Frances [Rasch] Jackoboice Family History

(Information on this page was last updated on January, 2021)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2 Frances Josephine Rasch (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: November 26, 1833 Birth Place: Oldersdorf (near Frankenstein, present day Zabkowice Slaskie), Silesia, Prussia Baptism Date: March 26, 1833 Baptism Place: Parish church in Protzan, Silesia, Prussia Religion: R. Catholic Death Date: July 6, 1912 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Date: July 8, 1912 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Florian Franz Rasch I (1791-1855) Mother: Barbara [Gutkorn] (1804-1843)
Notes: According to church baptismal records her name was Josepha Franziska Augustine Rasch. Census Records have Adolph and Frances immigrating in 1854. In 1857 Frances came to Grand Rapids, met and married Joseph, who was a prominent businessman. The 1870 Federal Census has their last name spelled Jacobvia. She left the family their mother's bible; a small book written in German, probably used at her wedding. According to her obituary, she had a total of 10 children. Frances was part owner of "The Rasch House," an early Grand Rapids hostelry. The hotel was located in an area described as Germantown because of the Germans dominating the scene. She died of cancer at the age of 78.
Spouse: Joseph Jackoboice (picture) Birth Date: March 16, 1824 Birth Place: Town Of Kalisz On Prussian-Polish Border Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: Machinist Death Date: 1899 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Spouse Notes: Immigrated from Poland (in 1844) via Germany (in 1852) to America. Lived in New York City for 2.5 years, then journeyed to Grand Rapids in 1854. He became the first Polish immigrant to settle in the city of Grand Rapids in 1855. In 1855/56 Joseph began working as a machinist for others. In 1860 he opened his first machine shop, on Mill Street. It was one of the first machine shops in Grand Rapids. In 1862 he moved the operation to the "Germantown" district around Canal and E. Bridge streets. He manufactured steam engines, fire escapes, sawmill machines and woodworking machines. He had several successive shops in the downtown area. In 1880 he founded the West Side Iron Works and continued manufacturing a variety of machines until his retirement in 1895 (died in 1899). Joseph's son Edward Joseph maintained the family business as the West Side Iron Works until 1921, then as the Edward J. Jackoboice Company until 1931, then as the Monarch Road Machinery Company until his death in 1935 (and beyond). The family business changed its name again in 1983 to Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. The family of Joseph and Frances Jackoboice flourished at their residence on Broadway Ave., N.W., where later the Convent of St. Mary's Church would be built. They were charter members of the pioneer Catholic parish. Michael Jackoboice has written an extended bio, here)
Marriage Date: 1858 Children: Julia Maria Edward Joseph Robert Aloysius Mary Frances Helen Ann Clara Maria George Albert Adolph August
Note: Two other children are indicated by some sources, Aemilia Louisa (1860-1861)
and Otto (?-?), but very little information is available on them. Research: 2 4 8 33 82e 85 87 100 102 109c
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.1 Julia Maria Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 1861 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: September 1885 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912) Research: 8 33 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2 Edward Joseph Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: June 16, 1864 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Occupation: Businessman and inventor Death Date: May 8, 1935 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Date: May 10, 1935 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912)
Notes: Edward Joseph and his father Joseph manufactured numerous machines for sawmills, furniture companies and others. Joseph invented a lumber-recording device. Edward Joseph co-patented a sanding machine and a glue-jointing machine. Edward worked with his father at the West Side Iron Works from 1880 until Joseph's retirement in 1895. Edward built a steam-powered boat, and later a steam-powered automobile (in 1897, said to be the fourth car in Grand Rapids). Edward transitioned out of the manufacture of woodworking machines. In 1921 he sold the West Side Iron Works business to the Chicago Machinery Exchange. In 1922 he founded the Edward J. Jackoboice Company and focused on the manufacture of road maintenance machinery, mainly road grader "road scraper" blades with early hydraulics (eventually developing a reversible blade). This type of machinery, which revolutionized the maintenance of dirt and gravel roads, is used across America. In 1931 Edward Joseph's two sons, Edward William and George A. Jackoboice, joined the family business and renamed it the Monarch Road Machinery Company. In Edward Joseph's final leisure years, he likely continued enjoying travel, hunting and fishing. He passed away in 1935. Michael Jackoboice has written an extended bio, here)
Spouse: Helena Matilda Hake (picture) Birth Date: September 3,1872 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: May 23, 1952 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Date: May 23, 1952 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: William Hake (1828-1921) Mother: Anne Maria Schittler (1836-1908)
Spouse Notes: In the 1900 Federal Census Helen was still living with her parents in Grand Rapids with seven brothers and sisters.
