Notes:

. 1868 Apr 30, Pickering Ploughing Match
The annual plight match of the Pickering Agricultural Society:
Mens' first Class: Wm. Phipps, 34d, John Marquis 4th.
Ref: Whitby Chronicle, published 30 Apr. 1868, p2.

. 1868 Thursday. The Grand Dominion Ploughing Match
The Dominion ploughing match takes place near the village of Brooklin, today.
Below we give the names of those entered in the different classes:
1s Class Mens: John Marquis, Pickering. 2nd Class Mens: William Phipps, Pickering.
Ref: Whitby Chronicle, 21 May 1868, p. 2.

. 1869 County of Ontario Directory: Uxbridge Township
Marquis, John 1, 25 h.
Marquis, Thomas, b f 19 freehold. - - -

Buried:
Verify, if listed, or buried here.

John married Mary Ann PHIPPS on 21 Mar 1861 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of Frederick Redvers PHIPPS, .1 and Catherine WILLSON, .ii) was born on 28 Jul 1839 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 18 Jan 1886 in Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried in Clinton Public Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Wesley MARQUIS was born on 4 Mar 1862 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 16 Nov 1938 in Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried in Clinton Public Cemetery.
2. Brown MARQUIS was born est 1863 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
3. Catherine E MARQUIS was born in 1864 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
4. Mary Ann MARQUIS was born in 1866 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
5. Thomas F MARQUIS was born in 1867 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
6. William B MARQUIS was born in 1869 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
7. Jannet A. MARQUIS was born in Jan 1870 in Pickering Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died in 1958 in Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried in Clinton Public Cemetery.
8. Bertha D MARQUIS was born in 1876 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.