Jacobson
Harry Jacobson moved to Vryburg from Zeerust in the Transvaal, where he had owned a hotel. He initially owned a liquor store in Stella before acquiring the Central Hotel. He was the son of Joel and Lena Jacobson, born in Lepeija, Latvia, on October 6, 1892.
He married Regina Levius (Lewis), whose brothers Abbie and Louis farmed in Vryburg, and they arrived in South Africa in the early 1920s. Regina and her brothers also came from Lepeija. Regina left for South on March 27, 1930. She arrived in Cape Town on April 21, 1930, and then moved to Vryburg. Harry Jacobson and Regina married on May 30, 1937, in Johannesburg. The couple had twin boys, Reginald Paul Jacobson and Leonard Joel Jacobson, on March 19, 1939. Regina died the same day from birth-related complications.
Harry later married Sarah Saible from Vryheid. Her mother, Janie Reuben, was from Rakisky/Rokiskis in Lithuania. Her father, David, was also from Lithuania. David owned a hotel near Vryheid called Kongolana. Sarah and her first husband, Joseph Hilowitz, had a daughter named Shaina. She was born in 1938, a year after they 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 Kongolana.
The Hilowitz family was from Pušalotas or Puisilat, near Panavezy. Sarah and Shaina initially moved to Joburg and later to Vryburg after she met Harry Jacobson. Sarah died in 1955, and Shaina left Vryburg shortly afterward.
 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 |