John Douglas Jacks was born
October 17, 1893, in Denver, CO, and died March 20, 1976, in Lemon Grove/San Diego, San Diego
Co., CA,
at age 82. He was the son of Joseph H. Jacks of English
Canada and Helena Unknown of English Canada.
Ethel M. Abbey was born January
28, 1897,
in Belleville, Freedom Twp., Republic Co., KS, and died May 18, 1945, in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA,
at age 47. She was the daughter of
Orrin Abbey of
Port Hope, Durham Co., Canada West, and Adella "Della" Corey of Randolph Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
John Douglas Jacks and
Ethel M. Abbey were married
about 1916 in California.
John Douglas Jacks and
Ethel M. (Abbey) Jacks had two natural children and one adopted daughter:
-
Douglas Arthur "Doug" Jacks: Born April 8, 1918, in
San Diego, CA; Died July 28, 1944, near Granville, France, in WWII (age 26). Enlisted as unmarried on August 4, 1941, at Los
Angeles, CA, for 3 years. Had 2 years of college. San Diego High School Class
of 1936. Was piloting a P-51A on August 22, 1943, at Zephyrhills AAF, FL,
when he had a mid-air collision with a bird. Was a 1st Lieutenant when he
was killed in WWII. Married February 1944 in Pasco Co., FL, to Mary Alice
Young: Born April 25, 1924, in Dade City, Pasco Co., FL; Living. Mary Alice
(Young) Jacks then married Victor Sheldon "Vic" Smith: Born July 22, 1925,
in Clearwater, FL; Died March 8, 2005, at
Sunbelt Health Care Center, Zephyrhills,
Pasco Co., FL (age 79). Married February 28, 1949, in Folkston, GA.
Victor and his first wife, Melva Rose Schneider, were both married and
divorced 1948 in Marion Co., FL.
- Thelma A. Jacks: Born December 16, 1921, in San Diego Co., CA;
Died
December 7, 1925, in Chula Vista, San Diego Co., CA (age 4).
- Marie Eleanor (Unknown) Jacks: Born November 28, 1923, in
San Diego, CA, or in Denmark;
Died December 14, 2009, at an assisted living facility in Lemon Grove, San
Diego Co., CA (age 86). Was adopted in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA. Never
married.
John Douglas Jacks then married Alice M. Unknown
about 1946. Born September 18, 1901, in Massachusetts; Died October 8, 1962, in
San Diego Co., CA (age 61). Lived in Arcadia, Los Angeles Co., CA, in 1948 -
1952.
TIMELINE
Douglas Arthur Jacks
1Lt. Douglas Arthur Jacks was first
reported missing on July 28, 1944, after a strafing mission near Granville,
France. He had completed more than 70 missions in the 15th Fighter Group flying
a P-47 and received several decorations. A San Diego native, Douglas, age 26 and
married, graduated from San Diego High School in June 1936 and had attended San
Diego State. He was working as a telephone company employee when he joined the
military in August 4, 1941, in Los Angeles, CA. Repatriation funeral
services was held for him at Benbough Mortuary on November 22, 1948.
John Douglas Jacks
was born October 17, 1893, in Denver, CO.
Orrin Abbey then married a widow, Margaret Ann
(Kneale) Garrett, on January 25,
1894.
Ethel M. Abbey was born January 28, 1897 in
Kansas.
The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 19, 1900
shows Orrin Abbey (age 54) born April 1846 in English Canada to English
Canadian-born parents and having emigrated in 1852 is a Farmer
owning his farm free of a mortgage and living in Freedom Twp., Republic Co., KS.
Living with him is his wife of six years, Maggie A.
Abbey (age 43) born February 1857 in England to English-born parents and having
emigrated in 1892, with all 3 of the children born to her still alive. Also
living there are his two
daughters, both born in Kansas to English Canadian and English-born parents: Mary E. Abbey (age 5) born
November 1894; and Ethyl M. Abbey (age 3) born January 1897. Also living there
is his stepson: Fred K. Garrett (age 12) born April 1888 in England to English-born parents and
having emigrated
in 1892.
