Dr.
Smauel Jacques [sic] (photo) died on Friday, 1 Feb 1918 at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Fred G. Wilkinson, at Emo, Ontario. The cause of death was a
sudden and unexpected attack of heart failure.
Dr. Jaques [sic] was
the son of Mr. Wm. Jacques [sic] of Water Street, Simcoe. He
was born here, 30 Apr 1891 [sic]. He was a graduate of the
Ontario Veterinary College, and an undergraduate of Toronto
University in Veterinary Science. After completing his course
he obtained an appointment as a Government inspector and spent four
years at Hamilton and Montreal.
On the outbreak of the war
he offered his services as a veterinary surgeon, but did not succeed
in getting a place. Later he enlisted in the
141st Battalion at Emo, in which unit he was Battalion
Quartermaster-Sergeant. When the battalion went
overseas he was not permitted to accompany it, as he had contracted
inflammatory rheumatism.
He was unmarried and is survived by his father, two brother [sic], Captain John Jacques [sic],
now with the forces in Palestine, and Alderman Augustus Jacques [sic]
of Simcoe, and six sisters:
Mrs. Charles Dove of Dundas,
Mrs. A. Matthews of Los Angeles, Mrs. Wilkinson of Emo,
Mrs. Walter Forse of Simcoe,
Mrs. Charles Rowe of Dundas,
and Miss Jessie at home.
The body is being brought to
Simcoe for interment in Oakwood cemetery, but the date of the
funeral had not been set this morning.