Marriage Date: June 12, 1906 Marriage Place: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Children: Edward William George Adolphe Helen Josephine (Twin) Ruth Marie (Twin) Frances Ann Rita Pauline Research: 8 68 82b 85 99 100 101
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1 Edward William Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: April 25, 1907 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: January 29, 1980 Death Place: Broward Co., Florida Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Edward J. Jackoboice (1864-1935) Mother: Helen Hake (1873-1952)
Notes: Edward William's grandfather Joseph Jackoboice founded the West Side Iron Works in 1880. His father founded the Edward J. Jackoboice Company in 1922. Edward William and his brother George joined the family business in 1931 and renamed it the Monarch Road Machinery Company. Edward William (known as Ed) was described by The Grand Rapids Press as "a pioneer in developing and designing hydraulic systems." He held nine patents. He also held the title of secretary-treasurer for the company. His brother George served as company president. They ran the business into the 1980s. Over the years they manufactured hydraulic products that powered road grader blades, snowplows, tailgates and a variety of lifts and ladders nationwide and worldwide. By 1981, Monarch grew to 125,000 square feet of factory and office space, with a Canadian subsidiary "and an assembly facility in the Netherlands to supply the European market." Monarch had "slightly more than one-third of the international market for direct current (battery operated) precision power hydraulic pumps, valves, cylinders and systems..." In 1983 the company was renamed Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. Enterprising men of integrity, the brothers were inducted into the Greater Grand Rapids Business Hall of Fame. Michael Jackoboice has written an extended bio, here)
Spouse: Mildred M. Lanfear Birth Date: September 18, 1904 Death Date: May 13, 1978 Death Place: Kentwood, Kent Co., Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Children: Edward James Richard J. Research: 4 8 14 35 37 78 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1.1 Edward James Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 1935 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: Roman Catholic aka: "Ed" or "Jim" Death Date: December 4, 2012 Death Place: Naples, Florida Father: Edward William Jackoboice Mother: Mildred M. Lanfear
Notes: Ed (also known as Jim) was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended East Grand Rapids High School and played football (as a big tackle). He also attended Michigan State University, was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and graduated in 1957. Returning to Grand Rapids, in 1958 he revived the family's West Side Iron Works (1880-1921). In that old schoolhouse/machine shop he assembled and marketed street barricades for several years. See company history online here. Ed later became an owner, VP and Director of Engineering for the family's hydraulics factory - the Monarch Road Machinery Company (later renamed Monarch Hydraulics, Inc.) of Grand Rapids. He co-directed the company for over two decades. He patented a snowplow "Back blade assembly and control" (1970), co-patented a "High speed hydraulic pump" (1971), and co-patented a "Hydraulic control valve" (1974). He enjoyed working in "the shop" and promotional work at industry conventions. He retired in 1990. Wintering in Naples, Florida for years, Ed and wife Sandy moved there in 2010. Ed was a life-long outdoorsman - hunting deer, ducks, geese, pheasant and ruffed grouse (and as requested, was buried with an empty shotgun shell). He also enjoyed fishing, boating, sailing. And he earned a pilot's license and flew small planes. He was active in the community. He was a member of the Kent County Conservation League, the Thornapple River Association, Ducks Unlimited, the Polish Heritage Society, St. Robert's Parish, and the Army Reserve. Ed was a world traveler, working and/or touring in more than 100 countries. Following in the footsteps of his Uncle George, he began visiting Poland in the 1980s for genealogical research. Through the years, Ed sponsored foreign students so they could live in America and share the American dream. In 2008, Edward James' son Edward Michael commenced research into family/business history, online and on-site, and in books, articles and archives. A journalist, Mike has written related articles and a growing "book" of 275 pages for posterity (with maps, charts, photos, etc.). One abridged version of the book is planned for family websites.
