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| Luis Santiago Marmion |
| Eula Arrington Marmion |
| Helen Ora Marmion |
| Charles Battle Marmion |
| Luis S Marmion Jr |
| below some of the Children of Luis and Eula |
| son of James Roger and Kate Marmion |
| Ellis Island Record: First Name: Louis Last Name: Marmion Ethnicity: Last Place of Residence: Victoria, Texas Date of Arrival: Apr 11, 1923 Age at Arrival: 28y 10m Gender: M Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: Sant Anna Port of Departure: Valparaiso, Chile Manifest Line Number: 0007 First Name: Lucille Last Name: Marmion Ethnicity: Last Place of Residence: Victoria, Texas Date of Arrival: Apr 11, 1923 Age at Arrival: 30y 6m Gender: F Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: Sant Anna Port of Departure: Valparaiso, Chile Manifest Line Number: 0008 |
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| Built by Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee, La Seyne, France, 1910. 9,350 gross tons; 470 (bp) feet long; 56 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. 1,970 passengers (70 first class, 150 second class, 1,750 third class).Two masts and two funnels.
Built for Fabre Line, French flag, in 1910 and named Sant Anna. Mediterranean-New York service. Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off north Africa on April 11, 1918. |
| The Next Year: First Name: Luis Last Name: Marmion Ethnicity: Last Place of Residence: Chicago, Ill. Date of Arrival: Feb 13, 1924 Age at Arrival: 28y Gender: M Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: President Van Buren Port of Departure: London Manifest Line Number: 0010 First Name: Lucille B. Last Name: Marmion Ethnicity: Last Place of Residence: Chicago, Ill. Date of Arrival: Feb 13, 1924 Age at Arrival: 29y Gender: F Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: President Van Buren Port of Departure: London Manifest Line Number: 0011 |
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| Built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 1921. 10,533 gross tons; 502 (bp) feet long; 62 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 14 knots. 78 passengers (78 first class, ).
Built for U.S. Mail Steamship Company, in 1921 and named Old North State. New York-London service service. Transferred to United States Lines, in 1922 and renamed President Van Buren. Transferred in 1924. Around the world service. Downgraded to a freighter 1938. Renamed President Fillmore in 1941. Transferred to United States Navy, American flag, in 1942 and renamed USS Marigold. US Navy hospital service. Laid up 1946-48. Scrapped in California in 1948. |
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| The Victoria Advocate wrote on July 12, 1924 that " Louis Marmion, a Victoria boy who is winning great distinction in the commercial world, arrived in Victoria Saturday on a three-day visit to his mother, Mrs. E.L. Marmion, after an absence of many years. He served for four years as assistant superintendent of the Ford interests in the Argentine Republic. He and his wife are now en route to Havana, where he will serve the Ford company as Cuban superintendent. "
Luis S Marmion Jr was living in Corpus Christi, Texas when he died. He was a native of Victoria and was the owner and operator of a liquor store and delicatessen in Corpus Christi where he had resided since 1932. Previously he had traveled for Ford Motor Company in Argentina, Spain, Cuba and Mexico. He was a vetern of World War I serving in the Marines and was a member of the American Legion Post 248 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5398 in Corpus Christi. This information was from The Victoria Advocate, the state's second oldest existing newspaper, first appeared in 1846 and by 1897 was publishing a daily edition. |
| VITAL RECORD EXTRACTIONS, Volume IV 1898-1899
from THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE http://www.rootsweb.com/~txvicto2/newspaperclips.html Arrington Eula M About 16 Years Ago in Wharton m. L. S. Marmion 8 2 Wednesday 15 June 1898 1 Marmion L. S. D Last Evening 35yr old died in his home in Victoria; born 17 July 1863 in San Antonio; married about 16 years ago in Wharton Miss Eula Arrington; left her plus four girls and two boys; had lived in Victoria since 1889; funeral at St. Mary's Catholic Church. 8 7 2 52 15 June 1898 18 June 1898 1 17 |
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| Lucille and Luis S Marmion Jr |