Jacobson
Harry Jacobson came to Vryburg from Zeerust in the Transvaal, having owned a hotel there. He first owned a bottle store in Stella and then acquired the Central Hotel. He was the son of Joel and Lena Jacobson and he was born in Lepeija, Latvia on 6 October 1892.
He married Regina Levius (Lewis), whose brothers Abbie and Louis farmed in Vryburg and they reached South Africa in the early 1920s. Regina and her brothers were also from Lepeija. Regina departed for South 27 March 1930. She reached Cape Town on 21 April 1930 and then moved to Vryburg. Harry Jacobson and Regina were married on 30 May 1937 in Johannesburg. The couple had twin boys, Reginald Paul Jacobson and Leonard Joel Jacobson, on 19 March 1939. Regina passed away same day from birth-related complications.
Harry later married Sarah Saible from Vryhied. Her mother Janie Reuben was from Rakisky in Lithuania. Her father David was also from Lithuania. David had a Hotel near Vryheid in a place called Kongolana. Sarah and her first husband, Joseph Hilowitz, had a daughter, Shaina. She was born in 1938, a year after they were married in Vryheid. Harry (son of Chaim Isaac and Raisa Stein) was a farmer and storekeeper and died in 1942 at the age of 41. He also lived at Kongolona. The Hilowitz family was from Pušalotas or Puisilat (near to Panavezy). Sarah and Shaina first moved to Joburg and then Vryburg after she met Harry Jacobson. Sarah passed away in 1955 and Shaina left Vryburg not long after that.
 Harry Jacobson sells in ZeerustHe was in partnership with his brother-in-law Abby Lewis - Government Gazette, 1946 |  Harry buys the Central HotelGovernment Gazett, 1946 |  Harry Jacobson |
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 Regina Lewis |  Postcard to Regina (Lewis) Jacobson |  Jacobson- Lewis Ketuba |
 Leonard JacobsonLeonard Abbey Jacobson named after his grandmother Lena died August 1985 |  Reggie JacobsonReginald Paul Jacobson named after Regina. People called him Reggie (same as Regina) died September 1995 |  Jacobson Twins, birth certificate |
 Joe Hilowitz and Shaina, JanJan 1941 |  Joe Hilowitz, on his farm |  Joseph Hilowitz passes away, 1942Shaina was 4 years old |
 David Saible marries Jennie RubenJohannesburg, 1903 |  Death of Jannie SaibleShe passed away in 1935 and they owned the Royal Hotel. She was the only daughter of Isaac Abel and Chase Hene Reuben. |  saiblejanietomb |
 David Saible passes away - 1918 |  David Saible Tomb |  Sarah Hilowitz and ShainaDurban, June 1939. Shaina is a year old. |
 Sarah Hilowitz, she loved animals |  Shaina HenigmanDaughter of Sarah Saible who was Harry Jacobson's second wife. |  Shaina went to school in Kimberley |
 Pico, Shaina's dogPhoto taken outside the Central Hotel. The dog went everywhere with Shaina on her bike. |  Reginald, Shaina and LenReggie, Sheina and Leonard - beach holiday |  Shaina Henigman |
 The New Central HotelStellelander, 1948 |  22 January 1948 |  Northern News, 1929 |
 Sarah JacobsonShe was buried in Vryheid - her happy place - thanks to the intervention of Rhita Muskat. |  Joe HilowitzSarah's first husband, buried in Vryheid. |  Sarah Jacobson death certificate |
 Sarah Jacobson death9th June 1955 |  Sarah Jacobson deathHabonim and Sussman |  Shaina Hilowitz (Jacobson) leaves1955 |
 Sarah Jacobson obituary9 June 1955, The Stellelander |  Shaina is engaged to Harold Blumberg (son of David Blumberg011 June 1959, The Stellelander |