
Jacob Sugden's grave as seen in 1973.
Biography
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Backstory
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Jacob Joseph Sugden | |
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Born | |
Died | |
Father | |
Mother |
Margaret Sugden (Nee Oldroyd) |
Spouse |
Annie Pearson (1945-1972) |
Children |
Jack Sugden (1947), Peggy Skilbeck (1948), Joe Sugden (1949) |
Occupation | |
Played by |
Jacob was a very out of fashion farmer and his eldest son Jack ran away from home in 1964 because of a row with his father over intensive farming. Jacob wanted to keep hens locked up in cages whereas Jack hated this. Jack left for London in February 1964.
In his later years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Jacob drank away the farm's profits in the local pub The Woolpack, leaving the farm in a sorry state. In 1972, Jacob's alcohol related bad health deteriorated. He left a will and died on the 10th October 1972 of pneumonia related to liver failure. He had left the farm to his eldest son Jack, as a punishment for running away, he wanted Jack to inherit the ailing farm.
Legacy left by Jacob Sugden
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Jacob's Fold.
Henry Wilks, a local businessman, bought shares in Emmerdale Farm to help the Sugdens out. Annie would often remember "her Jacob".
Jacobs Fold, down Church Lane, Emmerdale is named after Jacob Sugden.
Memorable info
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Born: 30th January 1916
Died: 10th October 1972 (Aged 56)
Full Name: Jacob Joseph Sugden
Jacobs Fold, down Church Lane, Emmerdale is named after Jacob.

Notice the discrepancies is Jacob Sugden's death date and the "moving headstone"?
Family
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Father Joseph Sugden
Mother Margaret Sugden (Nee Oldroyd)
Siblings Edward Sugden
Grandfathers Orton Sugden, Albert Oldroyd
Great grandfathers Joshua Sugden
Spouse Annie Pearson (1945-1972)
Children Peggy Skilbeck (1946), Jack Sugden (1947), Joe Sugden (1949)
Grandchildren Jackie Merrick, Robert Sugden, Victoria Sugden, Samuel and Sally Skilbeck
Aunts/Uncles Charlie
Other relatives Paul Sugden (sibling, cousin or second cousin)
Notes
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Jacob was featured in the book Emmerdale - Their Finest Hour, published in 2002 and featuring the lives of the Sugden and Pearson families in 1941.