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Louis Jacques was born 23 APR 1664 in St Michel, Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France. He died 22 FEB 1735 in Bourg-Royal (Charlesbourg), Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Nicolas Jacques (1627-1681) and Marie Soyer (1622-1676).
Louis Jacques's wife was Antoinette Leroux-Cardinal (1669-1739). They were married 17 MAY 1688 in Notre Dame de Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. They had 11 known children named Nicolas Jacques (1691-1762), Louis Jacques (1693/94-?), Pierre Jacques (1696/97-?), Marie-Catherine Louise Jacques (1703-1736), Marie-Anne-Madeleine Jacques (1706-1789), Madeleine Jacques (1708-1729/30), Anne Jacques, Charles Jacques, Genevieve Jacques, Marie-Therese Jacques, and Thomas Jacques.
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Louis and Antoinette had ten children, all born at Québec. The familymoved to Bourg-Royal (Charlesbourg), a village ten miles from Québec. Inthe beginning Louis and Antoinette lived in the house of Louis’ employerFrançois HAZEUR and in 1694 Louis was able to build his own house. Itwas at Charlesbourg that Louis Jacques died 22 February 1735, at theage of seventy-one. Antoinette died at Charlesbourg 17 April 1739, atthe age of seventy. Louis was interred in the Chapel of the Congregationin Charlesbourg, as he was the premier member of this parish (See letterfrom La Sociétè historique de Charlesbourg).
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LA SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE
DE CHARLESBOURG
(Reference: letter dated January 27, 1999)
On May 27, 1733, M. de Miniac, being on visit as Archdeacon,noticed that many benches in the church were not closed, that is they didnot have doors, also they were not of the same shape nor of the samesize et he ordered that, in the future, those which will be adjudicated beof the same shape as the others to which they will be tied so as to bestronger. P.s in the old chapel, it appears that every one built his ownbench or had it built by someone else.
During this same visit, M. de Miniac also ordered to repair the roofof the chapel of the Congregation adjoining the sacristy which was entirelyrotten and to renew the shingle.
It is a tradition in the family originating from Louis Jacques, first ofthe name, that their ancestor, in his quality of first congreganist, has hadthe exceptional privilege of being interred in the Chapel of theCongregation. It was believed that bones found a few years ago, outsidethe actual cemetery and on the site of what was a part of theCongregation, were the bones of that first Louis Jacques who would havebeen at the same time the first congreganist. This is very probable for hehas been interred in the chapel of the Congregation as we can read byhis act of sepulture signed by Mr. Le Boullenger and which reads: "OnFebruary 22, 1735, has been buried in the chapel of the Congregation ofthis parish Louis
Jacques aged seventy years old and about eleven months, who diedon the 20th of the same month, from sudden death, after having receivedthe communion during the Forty Hours. Have been present at his burialFrançois Bedard and all the congreganists. (p. 77- 78- 79, Paroisse deCharlesbourg, Charles Trudelle, 1887)