The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 1, 1900
shows Frank B. Johnson (age 41) born March 1859 in Illinois to Connecticut-born
parents is a Conductor owning his own home with a mortgage and living at 617
Logan Avenue, 9th Ward, City of San Diego, San Diego Co., CA. Living with him is
his wife of 16 years, Elta Johnson (age 36) born in Wisconsin to New York-born
parents, with 1 of the 2 children born to her still alive. Also living there is
his son: Forest Johnson (age 10) born October 1889 in California to Illinois and
Wisconsin-born parents. Also living there is his unmarried cousin: Eunice Abbey
(age 20) born June 1879 in Nebraska to English Canadian and Wisconsin-born
parents, who is a School Teacher.
The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 12,
1900 shows Joseph H. Jacks (age 39) born March 1861 in English Canada to English
Canadian and Scottish-born parents and having emigrated in 1890 and a
Naturalized citizen is a Lawyer renting his own home and is living at 134
Alarcon Street, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona Territory. Living with him is his
wife of 6 years, Helena Jacks (age 29) born February 1871 in English Canada to
English Canadian-born parents and having emigrated in 1892, with 1 of the 2
children born to her still alive. Also living there is his son, Douglas
Jacks (age 5) born October 1894 in Colorado to English Canadian-born parents.
Orrin Abbey died October 5, 1905, in Artesia,
Eddy Co., NM, at age 59. See Probate Record at Eddy County
Clerks Office in Carlsbad, NM. Belleville, Republic Co., KS for Last Will &
Testament.
Maggie Abbey eventually moved to San Diego, CA.
The 1910 U. S. Census taken on April 28, 1910
shows Margaret A. Abbey (age 53) born in England to English-born parents with
all 4 of the children born to her still alive is a widowed Head of Household
owning her own home free of a mortgage and living at 3924 University Boulevard,
1st Ward, City of San Diego,
San Diego Co., CA. Living with her is her five unmarried children: Eunice A.
Abbey (age 30) born in Nebraska to English Canadian and English-born parents,
who is a Clerk in the Post Office; Fred K. Garrett (age 22) born in England to
English Canadian and English-born parents, who is a Home Carpenter; Mary E.
Abbey (age 15) born in Kansas to English Canadian and English-born parents;
Ethel M. Abbey (age 13) born in Kansas to English Canadian and English-born
parents; and Lucy M. Abbey (age 9) born in Kansas to English Canadian and
English-born parents.
John and
Ethel were married
about 1916 in California.
The WWI Draft Registration Report taken on June 5, 1917
shows John Douglas Jacks (age 24) is an Office Manager for the Armour Company
and is living at 212 S. High, Albuquerque, NM. He has his wife and his mother to
support.

The 1920 U. S. Census taken on January 2, 1920
shows Maggie Abbey is a head of household widow living in San Diego, San Diego
Co., CA. Living with her were her son Fred K. Garrett (divorced, a ship
carpenter), daughter Mary E. Bunker (married, a seamstress born in Kansas), and
grandsons Kenneth Bunker (age 7) and Robert O. Bunker (age 4). Both grandsons
born in California.
Thelma A. Jacks was born December 16, 1921 in San
Diego Co., CA, with mother's maiden name of Abbey.
Marie E. Jacks was born November 28, 1923 in San
Diego Co., CA, with mother's maiden name of Abbey.
The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 12, 1930
shows John D. Jacks (age 35) born in Colorado to English Canadian-born parents
and first married at age 22 is an Accountant at a Lumber Yard owning his own home valued at $7,500
and is living at 2440 Adams Street, City of San
Diego, San Diego Twp., San Diego Co., CA. Living with him is his wife, Ethel M.
Jacks (age 33) born in Kansas to English Canadian and English-born parents and
first married at age 20, who is an Apartment Court Land Lady. Also living there
are his son and adopted daughter, both born in California: Douglas A. Jacks (age
12) born to Colorado and Kansas-born parents; and Marie E. Jacks (age 6) born to
United Sates-born parents.
The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 8, 1930
shows Margaret Abbey (age 73) is a widow born in England to England-born parents
is living alone in her own home valued at $7,500 at 1740 Meade Avenue, San
Diego, San Diego Co., CA. She does not own a radio.