Spouse: Sandra Kay LaSeur (picture) Birth Date: 1936 Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan Religion: Roman Catholic aka: Sandy
Spouse Notes: Attended MSU, and graduated from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids.  Career in clothing business and as an artist painting with Pastel and Acrylic.  Hobbies:  photography, golf, tennis, travel and "walks on the beach."  Wintered for years in Naples, Florida; moved there in 2010.
Marriage Date: 1958 Children: Edward Michael Timothy Jon Research: 48 62 82d 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1.1.1 Edward Michael Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 1958 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: Christian aka: Mike Occupation: Journalist Father: Edward James Jackoboice Mother: Sandra LaSeur
Notes: Like every Jackoboice, Mike is actually a Jakóbowicz (the family's original Polish surname, pronounced Yah-koob-o-vitch). Mike grew up in East Grand Rapids, walking to school near Reeds Lake. And he "helped" his dad at the old West Side Iron Works. At age 10, the family moved to Ada. In high school Mike was a summer exchange student in Switzerland, played football on a championship team, and graduated from Forest Hills Central (as class president 1974-77). During college he worked at the White Grass Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming as a cowboy in the Teton Range, and as a river rafting guide. He graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a Journalism degree (1981), then drove up the Alaska Highway. As News Director at radio stations in Alaska (1980s), he also covered the Iditarod and other sled dog races from Bethel to the Brooks Range. Mike served in the Civil Air Patrol (search & rescue). And he worked in the oil industry: on the North Slope in seismic exploration (until stalked by a polar bear) ... and in the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup as a VIP cabin cruiser chef, deckhand and skipper. Reading the entire Bible, and reading a page a day, Mike was the first in the family to leave Roman Catholicism (1987). Sharing biblical Christianity he served as an Evangelical Protestant missionary in Nepal and India (hospitals, prisons, 1988-89) ... and in Quito, Ecuador (HCJB World Radio interim International News Director, 1990) ... and in Santiago and Los Andes, Chile (SIM Pacific Andes Area mission journalist with assignments in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina; and library and prison ministries, 1990-97). From 1997 to 2018+ in Las Cruces, New Mexico and enjoying Gospel outreach (Luke 24:45-47) through tracts, Bible correspondence lessons, and Spanish presentations in county jails (mainly in El Paso, Texas). Attendance at SBC Baptist churches and other Christ-centered churches. Hobbies: camping, hiking, fishing, photography, reading history and writing history as published online. In 2017 the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. published his research in their website. See Collections and type/search title: "Jakóbowicz (Jakobowicz, Jakubowicz) surname variants in Holocaust records (ghettos, trains, camps, survivors, profiles) and surname history, emigrations, descendants." Mike has contributed two papers for the Historical section: "Jackoboice Family and Family Business History" "Jackoboice Family and Polish Pioneers in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1850s-60s)"
Research: 48 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1.1.2 Timothy Jon Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 1963 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: Roman Catholic aka: Tim Occupation: Businessman Father: Edward James Jackoboice Mother: Sandra LaSeur
Notes: Forest Hills Central High School (1982).  Graduated from University of Arizona. Married in 2000, moved to New York City.  A "September 11th" (2001) survivor.  Resident of Florida since 2002, with wife and three daughters.
Research: 48 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1.2 Richard J. Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: January 25, 1941 Death Date: October 17, 2006 Death Place: Akron, Ohio Father: Edward William Jackoboice Mother: Mildred M. Lanfear
Notes: He had been active throughout the country as a conductor, composer, adjudicator and arranger for many years. He graduated from the University of Michigan with both Bachelor and Master degrees in Music. He also studied advanced conducting under Karl Osterreicher at the Vienna Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria. He served as assistant Director of Bands at both Cornell University and the University of Minnesota. He served for 23 years as Professor of Music and Bands at the University of Akron. He served as conductor at the Revelli International School of Music in Montreux/Glion, Switzerland. He also served as Dean of Music and special guest conductor at the International Education Institute at the University of Exeter, England. He had appeared as guest conductor with several European orchestras and concert bands. He was also the Music Director of the Freedom Brass Band of Northeast Ohio. He died of renal cancer.
