Family Group Sheet 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) __________________________________________________________________________ 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- ) __________________________________________________________________________ Six Known Children __________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________ F Anne Marie Seraphine MARQUIS Birth: __ ___ 1822 Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1 Death: __ ___ 1827 Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1 __________________________________________________________________________ F Marie Catherine MARQUIS Birth: __ ___ 1824 Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1 Death: __ ___ 1828 Mervelier, Jura, Switzerland.1 __________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________ 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. | 
