This came from "The Ouimet Family Journal" Vol. 1 - No. 1, June 1995
Author: Germain Ouimet, Blainville, Quebec.
Translator: William C. Ouimet Jr., Hamden, CT
Source: Le Houymet: Vol 1 No 1, January 1991

JEAN HOUYMET: THE FIRST IN LINE

Ancestor Jean Houymet was a native of Virgny, which Mr. Hollister, in "La France Des Canadiens", describes as "a small village of 180 inhabitants, located three miles to the southwest of Rheims" in Champagne.

Indeed, on his marriage contract with Renee Gagnon, signed on Sunday, October 3, 1660, in the presence of Claude Aubert, "the notary public and clerk of the segniory of Beaupre", we find the following:

Present, in their persons, were on the one hand, Jean Houymet, son and heir of Nicollas Houymet and Poucette Nicayse, his Father and Mother from the parish of Vrigny, archdiocese of Rheims; and on the other hand, Renee Gagnon, daughter of Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cauchon, her Father and Mother, inhabitants of this seigniory.

As for the church record of the wedding this document has not been found. It is important to note, however, that before 1661, missionaries were the ones who kept the records at Notre-Dame in Quebec, and who served the areas of Chateau-Richer and Beaupre. Would they have forgotten to register the marriage? This is entirely likely, given that the notarized marriage contract states:

The marriage will be done and accomplished, God willing, in the sight of Our Mother the Holy Apostolic, Catholic and Roman Catholic Church as soon as possible.

Jean Houymet was born in 1634, since he was fifty-three years old when he died on November 18, 1687, in the parish of Sainte-Famille on the Ile d' Orleans, where he was buried. His wife, Renee Gagnon, was born in the region and was baptized on April 8, 1643, in the Notre-Dame parish of Quebec. We have no information concerning her death, except for the fact that it occurred after she made a donation to Quebec's General Hospital on April 13, 1695, and before the first marriage of her first son Jean to Marie on November 22, 1702, the record of which states that Renee was dead.

Our ancestor's presence in New France can be traced, at the earliest, to Saturday, November 8, 1659, when he, Guillaume Thibault and Marie-Magdeleine Lefrancois signed a contract, in the presence of Notary-public Claude Aubert, for the purchase of some land.

This land, which measures:

two acres on the great Saint Lawrence River, and which cuts through the above mentioned Beaupre near the above-mentioned Stream, the Sault de la Puce River, is part of the parish of Chateau-Richer, whose registry opened in 1661. On a trip to Quebec in the summer of 1973, I located this land, which is situated six acres east of the bridge over the Sault de la Puce River; it is lot 82.

In this same contract, it is written, among other things, that on the preceding day, Friday, November 7, 1659, in the presence of the same notary-public, Jean Houymet signed a farming lease with Guillaume Thibault. This document has not been found.

There is also no document certifying Jean Houymet's exact arrival date in New France. It seems likely, however, that he arrived in 1659. This is the opinion of Mr. J-Roland Auger, genealogist emeritus in charge of the National Archives in Quebec, who wrote to me on February 3, 1965:

That your ancestor should have arrived here in 1659 is entirely possible, for the first Canadian contract that mentions him dates from November 8, 1659 (Clerk Auber). As you know, he would have come on the ship Abraham's Sacrifice (Le Sacrifice d'Abraham), which was carrying 300 casks (Clerk Charbonnier, March 14, 1659), and which arrived here in 1659. The ship's list of passengers has been lost. The only other vessel that came to Quebec that year was the "Saint Andre", which was also carrying 300 casks, and was reserved for Montreal recruits, whose history was written by Father Archange Godbout.

There is thus no mistake about the name of the ship, unless, of course, we should find a mention of Jean Ouimet dating before 1659. This data comes from the masterful study done by Mr. Delafosse, archivist fo the Charente-Maritime at La Rochelle, entitled "La Rochelle and Canada in the 17th century" (La Rochelle et le Canada au 17e siecle), which appeared in "La Revue d'Historire de L'Amerique Francaise", Volume IV, pp 469-511 (page 494).

