57. Myrtle Elizabeth Marquis
was born on Oct 4 1899 in Flannigan Township, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Aunt Myrt, as she was called was named for her grandmothers Amanda Elizabeth
Marquis and Nancy Elizabeth Pinnell. Namesake taken from the Family of Alexander
Rhodes Marquis and Hannah Mae Pennell, written in 1988 by Della Marquis Gruthoff.
She is further documented in Delayed Record of Birth, Hamilton County, Illinois,
Dated 01-Mar-1961. Affidavit dated 06-Feb-1961 by a sister, Susan Katherine
Huffstutler. Voters Registration Record, Kane County, Illinois, dated 01-Sep-1942.
She died on Mar 14 1989 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. She was buried on
Mar 16 1989 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lake Street, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.
She was married to Francis Joseph Jordan about 1920 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Francis Joseph Jordan died in 1959 in Elgin, Kane
County, Illinois. He was buried in 1959 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lake Street,
Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Frank was the son of Irish immigrants. They were
Catholic and settled in South Elgin, Illinois. Myrtle Elizabeth Marquis and
Francis Joseph Jordan had the following children:
+74 i.
Geraldine Marie Jordan.
+75 ii.
Myrtle Elaine Jordan.
+76 iii.
Joseph Francis Jordan.
+77 iv.
Paul Raymond Jordan.
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