The first member of the family to go, Jacques Adrien Masreliez (1717-1806) from Grenoble, traveled to Sweden in 1748 to decorate the chapel of the royal castle; the library of Louisa Ulrika at Drottningholm Palace, where the Swedish royal family lives today; the king's bedroom at Gripsholm; and the organs of the Uppsala Cathedral.
Both of Jacques' sons Louis Adrien (1748-1806) and Jean Baptiste Edoard Barbe (1753-1801) continued the tradition.
Gustaf Masreliez became auditing secretary in 1919 and was Director General of the Bureau of Prisons 1927–36.
He was Sheriff in Sollentuna and Färentuna, Stockholm 1936-47 and member of Sthlms City Council 1921–38.
Curt M was in 1939 an actor at various theaters in Helsingborg, Stockholm, Uppsala and Gothenburg and participated from 1942 in a variety of films.