The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 12, 1930
shows John D. Jacks (age 35) born in Colorado to English Canadian-born parents
and first married at age 22 is a Lumber Yard Accountant owning his own apartment
house worth $7,500 and living at 2448 Adams Street, City of San Diego, San Diego
Twp., San Diego Co., CA. Living with him is his wife, Ethel M. Jacks (age 33)
born in Kansas to English Canadian and English-born parents and first married at
age 20 is a Land Lady at an Apartment Court. Also living in the household are
his children: Douglas A. Jacks (age 12) born in California to Colorado and
Kansas-born parents; and adopted daughter, Marie E. Jacks (age 6) born in
California to United States-born parents.
Marie Jacks was in the Class of 1938 at Theodore Roosevelt Junior High
School, Long Beach, CA, and graduated from San Diego High School in 1941.
Margaret Ann (Kneale) (Garrett) Abbey died February 10,
1947, in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA, at age 89.
Ethel M. Abbey was born January 28, 1897, in
Kansas and died May 18, 1945, in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA, at age 47.
John Douglas Jacks
died March 20, 1976, in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA, at age 82.
Marie Eleanor (Unknown) Jacks died
December 14, 2009, at an assisted living facility in Lemon Grove, San Diego Co.,
CA, at age 86.

The San Diego
Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, January 16, 2010
Marie E. Jacks
In the days when women
in sports were a rarity, Marie E. Jacks was a trailblazer.
Ms. Jacks was one of San Diego's most prestigious local
athletes, one of only 49 women to be named a master
professional life member of the Ladies Professional Golf
Association in the organization's 60-year history. "She was
truly one of the most energetic people I have ever known,"
said Randall Reed, 45, a longtime family friend who knew her
as "Aunt Marie" since childhood. "It was just her ability to
conquer whatever she wanted to do." Ms. Jacks was a
professional golf teacher, a teacher and counselor with the
Sweetwater Union High School District for more than 20
years, a longtime participant in Campfire Girls and an early
member of Las Primeras, a philanthropic organization serving
the Children's Home Society in San Diego. Ms. Jacks, who
lived in Alpine, died Dec. 14 at an assisted living facility
in Lemon Grove after battling cancer and Alzheimer's
disease. She was 86. Born Nov. 28, 1923, Ms. Jacks was known
as Baby Marie at the Children's Home Society orphanage
before she was adopted, according to a three-page
autobiography she wrote in the 1990s. At 14, she learned she
was adopted; later in life, she learned that she had been
the youngest of 10 siblings, some of whom had been put up
for adoption after her biological mother died, and that she
was of Danish descent. She was never married. She graduated
from San Diego High School in 1941. A tall girl, she had
already begun playing tennis by then. She briefly attended
what was then San Diego State College, but her family was
unable to pay for college so she spent the next few years
working at a post office and, according to her notes, at
Consolidated Aircraft. She finally saved enough money to
enroll at the University of Arizona in 1944. Ms. Jacks
became an athletic star there, excelling in golf, tennis and
archery before her graduation in 1948, according to the
university's athletic department. She returned briefly to
San Diego after graduation before being offered a job as
executive director of the Campfire Girls in Yuma. She was an
executive with the organization in Arizona for six years,
and remained in leadership positions with Campfire Girls in
San Diego and Arizona throughout her life. Ms. Jacks' big
break in golf came in 1954, when she was offered a job as an
assistant golf pro at the San Diego Country Club. She joined
the LPGA's teaching division in 1955, and taught full-time
at the country club until 1957. She continued teaching
part-time as a golf pro for decades, Reed said. "She was a
great teacher and she had a great sense of humor," said
Marilynn Smith, 80, of Phoenix, a fellow golf professional
and founding LPGA member. "She loved to teach." In 1957, she
turned her love for teaching into a job with the Sweetwater
School District, initially teaching physical education at
National City Junior High. Two years later she took a job as
a counselor at Hilltop Junior High, where she spent most of
her career until she retired in 1979, according to the
school district. She obtained a graduate degree and
counseling credential at San Diego State, according to her
autobiography. Along with Ms. Jacks' love of sports and
teaching came a general love of life, friends say. In
addition to traveling around Europe, she also traveled to
Africa on safari and extensively in the United States, Reed
said. She made several trips to Denmark after learning that
her biological father had been Danish; during one trip four
years ago, she was the subject of a feature story in a
Danish newspaper. "She would tell me, 'I'm going to go here,
I'm going to go there,' " said Smith, whose still has a
saguaro cactus outside her home that Jacks helped her plant
during a trip to Arizona. "She was always loving to travel."
