Joining them is 25-year-old Maurice Jacobson, who opens a general store in the predominantly black town of Gwelo (now Gweru).Meanwhile, Maurice Jacobson marries Tilly (Matilda) Shiff, a member of the British Order of the Empire.Maurice Jacobson and family in Gwelo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), (circa 1940) Orr grows up and becomes a respected judge.His name is Maurice Jacobson and he is Jewish. His name is Maurice Jacobson and he is Jewish.Margaret then confirms the story of Maurice Jacobson and the young black woman he hired at the store.