1 Benjamin Marquette was born between Bet. 1817 - 1818 in the USA. His wife was Caroline LeClair and she was born between 1822-23 in Ontario or the USA.
Canadian 1871 Census for Ontario,Canada
age birth religon origin
Marquet, Benjamin 53 USA
RC French
Caroline 48 Ontario RC French
George 27
Hugh 25
Phidelia 23
John 21
Mary 16
Albertus 14
William 10
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There is a map from about 1879 which shows all the Landowners from Dundas County, Mountain Township available on the internet. The Map shows Benjamin Marquette with a William Marquette as
his Neighbor, as well as a Hugh Marquette (son of Benjamin) with Property across the Street.
Benjamin and William are shown in the 1871 Census, Hugh does not show in that Census. . Both show
USA as Country of Origin. Brothers or Cousins?
Hugh Marquet is not shown on the Census of 1881 but appears on the Township Map. The name of the witness on John Benjamin's Latin Marriage Registration could be Latin for Hugh, some thing that should be checked.
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Full record for Marquette, Benjamin
Last Name Marquette
First Name Benjamin
Township Mountain
County Dundas
Atlas Date 1879
Concession and Lot Lot size
III, 14 100
VIII, 17 66
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1881 Canadian Census
Benjaman MARKETT
Male
Other Information:
Birth Year <1818>
Birthplace USA
Age 63
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M
Ethnic Origin French
Head of Household Benjaman MARKETT
Religion Catholic
Source Information:
Census Place Mountain, Dundas, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375864
NA Film Number C-13228
District 102
Sub-district E
Division 3
Page Number 26
Household Number 121
Oral History, not proven: Marquette's immigrated from France to the US in the late 1700's or early 1800's. Firstborn son was born in Michigan. There were 7 or 8 children born to this family.
2 John Benjamin MARQUETTE b: Abt. 1849 in Dundas County, Ontario, Canada d:1937 Castro Valley, California.
Married to:
Anna Teresa FALVEY b: August 12, 1851, Providence,Rhode Island m: November 11, 1872 in St. Vincent's
Catholic Church, Petaluma, Marin County, California d: August 30, 1936, Oakland, Alameda, California
(In newspaper article from 60th wedding anniversary, said that he arrived in CA. from New York in 1869.) Around the age of 16 John had left home to make his fortune in CA. His family heard from him when he was 21 and married in Petulma, CA. to Annie Falvey. John and Annie had 8 children. Later he and his family moved to Vancouver British Columbia.
Per Helen Josephine Gertrude Marquette's letter: J.B. moved his family to B.C., Canada. There some of his family was born in B.C., but all were supposedly US Citizens, because at that time the law said that one took their father's citizenship, and though J. B. lived many years in Canada, he never took out Canadian Papers. Neither did George Marquette, thus they all claimed American Citizenship.
J.B. and family lived in the Fraser Valley, in the small but growing town on Mission. A farming and logging community.
Per John Marquette. JB had a sand and gravel business at the mouth of the Frazier River.
About 1915, J.B. Marquette and his family moved across the border into the state of Washington.
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Lori Marquette, 2001: The following resgister was for him to be able to vote, as he was Canadian. It shows John Marquette as a Saloon keeper, however he was also a sheriff.
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(From "Great Register of Lake County, CA", obtained 19 Oct. 1999: )
John Marquette, age 32,
Occupation, Saloon
Nativity is Canada,
PO Address was Upper Lake,
Date of Registration: 21 Sept 1882.
Cancellation 8 April
Book 1882.
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3 William Benjamin MARQUETTE b: October 08, 1882 in Lakeport, Lake County,
California d: December 28, 1956 in Lakeport, Lake County, California Burial:
December 31, 1956 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, Alameda County, California.
Married to: Alphene Regina TIBER b: June 08, 1886 in Tiber, North Dakota
m: May 11, 1904 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada d: June 1976 in Alameda
County, California Burial: June 14, 1976 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward,
Alameda County, California
4 William August Abel "Bill" MARQUETTE b: April 10, 1905 in British Columbia
d: October 1967 in Sonoma, California, Burial: Altaville Cemetery, Angel's
Camp, Calaveras, California, married to Vera Helen GROW
5 Gerald Grow MARQUETTE married to: Jacqueline Dolores MCCARTY
6 Timothy David MARQUETTE married to
Lori Linn DEARDORFF
7 William Michael MARQUETTE and Jackson Dean MARQUETTE
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