Having left Dieppe on March 14, 1659, "Abraham's Sacrifice" arrived in Quebec on Monday, June 6, 1659, and we even know the exact time of his arrival, since Monsignor de Laval was aboard the ship,a nd since the Jesuits relate his arrival in the "Jesuit's Journal".

At six o'clock in the evening that same day, the first vessel to give us a biship - along with Mr. Charni, Father Lallement and two priests - arrived in Quebec from France.

Jean Houymet was confirmed by Monsignor de Lavel at Chateau-Richer on Monday, February 2, 1660, the day of the Lord's Purification. On the same day, his future wife, Renee Gagnon, and his future parents-in-law, Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cauchon, were also confirmed - as was Guillaume Thibault, from whom Jean Houymet had purchased land on November 8, 1659.

In 1662, Jean HOuymet bought some land from Mr. de Lauzon, lord of Charny, measuring two acres along the Saint Lawrence River "on the northern passage, on the date of the tenth day of April one thousand six hundred sixty-two". This contract, which went before notary-public Vachon, has not been found, but it is mentioned in the inventory of Jean Houymet's possessions, which went before the same notary on October 26, 1688, one year after his death. The missing contract is also mentioned in his wife's inventory, which went before notary-public Jacob on March 3, 1695. The phrase "on the northern passage" which we find in these two inventories tells us that the land in question was located on the Ile d'Orleans, on the north side.

On October 2, 1662, in the presence of notary-public Aubert, he bought a lot from Marin Nourice: located "In the seigniory of Beaupre" and consisting of "two acres along the Great Saint Lawrence River, and extending in one direction to this Great River, and in the other direction to lands owned on one side by Francois Modet, and on the other side by Robert de Laberge".

Sir Villeneuve's map from 1689 locates this three-acre, water-front property at number 19 in the Saint-Famille parish. On this map, the name "Jean Hueau" appears instead of "Jean Houymet". Nevertheless, if we consult Leon Roy's book, "the Lands of the Ile d' Orleans: 1650-1725 (Les Terres de I'lle d''Orleans: 1650-1725), we find that this property was in fact owned by our ancestor Jean Houymet, and that its current survey forms part of lots 187 and 189. When I located the property in 1972, it was inhabited by the Turcot Family, whose ancestor Francois had married Marguerite Ouimet, our ancestor's daughter. He bought the land from his Mother-in-Law in September 26, 1695, and the Turcots have lived thate ever since.

If Jean Houymet bought this land (marked number 51 in "The Lands of Ile d'Orleans, in January 1663, he was certainly living there in 1664. When Pierre Pailleau bought lot number 51 and bought his countract to purchase before notary-public Vachon on February 8, 1664, his neighbors were, the records tell us, Jean Houymet on one side, and Barthelemy Tession on the other. I wonder if part of this lot was not to two water-front acres "on the northern passage" which he bought from Mr. de Lauzon on April 10, 1662, and for which the contract has subsequently been lost.

Jean Houymet and Renee Gagnon had nine children - of which three sons and one daughter got married and produced descendants.

In terms of Jean Houymet's weealth, we can estimate it by examining the inventory of his possessions, which went before notary-public Vachon on October 26, 1688, slightly less than a year after his death on November 18, 1687. This document reveals that Jean Houymet was relatively prosperous for his time: One trammel, two pots, one grill, two medium-sized cauldrons, one rifle, one mean chest, one old sifter or scieve, ten planters, the clothing of the deceased, two old coffers of which one has lock and key, one cannot be locked, two old tablecloths made of coarse fabric, two animal-skin covers, two old axes, two old hoes, one old hook, a pair of wheels, a cart with an old wheel, colter, and metal chain.

In the barn, eight hundred sheafs of wheat of which about one hundred and fifty have sprouted and are worthless, and one hundred and fifty minots have been ground and so improved, twenty-two minots of peas, eighty minots of oats, five hundred minots of hay, two old nets.

