In his youth, Jacques married Willow, the daughter of Nicholas Schnee, founder and head of the Schnee Dust Company. After Nicholas' health began to fail, Jacques convinced Nicholas to allow him be his successor, taking the Schnee surname as his own and inheriting the company.

Jacques later became the father to his daughters Winter and Weiss and his son Whitley. Winter left to join the Atlesian military as a Specialist. His second daughter Weiss went to beacon, to become a Huntress.