Charles Henry JAQUES
Born 25 December 1871 in London, England [20] [289]
Son of "Charles" Adam Charles Rechab JAQUES and Mary Elizabeth FISHER [403]
Along with his parents and brother James arrived in Otago, New Zealand on the ship James Nicol Fleming on 20 September 1874 [465]
His younger siblings William (who died in infancy), a second William, Mary, Alfred and Edith were all born in New Zealand [82]
He entered employment with the Western Australian Government Railways on 15 May 1897 [389]
Railway Porter in Bunbury from May 1897 to December 1898 [389]
Horse Driver in Bunbury from December 1898 to July 1899 [389]
Railway Porter in Greenbushes from July 1899 to October 1900 [389]
Railway Shunter in Brunswick Junction in October and November of 1900 [389]
Railway Shunter in Collie from November 1900 to June 1902 [389]
Assistant Railway Guard in Brunswick Junction from June 1902 to December 1902 [389]
Assistant Railway Guard in Bunbury in December 1902 and January 1903 [389]
Railway Porter in Bunbury in January and February 1903 [389]
Railway Shunter in Bunbury from February to May of 1903 [389]
He resigned from the Western Australian Government Railways on 26 May 1903 [389]
In 1906 he was working as a Railway Guard and living on Sayer Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [50]
Farmer in Carnamah in partnership with his brother William F. H. JAQUES as "Jaques Bros" 1910-1913 [6] [44] [50]
Their 500 acres was Conditional Purchase lease 1673/56, which later became Victoria Location 3328 [44]
They initially leased the property from its original owner Robert S. PARSONS [44], but appear to have later owned it [89: 2-May-1914]
The Upper Irwin Road Board called for tenders for the clearing of a road to their property in October 1910 [9: 4-Nov-1910]
By 1914 they'd fenced and subdivided all of their farm with 170 of its acres cleared and 25 acres fallowed [86: 2-May-1914]
At this time it also contained a shed and dam, and was "all splendid land and well situated" [86: 2-May-1914]
Organised a farewell social for local storekeeper Charles MATTHEWS at the railway goods shed in Carnamah on 3 February 1912 [129]
At the social it was regretted he was unable to be there due to an unfortunate accident - but that he was recovering [129: 9-Feb-1912]
Through agent William B. MITCHELL they sold their farm to Silas J. ROWLAND of Dongara in May 1914 [86: 23-May-1914]
Also sold "at very satisfactory figures" was their plant and equipment which included a 7½-horsepower Hornsby oil engine, [86]
chaffcutter with double bagger and screw press, Farmer's Favourite drill, M.H. three-furrow plough, winnower, sundries, [86]
quantity of galvanised iron, two cattle and five farm horses (although another report stated it to be 18 horses) [86: 2 & 23-May-1914]
He again worked for Western Australian Government Railways from January 1916 until his death in 1924 [225: 17-Nov-1924] [389]
In 1916 he was working as a Railway Shunter and living on North Beach Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
While marshaling rail trucks in West Perth he suffered severe injuries after being crushed between two trucks [39: 11-Nov-1924] [225]
He was admitted to Perth Hospital, where he died two hours later [225: 11-Nov-1924]
Died 11 November 1924; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Seventh Day Adventist, AA, 19) [2]
Letters of Administration for his estate were issued to his brother William during mid December 1924 [81: 21-Dec-1924]
From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 14 November 1924:
Personal
"During shunting operations in the Perth railway yards early on Tuesday morning Mr C. H. Jaques met his death under tragic circumstances. Deceased was a brother of Moora's highly-respected station-master (Mr W. H. Jaques), with whom we deeply sympathise."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Charles Henry Jaques' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/charles-henry-jaques [reference list] |
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