Jessie Philomena JACQUES

1888 - 1970 (81 years)

Generation: 1

Jessie Philomena JACQUES was born 22 Jul 1888, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; was christened 12 Aug 1888 (daughter of Mary Louise SMALL); died 17 Mar 1970, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.

Jessie married Harold Woodford PRICE. Harold (son of William Ellis PRICE and Maclena Elizabeth SAYRE) was born 1 Feb 1885, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died Sep 1977, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Margaret Roberta PRICE was born 23 Jun 1916, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 9 Feb 1997, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
William Benjamin PRICE was born 11 Nov 1912, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 1991, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.
Louis Harold PRICE was born 22 Mar 1914, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 29 Jan 1993, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.
Elizabeth M. PRICE
Earl Robert PRICE was born 15 Apr 1929, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 21 Apr 1961, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried 20 May 1961, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.

Generation: 2

Mary Louise SMALL was born 9 Sep 1865, Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1949, Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

Notes:

given name Janet?

Mother was an Indian, whose tribe was from an island in the St Lawrence
River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

The Story of Martintown, A Pioneer Village, a book written by Rhodes CM
Grant, gives the following information. Janet Small married Louis Jacques,
son of Joseph Jacques, a land owner in Glengarry (as of 1872). The next
generation of Jacques were tinsmiths and plumbers. Two of the sons
served as sailors on Sir David Beatty's flagship, the Lion, at Jutland. One
was still alive as of 1974. Another son was killed in France during WW I.
Total of children was 8 girls and 4 boys.

Smalls are descendants of Peter Small -- a Welsh fur trader in the North-
West. In 1838 Patrick Small & Nancy Hughes were married in Fort Pitt by
Father Norbert Blanchet, a well known missionary. The bride's parents
were James Hughes of the NW Company, and Nan-touche, and Indian from
west of the Rockies. Their 9 children were all married before they were.
One daughter, Charlotte, was called the prettiest girl in North America.

Children:

1. Jessie Philomena JACQUES was born 22 Jul 1888, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; was christened 12 Aug 1888; died 17 Mar 1970, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.