Jacques Dupas was born in Louisiana circa 1805 according to his death record on file at St. Paul Catholic Church in Mansura, Louisiana. It is apparent that Jacques had two or more wives. His first known wife was Emily, who appears to have died before 1850. Only two of the children born to that union have been documented, they were Mary or Marie who married Polite Celestin in 1870 and Julia who married Eli (Alee) Ricard in 1869. It is likely that Jacques and Emily had more children who have yet to be traced and documented. On December 15, 1870, Jacques and Roseline married legally. They like many ex-slaves legalized their informal marriage after slavery ended. Jacques and Roseline acknowledged the six children born of their union on their marriage application. Those children were: Charles, Angele, Irma, Rose, Laurenza and Julien Dupas. Records indicate that those of Jacques children who reached adulthood before slavery ended used Jacques, his first and only recognized name at that point, as their last name. This practice was not uncommon, and is  made evident, in this case, by the marriages of his daughters Mary and Julia, who both used Jacques as their last name when filing their marriage applications. Later records prove that they were indeed the children of Jacques Dupas. Jacques children born of his marriage to Roseline used the last name Dupas all of their lives. Jacques is the French version of Jacob, so in addition to Jacques having children who bore the last names Jacques and Dupas, it appears that the Jacob family of Avoyelles Parish, is    a branch of our Jacques and Dupas line. Researchers will find Jacques Dupas' descendants in the early years using several alternate forms of his first and last name. Variations include: Jaco, Jacquot, Jack, Dupart, Dupa, Jacob, Jacques and Dupas.