Ms. Jacks made frequent trips to Arizona to visit her alma
mater — she was known to always make it back for homecoming,
according to the university — and several close friends.
Jacks was also a lover of classical music and opera. One
friend recalled her San Diego Opera season-ticket seats
being in a location that was perfect for a woman who friends
say was close to 6 feet tall. "She was a very tall woman,
and she had these wonderful seats that were at the very back
of the orchestra where there was no one behind her," said
Janet Evans, 68, a longtime friend and a member, with her
husband, of the University of Arizona Alumni Association.
Reed, the executor of her estate, said she left a generous
gift to the university. "She was adventurous, giving, just
an amazing woman," Reed said. A celebration of her life will
be held today at 2 p.m. at the San Diego Country Club, 88 L
Street in Chula Vista. In lieu of flowers, donations in her
memory may be made to Campfire USA San Diego and Imperial
Counties Council, PO Box 3275, San Diego, CA. 92163.
The San Diego
Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, January 14, 2010
JACKS, MARIE E.
Nov. 28, 1923 to Dec.
14, 2009
On Monday, December 14,
2009, Marie Jacks passed away peacefully in her sleep. She
was 86 years old. Marie was a natural athlete, excelling at
the highest levels in both tennis and golf. She had a 50
year career as a teaching professional in the LPGA, and was
the San Diego County tennis champion in 1940 and 1942.
However, it was her ability to influence a generation of San
Diego County's youth that made her most proud. During her
22-year career as a teacher and counselor in the Sweetwater
School District, she helped guide the academic lives of
thousands of San Diego's children. She also will be
remembered for her lifelong involvement with Campfire USA
and other youth organizations. Marie's professional career
in golf began in 1954 as Assistant Pro at the San Diego
Country Club where she taught golf full- time until 1957.
She continued to teach golf on weekends and in the summers
for another 45 years, both at the Chula Vista course and
later at Whispering Palms in Rancho Santa Fe. The two major
highlights of her athletic career were her election to the
University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame and her obtaining
the ranking of Master Life Professional in the LPGA, a
status enjoyed by only 51 lady golf pros. Marie held deep
ties to the University of Arizona where she graduated with a
business degree and a minor in physical education. She
attended U of A from 1944 to 1948 where she became one of
the school's most renowned female athletes. While at the
University of Arizona, Ms. Jacks was a member of the Chi
Omega sorority where she made many lifelong friends.
Following her graduation, Ms. Jacks spent six years as the
Executive Director of Campfire Girls in Yuma and Phoenix and
she remained an active volunteer for Campfire USA throughout
her life. She was also active in the community as a patron
member of Las Primeras and she served in a volunteer
capacity for many organizations throughout the San Diego
community including the San Diego County Junior Golf
Association. A Celebration of Life service will be held at
The San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, CA on Saturday,
January 16, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The club is located at 88 L
Street, Chula Vista, CA 91911. In lieu of flowers, donations
in her memory may be made to Campfire USA San Diego and
Imperial Counties Council, PO Box 3275, San Diego, CA
92163-1275. Donations may also be made to the San Diego
Hospice Foundation, 4311 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103.
Victor "Vic" Smith
SMITH, Victor "Vic", 79, of Dade
City, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at Sunbelt Health Care Center in Zephyrhills.
Born July 22, 1925 in Clearwater, he was the son of Joseph Perkins Smith and
Norma Devaneau Smith. He served in the military from 1943 until 1963 with the
8th Airforce Bomber Wing and participated in the D-Day invasion. After retiring
from the military, he taught in the Pasco County School System from 1964 until
1980. He was a Dade City Citrus Grower from 1959 to the present. He was preceded
in death by his parents and brothers, Anson, Gregory, Clifford and Robert.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Mary Young Smith; a daughter, Vicki Bucy
and her husband, Rick of Auburndale; a sister-in-law, June Farmer and her
husband, Ray of Dade City; a brother-in-law, HC Young, Jr. of Dade City; and
numerous nieces and nephews. The family received friends from 6-8:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 10, 2005 at the funeral home. Funeral services were held in the
chapel of Hodges Family Funeral Home on Friday, March 11, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
with Pastor David West officiating. Burial followed at Dade City Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to Hernando-Pasco Hospice,
7066 Fort King Road, Zephyrhills, FL 33541.
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