Jacob Lazar Turnowsky

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Jacob (Akiva) Lazar Turnowsky

Polish: Jakub Lazar Turnowski
Also Known As: "Jakob", "Turnovsky"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Unterkralowitz, Dolní Královice, Kaliště, Humpolec, Czechia (Czech Republic)
Death: March 28, 1883 (50)
Havlíčkův Brod, Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
Place of Burial: Polná, Jihlava District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
Immediate Family:

Son of Lazar Eliezer (Lejzr) Turnowsky and Josefine (Hindl) Turnowsky
Husband of Therese Turnowsky
Father of Viktor Turnowsky; Emil Turnowsky; Adele Schwarzkopf; Olga Seidemann; Thekla Löwit and 1 other
Brother of Theres Turnowsky; Katharina Siegel; Regina Turnowsky; Anna Turnowsky Bauer; Mathilde Wengraf (Traub) and 8 others

Occupation: Agriculturalist and Distiller
Managed by: Jarmila Libuse Taud, Dr
Last Updated:

About Jacob Lazar Turnowsky

1863: Jakob Lazar offers sheep and oxen for sale. Julienhof near Deutschbrod is the place of sale. This article appeared in the Iglauer (Jihlava) Sonntags Blatt in 1863. Jacob Lazar must have resided in Julienhof already in 1863. http://digital.onb.ac.at/OnbViewer/viewer.faces?doc=ABO_%2BZ227772502

Census record, Termesivy 1869: In this old census record (2 pages before this entry), the names Deutschbrod, Termeshof and Julienhof are found. Jacob is living in 1869 at Julienhof with his wife Theresia, children, Victor, Emil, Adele and Oga and a teacher, a book-keeper/accountant and 2 daily helpers. The teacher and book-keeper are of the jewish faith and on annual salaries while the daily help, presumably a house-keeper and cook/maid are catholic and on a daily salary basis. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95V-6SLS-K?i=74&wc=Q6...

Census record, Termesivy 1880: Jacob (aka Jakub) Turnowsky was born on 9.April 1832 in Dolní Královice, Kaliště, Humpolec. He was living at Julienhof in 1880.According to the census records a house-keeper and a cook/maid also resided in Julienhof. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95B-7FHJ?mode=g&i=55&...

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/jowbr.php?rec=J_BOHEMIA_7814 This data base records the death of Jacob (Jakob aka Akiva) Turnowsky. Julienhof is given as place of birth. Jacob was born in Dolni Kralovice and died in Julienhof. The date of death is recorded on his tombstone in Polna as 28.3.1883. His fathers name is correctly recorded as Eliezer.

His grave is in Polna (Pollerskirchen): http://www.chewra.com/keshetnew/kweb/tomb_detail.aspx?tomb=21736&kid=0

This newspaper entry in 1854 has Jakob Turnowsky as being born in Unterkralovitz. The document deals with dividend payments from an Austrian bank (Sparkasse) http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wrz&datum=18540729&seite...

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000141860637301 Shows registration of birth. Spelling: "Jacob" He was known as Jacob Lazar perhaps to differentiate himself from quite a few other Jacobs in the family. Shows Jacob to be the son of Lazar and Josefine Turnowsky (nee Hofmann) daughter of Adam Hofmann.

https://media.geni.com/p13/7f/3f/1d/5d/5344485fb74d4d17/czec0004d_matriky-church-books-hradec-kr_lovth-28-3607-1864-1887_00191_original.jpg?hash=4d1ce98dbe0b199d0ea2660cb3aee60888de1e3c706616716e22919c18f0eec1.1726815599
According to this record, Jakob Turnowsky (leaseholder in Julienhof) was a witness and godfather at Emil Winternitz's circumcision on 3. February 1869 in Dobřenice #24.

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Jacob Lazar Turnowsky's Timeline

1832
April 9, 1832
Unterkralowitz, Dolní Královice, Kaliště, Humpolec, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1861
January 6, 1861
Julienhof, Termesivy, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1862
November 2, 1862
Termesivy, Havličkův Brod, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1866
February 10, 1866
Termesivy, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1869
March 16, 1869
Julienhof, Termesivy, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1871
July 22, 1871
Julienhof, Termesivy, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1873
May 13, 1873
Julienhof, Termesivy, Bohemia, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1883
March 28, 1883
Age 50
Havlíčkův Brod, Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
March 30, 1883
Age 50
Polná, Jihlava District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic