Dictionary of Wisconsin History
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Term: Marquette, Jacques 1637 - 1675
Definition:
Jesuit missionary, priest, explorer, b. Laon, France. He was educated at the Jesuit college in Reims, he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, Nancy (1654). Ordained a priest at Toni in 1666, he arrived in Quebec the same year, and, after studying the Indian languages, founded the mission of St. Mary of the Sault (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.) in 1668. In 1669 he moved to the mission of the Holy Ghost (Ashland, Wis.), and in 1670 followed the Huron Indians to the present site of St. Ignace, Mich., where he founded the mission of St. Ignatius. There, in 1672 Louis Jolliet (q.v.) brought news that Father Marquette was to take part in the exploration of the Mississippi River. The two men with five French companions left the mission on May 17, 1673, and via Green Bay ascended the Fox River, transferred to the Wisconsin at the present site of Portage, and reached the Mississippi on June 17, 1673, the first Europeans to cross what would become the state of Wisconsin. The party continued to follow the Mississippi southward until July 17, 1673, when they turned back near the present site of Arkansas City, Ark. Returning via the Illinois River, the Des Plaines-Chicago portage, and Lake Michigan to Green Bay, Father Marquette went to St. Francis mission (De Pere, Wis.), where he remained from Sept., 1673, to Oct., 1674. In 1674 he set out to found the mission of the Conception among the Illinois Indians. He wintered at the present site of Chicago, and in 1675 founded the mission at the Kaskaskia village (Utica, Ill.). Illness forced him to leave in a few days, and he followed the east shore of Lake Michigan to the present site of Ludington, Mich., where he died. In 1677 Indians returned his bones to the mission chapel at St. Ignace. In 1887 Father Marquette was chosen as one of the two Wisconsinites to represent the state in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. Dict. Amer. Biog.; R. G. Thwaites, ed., Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (73 vols., Cleveland, 1896- 1901); N. Amer. French Regime (on file in Archives, Marquette Univ.).
The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Jacques Marquette Miscellaneous Papers for details.
View a related article at Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]
262 records found
Adams County Albany, Town of, Marquette Co. Allouez, Claude Jean 1622 - 1689 Ameche, Don 1908 - 1993 Anacker, Marquette Co. Apuckaway, Election precinct of, Marquette Co. Arcade, Town of, Marquette Co. Banzaf, Henry Leo 1865 - 1951 Baraga, Frederic 1797 - 1868 Barczak, Gary J. 1939 Barrett, Thomas M. 1953 Barron, Michael J. 1933 Beall, Samuel Wooton[?] 1807 - 1868 Becker, Dismas 1936 Berger, David G. 1946 Berlin [origin of place name] Berlin, Green Lake Co. Berlin, Town of, Green Lake Co. Bluffton, Marquette Co. Bock, Peter E. 1948 Booth, Sherman Miller 1812 - 1904 Brancel, Ben 1950 Braun, Warren D. 1934 Brennan, James J. 1926 Briggsville, Marquette Co. Brooklyn, Town of, Green Lake Co. Brooks, Peter Anthony 1893 - 1948 Brown, Manny S. 1917 Budsin, Marquette Co. Buffalo Lake, Marquette Co. Buffalo Shore Estates, Marquette Co. Buffalo, Town of, Marquette Co. Bultman, Glenn E. 1940 Burke, Brian B. 1958 Burrowes, Alexander J. 1853 - 1927 Camp Scott Cane, Arnold J. 1914 Cannon, Raymond Joseph 1894 - 1951 Carey, Eben James 1889 - 1947 Ceci, Louis J. 1927 Celichowski, Bronislaus 1872 - 1951 Clark, Satterlee [Jr.?] 1816 - 1881 Cleary, Michael Joseph 1876 - 1947 Coffey, John L. 1922 Coggs, G. Spencer 1949 Collins, Robert A. 1924 Colon, Pedro 1968 Columbia County [origin of place name] Crystal Lake, Town of, Marquette Co. Cullen, David A. 1960 Curley, Robert M. 1922 Dablon (D'Ablon), Fr. Claude, 1619-1697. Dartford [origin of place name] Dartford, Election precinct of, Marquette Co. Dayton, Town of, Green Lake Co. Devitt, James C. 1929 Dieterich, William Herbert 1897 Dodge County [origin of place name] Douglas Center, Marquette Co. Douglas, Town of, Marquette Co. Duffey, Thomas J. 1927 Earles, William Henry 1852 - 1908 Endeavor, Marquette Co. Endeavor, Village of, Marquette Co. English immigrants in Wisconsin Eschweiler, Alexander Chadbourne 1865 - 1940 Eschweiler, Franz Chadbourne 1863 - 1929 Evans, Curtis Alban 1879 - 1947 explorers Farley, Chris 1964 - 1997 Farrow, Margaret A. 1934 Felder, Emma 1927 - 2008 Fiedler, Otho August 1873 - 1948 Fink, Albert 1867 - 1950 Flynn, Gerald T. 1910 Flynn, James T. 1944 Fond du Lac County [origin of place name] Fox River, Election precinct of, Marquette Co. Fox, Albert Charles 1878 - 1934 Frank, Kurt A. 1945 Gaenslen, Frederick Julius 1877 - 1937 Genzmer, Elmer L. 1903 George, Gary R. 1954 Germania, Marquette Co. Geske, Janine P. 1949 Glen Oak, Marquette Co. Gower, John C. 1941 Greco, Angelo F. 1925 Green Bay (body of water) Green Bay [brief history] Green Bay [origin of place name] Green Lake, Election precinct of, Marquette Co. Green Lake, Green Lake Co. Green Lake, Town of, Green Lake Co. Gregory, John Goadby 1856 - 1947 Haas, Francis Joseph 1889 - 1953 Hallows, E. Harold 1904 Hanley, Leo B. 1908 Hanna, Daniel D. 1923 Hannan, John Joseph 1866 - 1946 Hansen, Robert W. 1911 Hardin, Town of, Marquette Co. Harris, Town of, Marquette Co. Harrisville, Marquette Co. Hauke, Thomas A. 1938 Held, James E. 1938 Henni, John Martin 1805 - 1881 Hill, Warren Brown 1861 - 1934 Hines, J.A. 1927 Holy Hill Honadel, Mark R. 1956 Horner, John Scott 1802 - 1883 Huelsman, Joanne B. 1938 Ireland, Walter J. F. 1923 Jahnke, Franklin M. 1900 Jenkins, James Graham 1834 - 1921 Jesuits John Muir Country (Historic Marker Erected 1969) John Muir View (Historic Marker Erected 1955) Johnston, Robert Alexander 1846 - 1907 Jolliet, Louis 1645 - 1700 Keegan, Jr., Earl 1921 Keeshaynic River, Marquette Co. Kewaunee [brief history] Kingston, Town of, Green Lake Co. Klicka, George H. 1934 Klug, Scott L. 1953 Korean War (Historic Marker Erected 1990) Ladysmith [brief history] Lake Maria, Election precinct of, Marquette Co. Lalumiere, Stanislaus Petty 1822 - 1895 Lamb, Eugene M. 1910 Lawrence, Marquette Co. Leonard, Jerris 1931 Levander, Harry O. 1901 Leverich, James Earl Lexington, Town of, Marquette Co. Lipscomb, Jr., Mark G. 1935 Litscher, Leroy "Pete" 1939 Little Green Lake, Marquette Co. Loucks, Steven 1961 Macarthur Square (Historic Marker Erected 1979) Mackford, Town of, Green Lake Co. Manchester, Town of, Green Lake Co. Manitowoc and the Car Ferries (Historic Marker Ere Marcklein, Bernhard Gustav 1848 - 1915 Marquette (Historic Marker Erected 1957) Marquette County [origin of place name] Marquette Jolliet Expedition (Historic Marker Erec Marquette, Green Lake Co. Marquette, Jacques 1637 - 1675 Marquette, Town of, Green Lake Co. Marquette, Village of, Green Lake Co. Maurer, John J. 1922 Mccormick, John E. 1924 Mcessy, Earl F. Mcparland, Leland S. 1896 Meaux, Thomas W. 1954 Mecan, Marquette Co. Mecan, Town of, Marquette Co. Merkel, Kenneth J. 1926 Merkt, John L. 1946 Mesconsing Middletown, Town of, Marquette Co. Milwaukee [brief history] mining in southwestern Wisconsin Mogilka, David R. 1915 Molepske, Jr., Louis John 1974 Montello, Marquette Co. Montello, Town of, Marquette Co. Moore, Gwendolynne S. 1951 Morton, Earl D. 1918 Moser, William R. 1927 Moundsville [origin of place name] Moundville, Town of, Marquette Co. Naleid, Roy E. 1901 Neshkoro, Marquette Co. Neshkoro, Town of, Marquette Co. Neshkoro, Village of, Marquette Co. Newton, Town of, Marquette Co. Niebler, John H. 1941 Nowakowski, Richard C. 1933 Nugent, William P. 1917 O'Brien, Leo P. 1893 Okee [origin of place name] Ourada, Thomas D. 1958 Oxford, Marquette Co. Oxford, Town of, Marquette Co. Oxford, Village of, Marquette Co. Packwaukee, Marquette Co. Packwaukee, Town of, Marquette Co. Padway, Joseph Arthur 1891 - 1947 Pelecky, Stan T. 1934 Pere Marque'ite and Sieur Jolliet (Historic Marker Petrified Man Hoax Philipp, Emanuel Lorenz 1861 - 1925 Pine Lake, Town of, Marquette Co. Plale, Jeffrey T. 1968 Pleasant Valley, Election precinct of, Marquette C Portage [brief history] Portage, Columbia Co. pottery and earthenware industry in Wisconsin Princeton, Town of, Green Lake Co. Puan, Puans, Puants Puckaway Lake, Marquette Co. [origin of place nam quarrying industry in Wisconsin Quick, William F. 1909 Radosevich, Michele G. 1947 Raimey, Mabel Wanda (1895-1986) (Historic Marker E Rapides des Peres - Voyageur Park (Historic Marker Read, Sister Joel (Janice) 1926 - Roth, Toby 1938 Rutkowski, James A. 1942 Ryczek, Ervin John 1909 Schaus, Thomas M. 1937 Schmidt, Robert 1913 Schober, John C. 1951 Schreiber, Martin J. 1939 Schuele, Wilfred 1906 Seneca, Town of, Green Lake Co. Sensenbrenner, Frank Jacob 1864 - 1952 Shabaz, John C. 1931 Sharon, Town of, Marquette Co. Shields, Town of, Marquette Co. shipwrecks in Wisconsin Smith, Warren Robert 1889 - 1957 Snyder, Harry G. 1938 Spillner, Joan Wade 1962 Springfield, Town of, Marquette Co. St. Ignace (mission) St. Marie [origin of place name] St. Marie, Town of, Green Lake Co. Stitt, Donald K. 1944 Sturgeon Bay, Door Co. Swoboda, Lary J. 1939 Sykes, Diane S. 1957 Tadych, Albert R. 1932 Terry, Walter E. The Name "Wisconsin" (Historic Marker Erected 1994 The Upper Mississippi (Historic Marker Erected 198 Ti-Cho-Rah, Election precinct of, Marquette Co. timeline of Wisconsin history, 1622-1699 Timmerman, Lawrence W. 1910 Tittemore, James Nelson 1864 - 1949 Ulichny, Barbara L. 1947 UPPER FOX RIVER Erected 1957 Utopians in Wisconsin Vukmir, Leah 1958 Walker, Scott K. 1967 Ward, Jr., Walter L. 1943 Waushara County [origin of place name] Welsh in Wisconsin Westfield, Marquette Co. Westfield, Town of, Marquette Co. Westfield, Village of, Marquette Co. Wilcox, Roy Porter 1873 - 1946 Williams, Annette P. 1937 Wisconsin [origin of place name] Wyalusing, Grant Co. Zablocki, Clement J. 1912 Zaborski, Richard J. 1927 Zeidler, Carl Frederick 1908 - 1942
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