Jean Joseph Marquis

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Subject:          Francois Jean Joseph MARQUIS

Birth:                                9 Feb 1781    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Marriage:           before __ ___ 1822    Switzerland.2

Immigratn:                    29 May 1844    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."2

Death:                            __ ___ 1844    at sea.3

Deed:                            21 Nov 1856    Medina County, Texas; File 4367, Section 497 (Abstract 688) 640 acres; Grantee - Francois J Marquis, deceased.  Patentee - Heirs of Francois J Marquis.  CC Cert. #71.4

Father:            Jean George MARQUIS (circa 1750-circa 1818)

Mother:           Anna FRELECHOZ (        -circa 1808)

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Spouse:          Marie Anne CHETELOT

Birth:                             23 Sep 1796    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Death:                            __ ___ 1844    at sea.3

Father:            Stephan CHETELOT (circa 1764-        )

Mother:           Marie RAIS (circa 1770-        )

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Six Known Children

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F            Marie Anne Leonore MARQUIS

Birth:                              __ ___ 1821    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Immigratn:                    29 May 1844    (w); Francois Jean Joseph MARQUIS and Marie Anne CHETELOT; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."2

Marriage:                         4 Feb 1852    Mateo RIOS; Bexar County, Texas.5

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F            Anne Marie Seraphine MARQUIS

Birth:                              __ ___ 1822    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Death:                            __ ___ 1827    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

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F            Marie Catherine MARQUIS

Birth:                              __ ___ 1824    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Death:                            __ ___ 1828    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

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M           George Alexis MARQUIS

Birth:                              27 Apr 1829    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Immigratn:                    29 May 1844    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."2

Marriage:                       20 Jan 1850    Maria del Pilar SAEZ (circa 1834-        ); Bexar County, Texas.5

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    Maria del Pilar SAEZ (circa 1834-        ); Bexar County, Texas.6

Deed:                              18 Jul 1860    Medina County, Texas; File 3822, Section 142 (Abstract 693) 320 acres; Grantee - Alexis Marquis.  Patentee - J M Devine.  CC Cert. #26.4

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F            Marie Ursula Seraphine MARQUIS

Birth:                                8 Jun 1832    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1

Immigratn:                    29 May 1844    (w); Francois Jean Joseph MARQUIS and Marie Anne CHETELOT; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."2

Marriage:                       __ ___ ____    Andrea GARZIA1

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M           Joseph Remigius MARQUIS

Birth:                              30 Oct 1835    Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.7

Immigratn:                    29 May 1844    (w); Francois Jean Joseph MARQUIS and Marie Anne CHETELOT; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 9 Apr 1844 on the "Ocean."2

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Johan Baptist SCHMIDT and Elizabeth ?; Medina County, Texas; household #9 Quihi.8

Marriage:                        31 Jul 1858    Anna Gertrude LOESSBERG (29 Jul 1837-21 May 1903), daughter of Georg LOESSBERG and Anna Gertrude KERSTE; Medina County, Texas.9

Daughter:                      30 Nov 1859    Seraphine MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Daughter:                      14 Nov 1861    Elizabeth MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Son:                              22 Sep 1863    Julius Joseph MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Son:                                 1 Feb 1866    Alexius MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Daughter:                        7 Mar 1868    Maria MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Son:                               22 Jun 1870    Louis MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Daughter:                      14 Sep 1873    Leonora Katharine MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.1

Daughter:                      18 Aug 1875    Charlotte MARQUIS; Quihi, Medina County, Texas.7

Death:                             3 Nov 1918    Hondo, Medina County, Texas.10

Burial:                             4 Nov 1918    Quihi Community Cemetery, Medina County.10

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Endnotes 

1. Debbie Marquis Payne, "Jann Harm Gerdes, Jean Joseph Marquis," e-mail message from payne@millertel.net to Margaret Simpson, 21 Jan 2006. Hereinafter cited as "Gerdes, Marquis." 

2. Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 

3. Susan Whitaker Dial, "Marquis Family," e-mail message from sdial@mail.utexas.edu to Margaret Simpson, October 31, 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Marquis." 

4. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 

5. San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society, compiler, Marriages of Bexar County, Texas Book A - D2, 1837 - Oct 22 1866 (San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society). Hereinafter cited as Marriages - Bexar Co A - D2

6. Multiple, 1850 Federal Census for Texas, Houston, Harris County, Texas, Clayton Library for Genealogical Research Roll # M-908, M-910, M-913, M-916. 

7. TXGenWeb - Medina County, online http://www.txgenweb3.org/txmedina/. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina. 

8. Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census

9. Calvin D Foster, compiler, Marriage License Book D, Medina County, Texas (San Antonio, Texas: Our Heritage, 1978). Hereinafter cited as Medina Co Marrs Bk D

10. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs.

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Francois Jean Joseph Marquis updated on 11/11/2013

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