Spouse: Karin O’Malley (picture) Birth Date: December 22, 1941 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Occupation: Retired Registered Nurse Father: Harry F. O’Malley Mother: Sara J. Lindhout O’Malley
Spouse Notes: Richard and Karin were high school sweethearts in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. Karin plays percussion for the Freedom Brass Band, as well as oboe for the New Horizons Band and the Goodyear Band. (For information on Karin's first family click here)
Marriage Date: 1980 Marriage Place: East Grand Rapids, Michigan Children: Jennifer Ann Rebecca Marie Research: 35 63 64
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1.2.1 Jennifer Ann Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: July 23, 1981 Father: Richard J. Jackoboice Mother: Karin O’Malley Spouse: Brian Marshall Diaz Birth Date: June 14, 1980 Birth Place: Las Vegas, Nevada Marriage Date: September 4, 2004 Marriage Place: Summit County, Ohio Research: 63 92 93
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.1.2.2 Rebecca Marie Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: August 24, 1982 Father: Richard J. Jackoboice Mother: Karin O’Malley Research: 63
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2 George Adolphe Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: June 17, 1908 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Rel: R. Catholic Death Date: January 10, 1987 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Edward J. Jackoboice (1864-1935) Mother: Helen Hake (1873-1952)
Notes: George's grandfather Joseph Jackoboice founded the West Side Iron Works in 1880. His father founded the Edward J. Jackoboice Company in 1922. George graduated from the University of Notre Dame. He and his brother Edward William joined the family business in 1931. They renamed it the Monarch Road Machinery Company. George served as company president. Ed served in product design, and as secretary-treasurer. They ran the business into the 1980s. Over the years they manufactured hydraulic products that powered road grader blades, snowplows, tailgates and a variety of lifts and ladders nationwide and worldwide. By 1981, Monarch grew to 125,000 square feet of factory and office space, with a Canadian subsidiary "and an assembly facility in the Netherlands to supply the European market." Monarch had "slightly more than one-third of the international market for direct current (battery operated) precision power hydraulic pumps, valves, cylinders and systems..." In 1983 the company was renamed Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. Enterprising men of integrity, the brothers were inducted into the Greater Grand Rapids Business Hall of Fame. Michael Jackoboice has written an extended bio, here)
Spouse: Helen Irene Gast (pictures) Birth Date: August 7, 1910 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Rel: R. Catholic Death Date: December 31, 2008 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Children: George Alan John Stephen Thomas Joseph Research: 4 8 14 35 36 37 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1 George Alan Jackoboice Sr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: August 20, 1941 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1941 Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: President, Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. Death Date: November 26, 1999 Death Place: Salzburg, Austria Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: George Adolphe Jackoboice Mother: Helen Irene Gast
Notes: Graduated from Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1959, and earned a degree from University of Notre Dame in 1963. Became president of his family owned business in 1985. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Bank West Financial Corp., member of the Board of Directors of Mary Free Bed Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Grand Rapids, and was vice chair of the Manufacturers Council of The Right Place Program. He died of a heart attack while in Europe visiting his daughter.
Spouse: Sherry Ann Flanagan Birth Date: February 16, 1942, Birth Place: Sayre, OK Occupation: Homemaker Religion: R. Catholic Father: William Flanagan Mother: Monnie Lawrence
Notes: Enjoys gardening
Marriage Date: July 20, 1967 Marriage Place: Durant, OK Children: George Alan Julia Anne Janna Kathleen Research: 20 36 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.1 George Alan Jackoboice, Jr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: October 30, 1968 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1968 Christen Date: Immaculate Heart Of Mary Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic Father: George Alan Jackoboice Sr. Mother: Sherry Ann Flanagan
Notes: Has a B.A from Denison (1989), and an M.B.A. from Harvard (1998). Also speaks Chinese.
