Harry Merville Jacques

1873 - 1956  (82 years)

• Name	Harry Merville Jacques
  Birth	12 Nov 1873	Dover, Olmsted, MN
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Lakeville, Kings, NS ; age 8, born US, living with mother and stepfather
  Census	17 Apr 1891	Upper Dyke, Kings, NS ; age 18, born US, student, living with stepfather
  Census	1921	Halifax, Halifax, NS ; age 47, born USA, imm in 1876, Meth, medical doctor, parents born NS/NS
  Death	5 Mar 1956
  Burial		Willowbank Cemetery, Wolfville, NS
  Person ID	I7055	Family Tree | Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	William H Jacques,   b. 4 Nov 1843, Weston, Kings, NS d. 8 Feb 1875, St Paul, Ramsey, MN (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Mary Amanda Illsley,   b. 1847, Welsford, Kings, NS d. 18 Jul 1890, Kings Co, NS (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1871	Olmsted Co, MN
  Family ID	F2335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Evelyn Burgess,   b. 7 Jan 1875, Sheffield Mills, Kings, NS d. 5 Jun 1942 (Age 67 years)  [1]
  Marriage	26 Sep 1900
  Children	1. Eileen Caroline Jacques,   b. 12 Sep 1903, Canning, Kings, NS + 2. Eric Clifton Jacques,   b. 12 Jul 1905   d. 29 Jul 1979 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F2338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2014

  
  

• Headstones

  Harry & Elizabeth (Burgess) Jacques Gravestone Colonel Harry M. Jacques, DSO, Colonel CAMC, CEF, died 5 March 1936, age 82, wife, Elizabeth E. Burgess, 7 Jan 1875-5 June 1942.

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Second Supplement of The London Gazette", 14 Nov 1916 His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve the appointments of the undermentioned Officers to be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order, in recognition of the gallantry and devotion to duty in the Field:- Lt.-Col. Harry Merville Jacques, A.M.C. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He supervised the clearing of the front and controlled the work of the advanced and main dressing stations with great skill and personal courage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Burgess, Barry Hovey, Burgess genealogy : Kings County, Nova Scotia, branch of the descendants of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, (C.E. Fitchett, 1941, New York, NY), pg 52.