• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0676

Jacob, Maria Elizabeth

(1841 – 1924)
  • Born 10 May, 1841, Klemzig South Australia Australia
  • Died 13 October, 1924
  • Occupation Missionary

Summary

Maria Elizabeth Jacob (née Auricht) was born 10 May 1841 in Klemzig, South Australia. She married Wilhelm G. Irrgang on 4 September 1862, who died in 1872. She then married Ernest Jacob on 24 May 1878. She worked with Aboriginal people at Bethesda Mission Station and died on 13 October 1924.

Published resources

  • Book
    • Three missionary pioneers, Proeve, E. H, 1946
    • Persecution to freedom : Christian Auricht and descendants 1806-1980 ; a history and family tree, Auricht, Norman L. (Norman Leslie), 1933- ; Munchenberg, Reg S. and Christian Auricht Family Reunion Committee, 1980
  • Resource

Archival resources

  • Lutheran Church of Australia
    • Bethesda Mission Correspondence to The Chairman of the Lutheran Mission Board by the missionaries and their wives including Maria Jacob and Anna Vogelsang.

Related entries


  • Sister
    • Vogelsang, Anna Maria (1855 - 1945)

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