Jakobsen Surname History

Jakobsen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gertrud Jakobsen, who landed in America in 1647 1
Kaspar Jakobsen, who landed in America in 1650 1
Christiaen Toemszen Jakobsen, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1658 1
Engeltje Jakobsen, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1658 1
Peter Jakobsen, who arrived in America in 1659 1
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Kurt Jakobsen (1923-1941), German Matrose who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2
Herbert Jakobsen (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2
Albert Jakobsen (1917-1941), German Maschinist who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2

Mr. Anders Jakobsen, Norwegian traveler who was aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, survived the sinking

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details