VALENTINE, Jacob Lewis[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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Name VALENTINE, Jacob Lewis Birth 16 Apr 1857 Nassau County, NY, USA [3, 4, 6]
Gender Male Obituary From the Brooklyn Eagle, 01 May 1942:
Jacob Lewis Valentine, 85; L. I. Postmaster for 47 Years
Special to the Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn May 1 - Funeral services for Jacob Lewis Valentine, who was postmaster of Brookhaven 47 years, who died yesterday in his home on South Country Road, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in St. James P. E. Church.
Mr. Valentine, who was 85, retired in 1933 and was said to be one of the oldest postmasters in length of service in the country. Before he was named postmaster he served as assistant postmaster under his father, Charles Valentine, who was postmaster from 1876 to 1886.
Mr. Valentine also was in the insurance and real estate business. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nettle Furman Valentine, and a daughter, Mrs. Edna V. Bruce. [7]Religion Quaker [6] Residence 1860 Oyster Bay, Queens, New York [8]
Residence 1870 Oyster Bay, Queens, New York [1]
Residence 1910 11-Dist Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York [2]
Residence 1920 Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York [3]
Residence 1930 Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York [4]
Cause of Death Ulcer [9] Death 30 Apr 1942 Valentine House, South Country Road, Brookhaven, Nassau, NY USA [7]
Burial 3 May 1942 Friends Burying Ground, Matinecock, Nassau, NY, USA [10, 11]
- Jacob Valentine (son of Charles & Keziah Valentine) born 4th mo. 16th 1857 died 4th mo. 30th 1942
Jacob Valentine Headstone
Next to his first wife, Sadie Valentine's grave, who died nearly 60 years earlier.
Plot: ValentinePerson ID I402 Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines Last Modified 10 May 2025
Father VALENTINE, Charles, b. 15 Apr 1815, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, USA d. 23 Feb 1887, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY, USA
(Age 71 years)
Mother COLES, Keziah Whitson, b. 23 Aug 1812, Westbury, Nassau, New York, USA d. 23 Aug 1897 (Age 85 years)
Marriage 17 May 1838 St. George’s Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Nassau, NY, USA [12]
Notes - Interesting they were married at St. George’s Episcopal Church. Both the Coles and Valentines were Quaker families.
Photos Jacob Lewis Valentine Family ID F157 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 FURMAN, Nettie, b. 14 Aug 1872, Blue Point, Suffolk, NY USA d. 14 Nov 1950, South Shore Convalescent Home, E Main Street, Patchogue, Suffolk NY USA
(Age 78 years)
Marriage 24 Feb 1892 [13] - Married by Rev Dr. James Hadley
Photos Family ID F156 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Feb 2025
Family 2 BARTEAU, Sarah Baldwin, b. 16 Jan 1862, Brookhaven, Long Island d. 16 Jun 1884 (Age 22 years)
Marriage 5 Oct 1881 Brookhaven, Long Island - JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/documents/Barteau-Valentine Wedding Invitation.jpg, Barteau / Valentine Wedding Invitation, DOCUMENT, Wedding invitation for Sadie Barteau & JL Valentine
Barteau / Valentine Wedding Invitation
Wedding invitation for Sadie Barteau & JL ValentineChildren 1. VALENTINE, Edna Sarah, b. 31 Aug 1882, Brookhaven, Long Island d. 23 Jul 1971, Santa Monica, Ca
(Age 88 years)
Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Jun 2025
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Sources - [S10] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. M593, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. T132, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, post off.
- [S14] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by ProQuest from microfilmed schedules of the 1910 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1910 Federal Population Census. T624, 1,784 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 11-Dist Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, ED 1353, roll 1081, part 2, page 213A.
- [S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration.1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
- [S17] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002), Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, ED 39, roll 1650, page 5A, image 422.0.
- [S407] (1991), p. b11: Jacob L Valentine, born 16 4m, 1857, son of Charles and Kesiah Valentine.
- [S405] William Wade Hinshaw, (1940, Ann Arbor, MI), p 333: Charles & Keziah Ch: Thomas Edgar b 10-10-1840 / Jacob L. b 4-16-1857 / cf Wby 6-1839 for parents; ct Jer. 10-5-1864 with Jacob L.
- [S1592] Jacob Lewis Valentine, 85; L. I. Postmaster for 47 Years.
- [S9] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1860 United States Federal Census. M653, 1438 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, post office Glen Cove, roll M653_844, page 0, image 63.
- [S49] Edna Sarah Valentine, Edna Valentine Bruce Notes on Barteau, Valentine, Coles, Trapnell, and other family lines, (Unpublished), “Jacob L Valentine 1857-1942 - Ulcer”.
- [S449] Dawn Cafaro, Yankee Cemetery, Jacob Valentine (son of Charles & Keziah Valentine) born 4th mo. 16th 1857 died 4th mo. 30th 1942.
- [S1592] Jacob Lewis Valentine, 85; L. I. Postmaster for 47 Years, Funeral services for Jacob Lewis Valentine, who was postmaster of Brookhaven 47 years, who died yesterday in his home on South Country Road, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in St. James P. E. Church.
- [S369] Valentine, T. W. (Thomas Weston), 1818-1879, (New York, Clark & Maynard), From the Records of St: George’s Episcopal Church, Hempstead L. I.: Chas Valentine of Hempstead to Keziah W. Coles of Westbury, 5th mo, 17th day, 1838.
- [S1548] Nettie Furman - Jacob L Valentine Marriage.
- [S10] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. M593, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. T132, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, post off.
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