Spouse: Jean Book Marriage Date: 1998 Children: George Daniel Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.1.1 George Daniel Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 2005 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Father: George Alan Jackoboice Jr. Mother: Jean Book Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.2 Julia Anne Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: February 10, 1970 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1970 Christen Place: Immaculate Heart Of Mary Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic Father: George Alan Jackoboice Sr. Mother: Sherry Ann Flanagan Former Spouse: Alex Miller Status: Divorced Children: Margaux Elise Alexander George Natalie Helene Research: 36 105
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.2.1 Margaux Elise Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: September 24, 2000 Birth Place: Chicago, IL Father: Alex Miller Mother: Julia Anne Jackoboice Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.2.2 Alexander George Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: June 15, 2003 Birth Place: Chicago, IL Christen Place: St. Clement Catholic Church, Chicago, IL Father: Alex Miller Mother: Julia Anne Jackoboice Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.2.3 Natalie Helene Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: September 1, 2004 Birth Place: Chicago, IL Father: Alex Miller Mother: Julia Anne Jackoboice Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.3 Janna Kathleen Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: September 18, 1977 Birth Place: Spring Lake, Michigan Christen Date: 1977 Christen Place: Spring Lake, Michigan Occupation: Housewife and mother Father: George Alan Jackoboice Sr. Mother: Sherry Ann Flanagan Spouse: Daniel Smith Birth Date: November 14, 1974 aka: Kevin Marriage Date: May 14, 2011 Marriage Place: St. Vincent de Paul Church, Chicago, IL Children: Lillian Grace (twin) Charlotte Eleanor (twin) Research: 36 105
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.3.1 Lillian Grace Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: August 16, 2013 Father: Daniel Smith Mother: Janna Kathleen [Jackoboice] Research: 105
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.1.3.2 Charlotte Eleanor Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: August 16, 2013 Father: Daniel Smith Mother: Janna Kathleen [Jackoboice] Research: 105
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a John Stephen Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: March 26, 1944 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1944 Christen Place: St. Thomas Apostle Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: Chairman of the Board, Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. Father: George Adolphe Jackoboice Mother: Helen Irene Gast
Notes: Graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1966
Spouse: Mary Ann Wheaton Birth Date: March 7, 1944 Birth Place: Evansville, IN Christen Date: 1944 Occupation: Homemaker Death Date: October 5, 1993 Death Place: Cascade, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: William Wheaton Mother: Leona Ahlering
Notes: Graduated from University of Indiana with a degree in Speech Pathology
Marriage Date: May 20, 1967 Marriage Place: Evansville, IN Children: William Wheaton John Stephen Ann Ahlering Other spouses: Sarah Elizabeth Horning Research: 36 37 48 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.1 William Wheaton Jackoboice * (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: April 12, 1968 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1968 Christen Place: St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic aka: Bill Father: John Stephen Jackoboice Mother: Mary Ann Wheaton
Notes: Received a B.A. in Management from the University of Notre Dame (1990).
Former Spouse: Maureen McMeel Birth Date: June 21, 1968 Birth Place: New York, NY Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: Homemaker Father: John Paul McMeel Mother: Suzanne Sykes
Notes: Attended Marquette University and Trinity College (Ireland) in journalism.
Marriage Date: October 14, 1995 Marriage Place: Kansas City, MO Status: Divorced Children: Wheaton John Elizabeth Helen Reilly Jane Other spouses: Jill Coleen Allison Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.1.1 Wheaton John Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: February 9, 1998 Birth Place: Kansas City, MO Christen Date: April 18, 1998 Christen Place: Kansas City, MO Religion: R. Catholic Father: William Wheaton Jackoboice Mother: Maureen McMeel
Notes: Graduated from Culver Military Academy, then attended the Universary of Notre Dame, where he was a member of the Men's Lacrosse team. (2020)
Research: 36 127
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.1.2 Elizabeth Helen Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: March 7, 1999 Religion: R. Catholic Father: William Wheaton Jackoboice Mother: Maureen McMeel Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.1.3 Reilly Jane Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: September 7, 2001 Birth Place: Kansas City, MO Christen Date: January 19, 2002 Christen Place: Visitation Catholic Church, Kansas City, MO Religion: R. Catholic Father: William Wheaton Jackoboice Mother: Maureen McMeel
Notes: She was named after her maternal great-grandmother's maiden name. Her god parents are Kevin and Ann Malone.
Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.1b William Wheaton Jackoboice * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (See above) Spouse: Jill Coleen [McAtee] Allison Birth Date: September 3, 1967 Occupation: Family practice Lawyer Marriage Date: August 22, 2009 Marriage Date: Jackson, Michiganssouri Other spouses: Maureen McMeel Research: 36 76 90 91
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.2 John Stephen Jackoboice II ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: April 7, 1970 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1970 Christen Place: St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Occupation: Manager at Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. aka: Otis Religion: R. Catholic Father: John Stephen Jackoboice Mother: Mary Ann Wheaton
Notes: Received B.A. in Marketing from University of Notre Dame in 1992.
