[note: stone # 77 has 3 listings: Margaret C. Jaquest, Richard A. Jaquest and William S. Jaquest]
Jaquest, Richard A.; stone # 77 (see previous entry); location: E-10; b. no date, d. 25 September 1874; also on headstone: "son of Wm. and M." [William S. (see next entry) and Margaret C. (see previous entry) Jaquest] "aged 14 years, 3 months, 2 days"
Jaquest, William S.; stone # 77 (see two entries above); location: E-10; b. 1824, d. 1900; husband of Margaret C. Jaquest (see two entries above); also on headstone: [on back of stone:] "Richard Allen, Eugene Richard"
Additional Information on "Jaquest" Family
Tracy Curtis, the great-great-granddaughter of William and Margaret Jaquest who are buried beneath headstone # 77 in the St Columba Cemetery, shared the following information regarding her family:
Great-great-grandfather William S. Jaquest was born in England in 1824, possibly from the Saint Mary Lebonne region. He is believed to be of French descent, especially since his surname, Jaquest (sometimes spelled as "Jacquest" and pronounced "jay"-"quest") is said to be the Anglicized form of the French name, "Jacques."
Great-great-grandmother Margaret J. (Collins) Jaquest appears to have been born in Ireland in 1828, possibly from the Killarney region of County Kerry.
William immigrated to America in 1848 and both he and Margaret are found on the 1850 US Census for New Jersey as single people. They are married in 1851 in New Jersey and their first two children, Mary Ann and John, are born in New Jersey in 1851 and 1855, respectively.
On the 1860 US Census, the family is living in Waukesha County, Menomonee Territory (which eventually becomes the Town of Lisbon, directly south of the St. Columba Church and Cemetery). Tracy's great-grandmother, Sarah Jaquest, is born there in 1858, followed by Richard in 1859, Margaret in 1862, Elizabeth in 1865, and William in 1867. The "Eugene Richard" listed on the back of the Jaquest headstone (# 77) is likely to be an infant that died at birth.
[Note: The Jaquest farm is mentioned in several articles archived on the Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc. (SLAHS) website. Their farm appears to have been located about two miles south of St. Columba Church and Cemetery, along the south side of Plainview Road, between Highway 164 and Lake Five Road. One of the SLAHS articles notes that William Jaquest was a prominent farmer in the area. Some of his land may have been donated for the building of the Plainview Elementary School that is still located on the northwest corner of the farm and is used as a private residence today. Unfortunately, the Jaquest homestead and farm are no longer visible, since this area was, and continues to be, an excellent source of sand and gravel, resulting in most of the farm being turned into a large quarry.]
Tracy's great-grandmother, Sarah Jaquest, married Andrew C. Kelley who came from the Hudson Territory that is now known as Lyons in Walworth County, Wisconsin, many miles to the southwest.
[Note: There are a number of Kelly/Kelley family members buried in St. Columba Cemetery, and it is possible that Andrew could have visited his Kelley relatives in this area. Local historian and life-long parish member, Vincent Sennott, noted that "the last of the Kelly's lived on two farms just east of the church and cemetery on the north side of County Line Q where the current 'Narr' and 'Warnecke' farms are located."]
Sarah and Andrew had four children: Richard, Clement, Margaret Mary, and John. Margaret Mary ("Peggy") Kelley is Tracy's grandmother. The parents, Sarah and Andrew, died at the ages of 45 and 50, within six weeks of each other in Chicago, Illinois. Margaret Mary and her brothers were then raised by their aunts (Sarah's sisters), Mary Ann and Elizabeth, in Chicago.
Tracy's grandmother, Margaret Mary Kelley, attended school at Clark College (Dubuque, Iowa) and Milwaukee Normal (now known as UWM - the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). While teaching in Milwaukee, her grandmother met and married her grandfather, Maurice Dougherty. The Dougherty's had two children, Maurice (Jr.) and Mary Beth.
Mary Beth Dougherty is Tracy's mother who married Tracy's father, William Curtis. The Curtis family is made up of seven children: William, Tracy herself, Michael, Mark, Tierney, Taurey, and Tyler.
Tracy recalled visiting the St. Columba Cemetery years ago with her family at the time of her first communion. She remembers praying with her mother and grandmother at a gravestone that she suspects was that of her great-great-grandparents, William and Margaret Jaquest. In 2012, she found the cemetery again and was kind enough to share her family's story.
[note: stone # 81 has 2 listings: Ashton F. Jones and Bernice C. Jones]
Jones, Bernice C.; stone # 81 (see previous entry); location: E-14; b. 1909, d. 1995; nee: Grochowski
Jorgensen, Dorothy A. (nee Mengel); stone # 242; location: J-34; b. 27 July 1935; d. no date [note: two people on headstone: Dorothy Jorgensen and Richard Jorgensen]
Jorgensen, Richard A. "Dick" stone #: 242; location: J-34; b. 16 November 1934, d. 11 March 2018; married 03 August 1954; also on headstone: "proud parents of Cindy, Catherine, James, Kay, Daniel" [note: there are two people on the headstone: Richard Jorgensen and Dorothy Jorgensen]
