Frank Jaques

Birth: He was born around 1918 in California.  

Family Information: Son of Albert and Rachel Jaques.

Brother of Eleanor, Rachel Mary, Alice, Albert Jr., Chester, and Ida Jaques.  

Description:  

Pre-Colony History: In 1920 he was living in California with his parents and siblings.

The family came from California to the colony in October 1921. His father had been paying on their membership for several years, so they were paid in full when they arrived.  

Home in Colony: The family lived in the main colony at Newllano for at least two years, as there are several mentions of the family at the Montessori school, in theater productions, helping out at the hotel, etc.

They later lived at the colony Rice Ranch. 

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Post-Colony History: The family left for unknown reasons sometime before 1926, moving first to Kinder then to the Senator Odom Pecan Farm at some point before his death.

Death: Both he and his father drowned in the Calcasieu River at a place called Cole's Bluff on June 20, 1926. They were buried in the McRill Memorial Cemetery at Kinder, Louisiana.  

Sources: Family Information: Photos and information by Deborah Lovel Bryner (All Rights Reserved: Published here with permission); US Census: 1920; "Vernon Parish Democrat": October 6, 1921; FindAGrave.com