By the mid 1860s Adolphe Jacquesson was in serious financial difficulties. The death of Henri Peltzer, his daughter-in-law's father, in 1866 compounded and hastened Adolphe down the path of financial ruin. Henri had extended to Adolphe considerable credit over the years and had been very generous with the repayment terms. His sons were not to be so kind and prompted young Louisa Jacquesson, Adolphe's daughter-in-law to prosecute to the fullest to recover the debt.
During the Franco-Prussian War in late 1870 the Jacquessons left France and resided in England. During their absence their financial troubles mounted with their home the Cloisters, being occupied by German officers who not only defaced much of the furnishings and fittings but removed the family photographs from walls and albums and replaced them with snap-shots of their own exploits during the occupation!
In July 1874 all Adolphe's goods were realised; his personal estate, his greenhouse plants, our beautiful orangery were dispersed in a public sale. His employees and his workmen united to buy back a part of the personal estate and returned it to the family. The Cloisters of St Etienne which since the Revolution belonged to the Jacquessons, was sold back to its original owner, the archbishop. Sillery went to his daughter-in-law as part payment of her share of the debt to the Peltzers.
Louisa and her Adolphe set themselves up in August 1874 on the Avenue de l'Empéreur, Paris in an apartment which overlooked the wide open space of the military parade grounds and headquarters, Manutention Militaire and was owned by their nephew, Paul Krug.
Adolphe died within the year of a liver complaint. Jacquesson et Fils business eventually passed on in name only to the Tassigny family. In 1925 Veuve Bur purchased the name rights and transferred it to Reims.
François Marie Jaunay's daughters were overshadowed by their husbands' exploits and like Emma, we know comparatively little about Louisa.

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