FIFTH GENERATION

61. Charles Leland Marquis was born on Dec 14 1908 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Born on a Monday, the 9th child of Alexander and Hannah Marquis. Birth Certificate, filed December 18, 1908 in Hamilton County, Illinois.

He died on Oct 30 1995 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Uncle Charlie died from leukemia on a Monday at 11:00pm. He lived 86 years, 10 months, and 16 days.
His obituary in the Elgin Courier-News states: "Charles L. Marquis, 86, of Elgin, died Monday, Oct. 30, in St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin. He was born Dec. 14, 1908, in Hamilton County, Ill., the son of Alexander and Hannah Penell Marquis. He had been an Elgin resident most of his life. He had been employed by the Illinois Case Factory and Shakeproof Division of Illinois Tool Works, before retiring. He was a member of The Salvation Army.

Survivors. include his wife, Margaret Lake Marquis; four sons, Joe Dean Marquis of Elgin, Franklin (Constance) Marquis of Streamwood, David (Linda) Marquis of Elgin and John (Dr. Carolanne) Marquis of Palatine; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, William Marquis of Florida. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters."

He was buried on Nov 2 1995 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Funeral services for Charles Leland Marquis were at 1 p.m. Thursday at Laird Funeral Home, Elgin. Burial was in Lakewood Memorial Park, Elgin. Uncle Charlie was a long time resident of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Some memories about Uncle Charlie (Uncle Lee) from Helen Huffstutler Ferreira’s journal dated Wednesday, May 19, l 976:

"All the Ferreira's gathered tonight at 153 Oak Street (Kate and Ira Huffstutler’s home) to help Aunt Della celebrate her 70th birthday. Uncle Lee and Marge were there, and we sat around Mom 's kitchen table laughing heartily at Aunt Della, Mother, and Lee's reminiscences of their childhood days 'in the Knobs. '

Della told how mean Lee was to her -- chasing her with dead snakes, scaring the horse she rode while she held a bucket of milk.... how Grandma 'Hanner' whipped all four of them (Della, Lee, Lyman and Eileen) upon her return home from town, or wherever she had been because they had always been in a fight in her absence. She never had time to stop and ask for details or 'who-dunnits'. She just trounced them all!

Lee always ran away after a lickin' and would return after dark. On one occasion, Lyman asked why he had come back, and Lee said, 'I didn't have my hat with me.'"

He was married to Margaret Louise Lake on Aug 10 1945 in Illinois. Charles and Margaret were married on a Friday. Margaret Louise Lake was born on Oct 6 1921. Margaret was born on a Thursday. Charles Leland Marquis and Margaret Louise Lake had the following children:

+81 i. Joe Dean Marquis.
+82 ii. Franklin Alexander Marquis.
+83 iii. David Leland Marquis.
+84 iv. John Phillip Marquis.

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