When Thomas Jacques was born about 1808, in Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Zackariah Jaques, was 30 and his mother, Mary Maria Naylor, was 31. He married Elizabeth Stringer on 26 May 1833, in Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Foleshill, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in January 1862, in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 55, and was buried in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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