Next, the buildings: the skeleton of a house covered with planks; a little old house built from scrap material, in which they live and which is of little value; a barn made of planks and covered with straw and with an adjoining stable;

Next, the livestock: a pair of work oxen, a young pair of steer four years of age, one young steer about to turn three, four milk cows, three new calves, seven large pigs, six nursing pigs, eighteen turkeys, eight geese;

Next, the concession consisting of three acres of waterfront property on the Saint Lawrence River, for five pounds of wood;

Next, the titles and papers: the marriage contract between the deceased Jean Houymet and Marie-Renee; two contracts of concession, one of which was made by Mr. de Lauzon, Lord of Charny, of two acres of water-front land on the Saint Lawrence River on the northern passage on the date of the tenth day of April one thousand six hundred sixty-two, and the other made by Monsignor de Laval for three acres of the above-mentioned Concession on the above-mentioned river, which contract went before the tary-public on the date of the twenty-sixth day of January one thousand six hundred sixty-eight. As for active debts, the Community owes four minots of grain to Mister Jean Primont.

Jean Houymet, native of Vrigny, in the Champagne region of France, did a proud service to our people by coming, in the seventeenth century, to found a family in New France.

THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY NAME OUIMET

Written by Denis Ouimet (3)
Source: Le Houymet - Vol. 1 No. 2
During the century, the family name Ouimet has been written in different ways for several reasons: variations in pronunciations, the illiteracy of our ancestors, the changes made by people who wrote the name, and simply the evolution of the name.

According to the Dictionary of Family Names and First Names of France, the name "Ouimet" was taken from the "d'Olmet" which is a "community of Puy-de-Dome, district of Thiers. The word is composed of Oui and of Met, which is part of a wine press where the wine flows and part of chimney, hand barrow, kneeding trough, bin hopper". This community is located approximately 400 km south of Vrigny, which is presumed to be the original location of our ancestor. Could it therefore be that the family name Ouimet had its origin in the name of the community of d'Olmet? This is a possibility.

The marriage contract between Jean Houymet and Renee Gagnon, of October 3, 1660 (Claude Aubert, Notary), indicates that the ancestor Ouimet originates in Vrigny in Champagne. This is proof positive of the original location of the ancestor, that is , before he undertook the long voyage to New France.

In contrast, the information given by an American in Florida indicates the Jean Houymet was born on November 19, 1634 in the parish of St. Fanville (in France?). Unfortunately at press time we have not been able to obtain additional information to confirm or refute this hypothesis.

According to Mr. Jean-Paul Denise, President of the Genealogical Center of Champagne (Marne), the family name Ouimet does not exist anymore in that area of France. He emphasizes that this family name strangely resembles the name "Vuimet" and "Wuimet" and, by extension "Vuillemet" and "Wuillement" which are derived from "Guillaume" and, those family names are of Germanic origin. In 1989, a total of 157 fiches of baptisms, marriages, and burials of those family names were copied from a collection during a trip to France and more precisely in the Archives de la Marne and of the region of Champagne-Ardenne which is located in Chalons-sur-Marne. These records of family names cover a time period from 1675 to 1922 with 97% of the records of the 15th and 16th centuries. No connection could be established between our ancestor and those records but the research will continue.

According to Mr. Henri Comte and his pamphlet entitled "History of the Ouimet Family"

"The name Ouimet comes from a Germanic combination name, 'Willihelm' which means 'will' (incentive) (Willi) and 'helmet', (soldier's steel helmet). From Willimet one made Wilhelm, Ouilem, Wilhelmy, Wilhelm, Wilhemy, Wilmy, Wilmet, Ouilmet, and Ouimet. Other derivitives are Willem, Williaume, and Willaume and Guillaume, Wilmert, Wilmes, Wilmet and Wilmotte, Willemet, Willaumez and Willemot, William, Williams, and Williamson...

"When the Franks, a Germanic tribe, inhabited Gaul in the 5th cenrury they introduced many German names such as Burchart, Theobald, Baldwin, and Willihelm which eventually became Bouchard, Thibault, Beaudoin, and Ouimet."

In order to support the hypotheses of the different spellings, we can emphasize that phontically "Ouimet" and "Wuillemet" and their variations resemble each other. Although I cannot pretend to be an expert in phonetics, it is still astonishing to note the phonetic similarity of the two names "Ouimet" and "Wuillemet".

