who will always know his address is Mrs. Rebecca Jacob, 499 Huntington Ave, Boston, employer is U.S, Govt., Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. Signed Samuel Jacob.

- He loved music and always wanted to play the piano. He was left handed, and when he did try playing piano, he would cross his hands over and play melody with his left hand and chords with his right hand!

- He was a mechanic. He ran the City Point and South Boston taxi companies. He was a leader man at Watertown Arsenal. He was an "inventor." He invented a strawberry hulling machine that used a vacuum, but upon first use it splattered the strawberries all over the walls! He invented some kind of dancing puppet doll. He was an amateur boxer and taught boxing. He was very strong. Once, while living at 614 E. 5th St, S. Boston, an auto ran over his 4 year old daughter, Marion. He was so strong he literally lifted the car off her. In those days, cars were very heavy! Later, he lived at 3rd St. S. Boston, for a short time, then 600A E. Broadway, S. Boston, for a short time, then 130 Emerson St around 1929. Later he lived at 499 Huntington Ave, Boston. He ran a restaurant for 3-4 weeks before his suicide at age 57.

1945 - His sister, Carrie, died on 30 Sep. He was the informant on her death certificate.
- On19 Nov, he shot himself through the brain. His death certificate, #9951 says Samuel Jacobs died 19 Nov 1945, white male, married to Rebecca DeLaFiunte [sic], age 56, resided at 499 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, a restaurant owner, died at 499 Huntington Ave, born in Troy NY, father Adolph Jacobs born in Germany and mother Lillian M. Franklin born in Troy [sic] NY, died from bullet wound through brain, Internal and external hemorrhage, suicidal 11/18/45 Boston Home Found dead in his bed, buried Mt Hope Cemetery, Boston, MA. The Return of the Medical Examiners, North Part of Suffolk Co, located at the MA State Archives, vol 426, page 64, #632 states: #10086, male, unknown nativity, Samuel Jacobs of 499 Huntington Ave, Boston, Mass, age 57, married, died on 19 Nov 1945 at 9:30 pm at 499 Huntington Ave, Apt 8, Boston, Mass, autopsy performed Nov 20, 1945 at 10:25 am at the North Mortuary, Boston, Mass, death from a bullet wound through Brain; Internal and External Hemorrhage. Suicidal. Found dead in his bed. Inquest #164c.

- His tombstone says:
SAMUEL JACOBS
1888 - 1945
REBECCA JACOBS
1886 - 1965

- His obituary is in the Boston Post, Thurs Nov 22 1945 p45 col 6 and on 23 Nov p20 col 4: JACOBS-In Boston, suddenly. Nov 19th. Samuel, beloved husband of Rebecca (DeLaFuente) Jacobs. Funeral from the James E. Benson Chapel, 126 Emerson St., Flood sq., So. Boston, Friday, Nov 23rd. Services at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Formerly of South Boston.