Scherek Arbol » Jacob Olkowicz (1803-????)

Personal data Jacob Olkowicz 

  • He was born in the year 1803 in Kepno, Wlkp., Poland.
  • Profession: about 1820 in letter writer and reader for illiterate, Kepno, Wlkp., Poland.
  • A child of Baruch Olkowicz and Feigele Olkowicz

Household of Jacob Olkowicz

He is married to Dorel Kalischer.

They got married on November 17, 1836 at Kepno, Wlkp., Poland, he was 33 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Child Olkowicz  1832-1833
  2. Baruch Olkowicz  1837-???? 
  4. Joseph Olkowicz  1841-????
  5. Haskel Olkowicz  1843-????
  8. Herrmann Olkowicz  1848-1915 


Notes about Jacob Olkowicz

Marschall, John P., The House of Olcovich: A Pioneer Carson City JewishFamily, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Reno, NV: The Society, Vol. 41, No. 3, 1998, pp. 169-190. Photocopy at Leo Baeck Beck Institute, New York City, Edward Luft Collection, AR 6957; location: A 42;5. Partial Olcovich genealogy chart, showing pre-immigrant forebears and immigrants, as well as those born in Carson City, NV, p. 171. Photograph of the immigrant Olcoviches and their progeny, p. 172. Jacob Olcovich and his wife Dorel Kalischer were married in Kepno, Wlkp., Poland on 19 November 1835; Jacob was a letter writer and reader for the illiterate and had the title of Kommissioner [sic],

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Day of marriage November 17, 1836

  • The temperature on November 17, 1836 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 1 » A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
    • March 6 » Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
    • April 21 » Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
    • May 4 » Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
    • June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
    • September 1 » Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

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