Permit me please to state a theory which seems to support the idea that the family name Ouimet is of Germanic origin. Let us suppose that Ouimet resembles Wuillemet which in turn resembles Villemet, could it be possible that the latter name is originally from "ville Metz"! Metz is a town 168 km east of Reims, and also 40 km to the west of the German border. During the 15th century the town of Metz was German territory. This reasoning allows us to corroborate the theory of the Germanic origin of the family name Ouimet.

We hope that this will enable a Ouimet genealogist to highten the understanding of the origin of the family name as well as of the ancestor of all the Ouimets.

THE GREAT CROSSING OF 1659
Source: Le Houymet - Vol 2, no 2

According to the bibliographical dictionary of Canada, Monsignor de Laval arrived at La rochelle on April 13, 1659. We also know that our ancestor Jean Houymet accompanied Monsignor de Laval on this great crossing, sixty-four days aboard the boat called "Abraham's Sacrifice" (Le Sacrifice d'Abraham)

Below are three texts which relate some aspects fo the interminable crossing.

The first one is taken from a text by G.E. Demers entitled "The Vine on the Cape" (LaVigne sur le cap)

On April Sunday 1659, Monsignor de Laval left his country and headed for the immense territories of America, covered with unknown forests, where, in a very harsh climate, lived savage tribes with cruel and babaric customs, and where the most terrible martyrdom imaginable would perhaps put an end to a long life of hard work and sacrifice. But the prospect of the hardships he would have to endure in no way diminished the young bishop's enthusiasm. Rather, in his craving for self-sacrifice, he wished to martyr himself for the love of Christ, as had done a few years earlier a handful of Jesuit missionaries, who fell victim to their stay among savages.

In those days, crossing the ocean was not done with the comfort and luxury witch characterize the cruise ships "veritable floating palaces" of our modern age. Back then, people traveled on small boats, poorly furnished, poorly ventilated, crammed with passengers and even with animals.

It took more than a month for the ship carrying the new bishop to reach Canada. On May 16, 1659, it weighed anchor just off Perce. It is there that Monsignor de Lavel first set foot on Canadian soil. There was a flourishing Jesuit mission there, and the apostolic vicar took advantage of the situation by offering savages and colonists in the area the first acts of his episcopal ministry: He conferred the confirmation sacrament on more that one hundred and forty individuals.

One month later, on Monday, June 16, 1659, Monsignor de Laval arrived in Quebec.

The joy of the people in the little capital of New France knew no bounds when, on the evening of June 16th, they learned of the bishop's arrival with a company of secular priests, a young novice and a Jesuit Father. The following morning, they organized a procession along the docks downtown, where there was a gathering of the reverend Jesuit Fathers, the students of their school, the inhabitants of Quebec and neighboring areas, Governor D'Argenson and the colony's top government officials, and the Monsignor de Laval, who marched along majestically, clothed in his pontifical garments, with a mitre on his head and a cross in his hand. In the middle of the general festivity, the procession ascended to the upper part of town and the apostolic vicar entered the parish church of Quebec, which became the cathedral of his immense vicarage.

The second text comes from Jacques Folch-Ribas' french novel "La chair de Pierre", which came out in 1989. This historical novel brings to life Claude Baillif, master mason, master carpenter master stone-cutter, who came from France to New France in 1675. Baillif had been summoned by the bishop of Quebec to make this isolated township on the savage banks of the Saint Lawrence into a real city. The numerous descriptions from this novel might give us some idea of what was going through our ancestors mind when he crossed the ocean:

"la Saintonge" a boat doubles back along the last cape, the pointy angle of the land which still clings to the depths of the sea, and from which seagulls take off, thickening the strident flock that surrounds the ship. At sea. One or two hours left, but it is certain that on this same day, we will see no more continent, no more island, no more reef. Open water.

Suddenly, they found themselves immersed in the night, and fog.

Why had I left? I pretended to ask myself why. I actually did know why buy I didn't have the heart to answer. I felt queasy and stretched out for my first night of crossing.