Spouse: Kathryn Ann Benz Birth Date: December 31, 1969 aka: Kathy Father: Peter Albert Benz Mother: Elsa Berit Bergersen Marriage Date: June 17, 1995 Marriage Place: St. Elizabeth's, Mendham, NJ Children: Lucy Elizabeth Ahlering Jane Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.2.1 Lucy Elizabeth Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: November 2, 1997 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: April 4, 1998 Religion: R. Catholic Father: John Stephen Jackoboice II Mother: Kathryn Ann Benz
Notes: Born two months premature. Both of her great grandmothers were alive when she was born.
Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.2.2 Ahlering Jane Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: June 9, 2000 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: August, 2000 Christen Date: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nantucket, MA Religion: R. Catholic aka: Ally Father: John Stephen Jackoboice II Mother: Kathryn Ann Benz Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.3 Ann Ahlering Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: June 3, 1975 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: July 19, 1975 Christen Place: St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic aka: Anner Occupation: Homemaker/Former Teacher Father: John Stephen Jackoboice Mother: Mary Ann Wheaton
Notes: Received a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1997; Masters in Elementary Education from Xavier University. Used to teach third grade, now stays at home with her children.
Spouse: Kevin James Malone Birth Date: May 23, 1973 Birth Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH Occupation: Physician Religion: R. Catholic Father: James Lawrence Malone Mother: Katherine Stambaugh Williams
Notes: Kevin received a B.A. in Psychology/Pre-med from the University of Notre Dame in 1995. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical School in 2001. Doing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery. (2001)
Marriage Date: June 24, 2000 Marriage Place: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Children: Helen Katherine Shay Patrick Research: 36 48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.3.1 Helen Katherine Malone (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: May 5, 2004 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: June 26, 2004 (picture) Father: Kevin James Malone Mother: Ann Ahlering Jackoboice
Notes: Baptized in a 125 year old Baptizmal dress. Her god-parents are Kathryn and John “Otis” Jackoboice. Helen is named after her great-grandmother, Helen [Gast] Jackoboice (photographed together 7/15/2004).
Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2a.3.2 Shay Patrick Malone ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: September 30, 2007 Birth Place: Cleveland, OH Christen Date: October 27, 2007 Christen Place: Church of St. Dominic, Shaker Heights, OH (picture) Father: Kevin James Malone Mother: Ann Ahlering Jackoboice Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.2b John Stephen Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (see above) Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Horning Birth Date: February 3, 1958 Birth Place: Kansas City, MO Father: Dr. David Horning Mother: Jill (dec.) Marriage Date: July 26, 1997 Marriage Place: Chapel on the Aquinas College campus, Grand Rapids, Michigan Other spouses: Mary Ann Wheaton Research: 48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.3 Thomas Joseph Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: August 12, 1950 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1950 Christen Place: St. Thomas Apostle Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: Director Of Marketing for Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. Father: George Adolphe Jackoboice Mother: Helen Irene Gast
Notes: Attended St. John Prep. School in Danvers, MA, then Western Michiganchighan University. He collects wine, and is an avid sailor.
Spouse: Barbara Ann Valenti Birth Date: January 6, 1952 Birth Place: Akron, OH Christen Date: 1952 Christen Place: Akron, OH Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: Homemaker Father: David A. Valenti Mother: Alma DeBiasi
Notes: Attended Stanford University, and the Sorbonne, in France. Speaks fluent French.
Marriage Date: March 3, 1973 Marriage Place: Paris, France Children: Victoria Louise Thomas Joseph Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.3.1 Victoria Louise Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: August 7, 1974 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1974 Christen Place: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic aka: Vickie Occupation: Manager Father: Thomas Joseph Jackoboice Mother: Barbara Ann Valenti
Notes: Received a B. A. in English from Vanderbilt University in 1996. Speaks fluent French.
Spouse: Mark Aall Mathews Marriage Date: September 23, 2000 Marriage Place: St. Stephen's Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Children: Catherine Cecelia Jane Elizabeth Research: 36 65
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.3.1.1 Catherine Cecelia Mathews ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: October 19, 2003 Father: Mark Aall Mathews Mother: Victoria Louise Jackoboice Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.3.1.2 Jane Elizabeth Mathews ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: April 27, 2005 Birth Place: Wilton, CT Father: Mark Aall Mathews Mother: Victoria Louise Jackoboice Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.3.2 Thomas Joseph Jackoboice Jr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: December 11, 1975 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan Christen Date: 1976 Christen Place: St. Thomas The Apostle Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic Occupation: Elementary School Teacher Father: Thomas Joseph Jackoboice Mother: Barbara Ann Valenti
Notes: Graduated from Brown University in 1998. Musically talented, he plays several instruments and sings acapella.
