The daily sentinel., 1905-12-28
:. JACQUES MEETS BROTHER
AFTER 10 YEARS SEPARATION

I street and Colorado avenue, and who
! is spending the winter in the far
west. was reunited with a brother
a few days ago whom he had not seen
for over forty years.
The story of the uniting of the bro
theirs is deeply interesting one, and
viii be read with interest by the
many friends of Mr.. Jacques. The
following account is taken from the
Evening Tribune. of San Diego. the
headlines reading as follows: Bro
theirs Reunited After Forty Years
Strange Bringing Together of Ma
thias Jacques and Supposed Dead Rel
alive" The story is as follows
A remarkable story of the uniting
of two brothers separated for forty
three years was that told a Tribune
reporter by Louis Jacques of Colo
RADIO this afternoon.
Mr.. Jacques came to San Diego
about three weeks ago to spend the
winter. His coming was not with any
intention of searching for his bro
Their. who left their Vermont home
for California in 1862. as even were
the latter alive there was not the
faintest clue as to what part of the
state he was living in. Nevertheless
he came nearly as straight to the
long-lost relative as though he had
had knowledge of his whereabouts.
and found him in the person of NJ.
jacques, the well known resident of
Banner, near Julian.
Louis Jacques has been living in
Colorado for number of years. and
has prospered. He is GO years of
age, while his brother is CT. Now
Joined, they have determined not to-
part during the balance of their lives
and after several months sojourn to-
gether in this city will journey to-
Colorado together, there to live at
Louis home.
Louis Jacques wife had said to him
just before he left for San Diego."I
hope you will find your brother, "
but neither of them felt that it was
remark other than that of the vag-
est significance.
The brothers were born in Canada,
but early moved to Vermont, Louis
went to live nj Massachusetts some
time after his brother came west,
andwhile the eldest of the two wrote
some letters to him addressed to the
Vermont. home they never reached
him in his new home. Later Math
las read in newspaper an account
of the killing of Louis throug fall
from a window. For that reason, and
because he had never heard from his
brother he had come to believe that
he was undoubtedly dead. Louis,on
his part. was unable to get any trace
of his brother, Matthias, after the lat
ter came to California. and was ig-
norant of his marriage. The elder
/ brother settled in Modoc county,
where. where for time he pros
pered, being at one time a million
aire. He had a succession of revers-
es and before coming to San Diego
had little of his fortune left He has
for a number of years been living at
Julian and the little mining town of
Banner near by. engaged most of the
time at mining and prospecting.
Louis several years ago came west
as far as Colorado, where he took up
mining and amassed considerable
wealth. The story of his death had
some foundation, in fact 1t was all
rue except for one thing. He did not
die though unconscious for four days.
Seemingly Providential were the
circumstances leading up to the dis
covery that he really had found his
brother in coming to San Diego. The
other day, while in little store here,
a young lady clerk remarked to an
other one of the customers on the
great resemblance to Mr.. Jaques liv-
ing in Julian. Only a longer beard
was needed she thought to make
perfect double. Overhearing the re-
mark Mr.. Jaques pnt question, hall
} in Joke. The conversation which fol-
lowed made him almost positive the
Mr.. Jaques they referred to was
really his brother. and he received at
the store the address of a former
partner of Matthias here, Fl. c. Cor
don. fastening to the latter the
Colorado man was soon in possess
ion of the facts that set all doubts
} at rest. Word was sent to Mathia'
asking him to come to this city, the
desire being to have a meeting, whit
: was planned as a surprise, take place
: here. The word came back that he
| was too i'll TO come at once, and Loui'
+ at once left for the mining camp. Tn
meeting of the brothers was mos
t affecting one, Mathis, who hos beer
rathen unwell and down on his luel
T for some time breaking down utter
e ly.
n They came back to the city togethe
and after spending a month or tw'
v here to let Louis carry out his origin
r al plan, Will go to Colorado wher
}. Matthias will live with his brothe
+ for probably the balance of his days
k Matthias Jacques Is as well ike
y as he is well known in and about JuI
Z. ian and has many friends in this cit
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