After just three days, the passengers, all brothers and sisters, started looking like one another. Ragged, ill, jaundiced, drowsy from the tremendous movement of the ship, whose prow could be seen rising up toward the sky, while everybody rolled to one side, clinging to one another and to the ropes and to the structures, and then, whith the prow crashing back down and delving into the trough of a wave such that water sprayed over the bridge, they all thought they would drown, and rolled all at once to the other side of the ship, and prayed to God and the Virgin. At first, women screamed with fright at the ship's every movement, then they were silent, exhausted, giving their bodies over to divine providence, yielding, discouraged, to that filthy, beastly rapist, the sea.

Under the bridges, friendships were formed between young convent girls and women of ill repute and dissolute morals. Seated or lying down, holding hands, helping one another against the blows from the boom and the casting about of the ship, their skin ashen from seasickness, they offered one another support, the bravest came to the aid of the most tender, they encouraged each other to eat and drink, sharing what they had with their neighbors, consoling each other, and the next day they would be cradled in the arms of women whom they had held the night before.

It was atsea that Claude first heard the "Unlucky Folk's Lament". A young sailor had started to sing. Although he was young, only about twenty, this was the boy's third crossing. He had heard the song in Quebec. He had the voice of a girl:

To Canada, New France
The King has forced us to go
What bad luck we have
Our betrothed we left behind
Our betrothed and our mother in the village
Pain which has stricken us
Departed at this tender age
For savage land and country
Listen to the lament
And take pity on us.

The days passed, as did the nights, which were darker than a thom should be. The sea stretched out in front of them, opening up, and closed in behind them as they went along. The storms, the wind, the rain. A low sky and the further they advanced, the more fog, the more fear. But slowly, among the men, grew friendship and trust.

-I'm a former salt-trader, condemned to exile. A robber, not on highways, but on the roads at night. I ran then all back in the Poitou, with my bags on my shoulders.
-I'm a carpenter, I'm twenty and I'm hungry.

-So is it so very faar, over there? asked another. The odor. The cold. The humidity. The food, which got more spoiled the further they advanced. Mass every morning and two services every Sunday; their one consolation. Ninety-eight days of torture, more than three months at sea, there were three funeral services and numerous sick people whom the sisters cared for as best they could, up in the prow, under a bridge, behind some covers hanging over a line. But on August 15th, for the Assumption, they saw the American land.

On the horizon we saw a low dark line which was the new land. It just barely appeared between two waves, as if it were floating on the water, but no: it was more immobile, it was a rock, or maybe a forest, at long last, the martyrodon of movement was going to end.

-Today? Tomorrow?

-Three days left, said the young sailor who was familiar with the trip. After that, we enter the Gulf. Then we sail for another eighteen days to the great River Saint Lawrence, then to the end of that to Quebec.

A woman whose hope had brought her to the bridge started to cry, exausted. ...We're so close to the forests that you can see them, on the right and on the left. Not the smallest field, not the slightest bit of visible land, it's all wooded, overgrown with a dark green covering shot through with dark masses of pines growing together in clusters.

...The Basque sailor steers the ship into the slack river water, which is widening for the last time at the base of the Diamond Cape cliffs. Sails are coming down amidst the sailors' shouts. The promontory emerges in fornt of the bow, very slowly, majestically, extending its heavy forests and its sun-baked rock formation all the way to the thick, shining water: melted lead. And there, suddenly, finally, grey houses appear, all piled on top of one another, and pointed bell towers. It's the third day of September. After ninety-eight days at sea, we're in Quebec. We're landing.

The third story is taken from Louis-Bernard Robitaille's novel entitled "Maisonneuve" The Governor's Testimony" (Maisonneuve: le Testament du Gouverneur).

Notes for RENEE GAGNON:
Died between 1695 and 1702

The Roots of Renee Gagnon
Renee Gagnon was the wife of Jean Houymet and, therefore, the ancestral mother of all Ouimets. She married Jean at Chateau-Richer on 30 October 1660 at the age of 17 years, 5 months. She was the daughter of Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cochon. When Jean Houymet arrived in Quebec in 1659, Jean Gagnon had already been there for about 25 years!