Spouse: LeAnn Marriage Date: September 19, 2004 Marriage Place: Nashville, TN Children: Owen Thomas Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.2.3.2.1 Owen Thomas Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: February 20. 2006 Birth Place: Nashville, TN Father: Thomas Joseph Jackoboice, Jr. Mother: LeAnn Research: 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.3 Helen Josephine Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: June 25, 1909 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Occupation: Business woman and muscian Death Date: July 5, 1936 Burial Date: October 12, 1936 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Edward J. Jackoboice (1864-1935) Mother: Helen Hake (1873-1952)
Notes: She was a graduate of Mt. Mercy Academy and Davenport-McLachlan Institute (now Davenport University), and was a member of Mt. Mercy Alumnae Association and the Theater Arts Guild. She had been a pupil of Mrs. Elsa Hoertz, harpist, and had made many public appearances in duets with her twin sister, Ruth Jackoboice, who likewise played the French harp. She died at age 27 after a 2 month illness.
Research: 8 14 82c 85 99
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.4 Ruth Marie Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: July 25, 1909 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Occupation: Business woman and muscian Death Date: February 22, 1995 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Edward J. Jackoboice (1864-1935) Mother: Helen Hake (1873-1952)
Notes: She played the French harp and made many public appearances in duets with her twin sister, Helen.
Research: 8 14 37 41 85 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.5 Frances Ann Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: September 19, 1911 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Religion: R. Catholic Death Date: September 17, 1998 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Date: September 22, 1998 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Edward J. Jackoboice (1864-1935) Mother: Helen Hake (1873-1952)
Notes: She graduated from Mt. Mercy Academy and received a BA from Michigan State University, and MA from the University of Michigan. She was a lifelong employee of the State of Michigan Department of Social Services, and was instrumental in the development of the Home and Family Life Program.
Research: 8 14 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.2.6 Rita Pauline Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 1914 Death Date: 1921 Burial Date: April 3, 1921 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Edward J. Jackoboice (1864-1935) Mother: Helen Hake (1873-1952)
Notes: The 1920 Federal Census has her listed as 5 years old. Died of diphtheria.
Research: 8 14 68 99 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.3 Robert Aloysius Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: April 14, 1866 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: 1868 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912) Research: 8 33 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.4 Mary Frances Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: May 25, 1869 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: 1869 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912) Research: 8 33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.5 Helen Ann Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: October 30, 1870 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: 1892 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912) Research: 8 33 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.6 Clara Maria Jackoboice (picture) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: January 6, 1872 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: 1953 Burial Date: October 23,1957 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912)
Notes: Family tradition has it that Clara assisted Oscar Rasch in researching the Rasch Genealogy. She traveled to Germany in the early 1930's, visited the village of Obersdorf, was shown the house in which the family lived, then taken to the local parish church and shown letters the "Rasch brothers" had written to the church asking for prayers as they had never been to sea and were afraid of the long voyage to America. The 1910 Federal Census has her still living in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her aged widowed mother. In the 1920 Federal Census Clare was listed as a lodger in a Los Angeles hotel. Helen [Gast] Jackoboice remembers her Aunt Clara this way: "She was a world traveler. She went with a pretty high class group of older ladies. They were wonderful." Clara remembered the day that they were listening to the radio with reports of getting into the War. Aunt Clara told everyone how poor everyone was in those other countries. Helen said it was so sad that Aunt Clara's eye sight was so poor. "She could have written many books on all of this. Aunt Clara lived in a hotel in California."
Research: 8 14 20 33 69 70 79 85 99
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.7 George Albert Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: April 8, 1874 Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Death Date: August 14, 1892 Death Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912)
Notes: Died in Reeds Lake, near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Research: 8 33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2.8 Adolph August Jackoboice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth Date: 1877 Death Date: 1878 Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan Father: Joseph Jackoboice (1824-1899) Mother: Frances Rasch (1833-1912) Research: 8 33 85

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