Ferdinand Jacobs
HBC chief factor
About Ferdinand Jacobs
Lived 1715 – 1783 (aged 67–68).
Ferdinand Jacobs ( – November 1783) was a Hudson's Bay Company chief factor. He joined the company's outpost in Prince of Wales's Fort (now Churchill, Manitoba) in 1732. In 1752 he was promoted to chief factor of the trading post.
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Who was Ferdinand Jacobs?
HBC chief factor
When was Ferdinand Jacobs born?
Ferdinand Jacobs was born in 1715.
When did Ferdinand Jacobs die?
Ferdinand Jacobs died on 1 November 1783.
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