The Gagnons came from a little village in France called La Gagnoniere, in the ofrest of Perche, between Tourouvre and La Ventrouze. La Gagnonniere was visited by Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet in 1994 (see Le Houymet, Vol. 4, No. 3)

The Gagnons were farmers. La Gagnonniere was originally settled by Jean's father after he married Renee (Francoise) Roger about 1598 in Tourouvre. Pierre was the son of Barnabe Gagnon and Francoise Creste. His parents had apparently died when he was very young, as Pierre and his brother, Olivier, were left the family's furniture and household goods on 6 December 1581.

Pierre and Renee had 7 children, at La Gagnonniere, all baptized at Tourouvre between 1598 and 1612. Four (3 sons and a daughter) were destined to be some of the original settlers of New France. By 10 November 1633, Renee Roger Gagnon was a widow.

One of the neighbors of the Gagnons was the family of Jean Juchereau sieur de Maure. There were at least two sons in this family Noel and Jean. Between 1632 and 1635, these two brothers were found to be making preparations to emigrate to New France. Noel spent the Summer of 1634 in New France, but returned to France by the Fall.

Possibly in the Fall of 1635, the 2 Juchereau brothers, with 3 Gagnon brothers, arrived in New France. The three Gagnons, Pierre, youngest and born 14 February 1612 Mathurin, born 22 October 1606, and Jean, born 13 August 1610, lived together on property granted to them in Chateau-Richer, near Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre. It is known that they also had a commercial importing business in the Quebec lower city, which the engaged in during winters.

In 1642, Mathurin returned to France to settle the affairs of the family and return with their mother, Renee roger Gagnon.

Marguerite Gagnon, first child of Pierre and Renee Roger Gagnon, also emigrated to New France. Born 5 October 1598, she married Eloi Tavernier in La Ventroze on 3 February 1524. They had two daughters in France, but in 1644, they also came to New France.

Pierre Gagnon, the son was 23 when he arrived in New France. He married Vincente Desvarieux, from St-Vincent-d'Auberrnal in Normandy, on 14 September 1642, at Quebec. Pierre and Vincente had 7 children. He was a farmer, having upwards of 50 acres on two plots, but he was also a pros-perous merchant and had three servants. Pierre died on 17 April 1699, Vincente on 2 January 1695 at age 76. They are buried at Chateau-Richer. One of their sons, Pierre-Paul, became the third Canadian priest to be ordained in New France. He later became Cure of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre. He drowned in Beaupre 6 April 1711.

Mathurin Gagnon, the second brother, was 29 when he came to New France. Since he was the best educated, and could read and write, he kept the accounts for the Gagnon shop in Quebec. But he also had a land grant in chateau-Richer, bordering his brother Pierre. In Quebec, on 30 September 1647, he married Francoise Goudeau, from Normandy. Francoise was about 13 years old, Mathurin was 41. They had 16 children. Mathurin died 20 April 1690 and Francoise on 14 September 1696 (or 1699); both at Chateau-Richer.

Jean Gagnon, the third brother, was 25 when he arrived in the colony. He too, had land concessions in chateau-Richer. though he bought and sold land frequently, he always kept the original grant. Jean married at age 30, to Marguerite cauchon, 20. The marriage took place on 29 July 1640, at Beaupre. Her parents were Jean and Marguerite Cointeral, originally from Dieppe in Normandy. Jean Gagnon and his new wife settled on his land in Chateau-Richer where they had 8 children, including our ancestral mother, Renee Gagnon. Jean was buried at Chateau-Richer on 2 April 1670. The passing of his wife, Marguerite apparently went without record.

In 1655, another Gagnon arrived in the New World. robert gagnon, born 1 March 1628, in the same area as the three Gagnon brothers. Robert was the son of Jean and Marie Geffrey; either a nephew to the brothers or perhaps a cousin descended from Olivier Gagnon. In any case he was family. Robert settled on Ille-d'Orleans.

The three Gagnon brothers, Pierre, Mathurin, and Jean, are memorialized in a plaque at Chateau-Richer, remembering their contributions as pioneers of the New World.

Ref: William C. Ouimet, Jr. (63)
Compiled from information submitted by Arlene Genest Conklin

Children of JEAN OUIMET and RENEE GAGNON are:
3. i. JEAN3 OUIMET, (HOUYMET), b. 18 Nov 1661, Montmorency I, Chateau-Richer; d. 22 Apr 1749, St. Famille, L'ile d'Orleans, PQ possibly.
4. ii. LOUIS OUIMET, (HOUYMET), b. 17 Sep 1663, Chateau Richer; d. 07 Feb 1715/16, St.-Jean-Baptiste, Ile Orleans.
5. iii. MARGUERITE OUIMET, b. 11 Jan 1666/67, Montmorency II, Ste. Famille, l'iLLE D'oRLEANS, pq; d. 25 Feb 1742/43, St. Famille, L'ile d'Orleans, PQ.
iv. MARIE-MADELEINE OUIMET, b. 20 Apr 1672, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans; d. 04 Dec 1702, Quebec.

Notes for MARIE-MADELEINE OUIMET:
Marie-Madeleine - Marie Madeleine was born on April 20, 1672 and was baptized at Sainte-Famille on April 24th of the same year. She passed away in Quebec on Decebmber 4, 1702, at twenty-nine years of age.

In the 1688-1759 publication 'Inventaire des pieces detachees de la Prevote de Quebec' it mentions in the Spring of 1695, Marie was a maid in the household of Pierre Duroy, a Quebec Middle-class merchant. As a matter of fact, on May 27th and 28th, she is required to appear at an inquiry concerning someone named LaSalle. The nigh before, Pierre Duroy and his spouce Marguerite Levasseur had appeared in court in order to tell the truth at an inquiry.
It cannot be anyone else but the daughter of Jean Houymet and Renee Gagnon. Marie's older brother, Louis, married Marie-Anne is expecting a girl whom she will acll Marie at her birth in September. Therefore, it cannot be her. Marie's older sister, Marguerite, is married to Francois Turcot since 1688, but their children evidently bear the name of Turcot. In 1695, all of Marie's other brothers and sisters are unmarried. Therefore, the Marie Ouimet concerned in the two summons cannot be anyone else but the daughter of Jean and Renee.
It is plausible that she would have stayed until her death, since she is the only member of the family who was buried in Quebec, on Dec 4, 1702. The burial certificate does not indicate the date of her death and does not give any clue which would allow us to think that she was still working at the Duroy household. According to the records, the only three persons present at the burial ceremony were the parish priest Dupre, as well as the vergers Jean Dubreuil and Jacques Michelon.
As for the causes of her death, it is more than probable that she was a victim of a smallpox epidecic which was in rife in Quebec since the end of November.

v. GABRIEL OUIMET, b. 17 Feb 1674/75, Montmorency II, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans; d. 22 Feb 1674/75, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans.

Notes for GABRIEL OUIMET:
Gabriel - Born on February 17, 1675, baptized on the 18th, he passed away on February 22nd.

vi. JACQUES (GUILLAUME) OUIMET, b. 30 Aug 1676, Montmorency II, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans; d. 14 Apr 1744, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans.

Notes for JACQUES (GUILLAUME) OUIMET:
Jacques - A bachelor for his entire life, he was baptized at Chateau-Richer on August 30, 1676, and he was buried in the Sainte-Famille parish on April 14, 1744.

vii. JEANNE OUIMET, b. 14 Jun 1679, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans; d. 07 May 1716, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans.

Notes for JEANNE OUIMET:
Jeanne - Born on June 14, 1679, she was baptized the next day in the Sainte-Famille parish and passed away on May 7, 1716, in the same parish.

viii. PIERRE OUIMET, b. 03 Nov 1681, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans, PQ; d. 16 Nov 1681, Ste-Famille, Ile-d'Orleans, PQ.

Notes for PIERRE OUIMET:
Pierre - The fifth boy in the family was born on November 3, 1681 and baptized the following day. He passed away about two weeks later, on November 16th in the Sainte-Famille parish.

6. ix. PIERRE OUIMET,-GILBERT, b. 18 Jun 1683, Ste-Famille parish in Ile d' Orleans, New France; d. Bef. 14 Aug 1760, Montreal Region Possibly or St Famille.
x. MARIE OUIMET, b. 1684, Montmorency II, Ste Famille, Quebec.

Generation No. 3

3. JEAN3 OUIMET, (HOUYMET) (JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 18 Nov 1661 in Montmorency I, Chateau-Richer, and died 22 Apr 1749 in St. Famille, L'ile d'Orleans, PQ possibly. He married (1) MARIE JUIN 22 Nov 1702 in St. Francois, Ile D'Orleans. She was born ABT 1682, and died 1704 in La Durantaye, PQ. He married (2) MARIE BISSONNET 08 Jan 1704/05 in La Durantaye, PQ. She was born ABT 1676 in PQ, and died in PQ.

Notes for JEAN OUIMET, (HOUYMET):
Jean - the eldest son, was born on November 18, 1661 and baptized the next day at Chateau-Richer, married Marie Juin at Saint-Francois, Ile d'Orleans on November 22, 1702: they had no children. A widower by 1704, Jean married Marie Bissonnet on January 8, 1705 in Beaumont, and their two sons, Gabriel and Jean, are the ones who settled in the counties of Bellechesse and Levis.

Godfather was Jean Gagnon, his grandfather, on 19 November 1661.

Children of JEAN OUIMET and MARIE BISSONNET are:
i. GABRIEL4 OUIMET, (HOUYMET).
ii. JEAN OUIMET, (HOUYMET).

4. LOUIS3 OUIMET, (HOUYMET) (JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 17 Sep 1663 in Chateau Richer, and died 07 Feb 1715/16 in St.-Jean-Baptiste, Ile Orleans. He married MARIE-ANNE GENEST-LABARRE 03 Feb 1692/93 in Ste-Famille, Ile D'Orleans, New France. She was born 18 Nov 1677, and died 29 Nov 1743 in St. Jean, Ile D'Orleans.

Notes for LOUIS OUIMET, (HOUYMET):
Louis - was born on September 17, 1663, baptized at Chateau-Richer on September 26, 1663, and joined his destiny, on February 3, 1693, to that of Marie-Anne Genest, also known as Labarre, in the Sainte-Famille parish. They had fourteen children, including triplets born on June 15, 1706: Georges, Francois, and Catherine, all three of whom died within two weeks. They also had twins: Marie-Joseph and Marie-Anne. Two sons, Albert and Joseph, preduced descendants, and established themselves in Terrebonne.

Lived in the Terbonne region for most of his married life.

Children of LOUIS OUIMET and MARIE-ANNE GENEST-LABARRE are:
i. GEORGES4 OUIMET, (HOUYMET), b. 15 Jun 1706.
ii. FRANCOIS OUIMET, (HOUYMET), b. 15 Jun 1706.
iii. CATHERINE OUIMET, (HOUYMET), b. 15 Jun 1706.
iv. MARIE-JOSEPH OUIMET, (HOUYMET).
v. MARIE-ANNE OUIMET, (HOUYMET).
vi. ALBERT OUIMET, (HOUYMET).
7. vii. JOSEPH OUIMET, (HOUYMET).

5. MARGUERITE3 OUIMET (JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 11 Jan 1666/67 in Montmorency II, Ste. Famille, l'iLLE D'oRLEANS, pq, and died 25 Feb 1742/43 in St. Famille, L'ile d'Orleans, PQ. She married FRANCOIS TURCOT 16 Nov 1688 in Ste-Famille, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada. He was born 1663 in PQ, and died 1718 in St. Famille, L'ile d'Orleans, PQ.

Notes for MARGUERITE OUIMET:
Marguerite - Born on January 11, 1667, and baptized on January 15th the same year in the Sainte-Famille parish, she married Francois Turcot at Sainte-Famille on November 16, 1688, one year after her Father's death. Her descendants still live today on the ancestral Ouimet property on the Ile d'Orleans.

God-daughter of Marguerite Cauchon

She and Francois were the parents of nine children.

Notes for FRANCOIS TURCOT:
Became the owner of the Ouimet ancestral lands

Child of MARGUERITE OUIMET and FRANCOIS TURCOT is:
i. SIMON4 TURCOT, b. 1694; d. 1745.

6. PIERRE3 OUIMET,-GILBERT (JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 18 Jun 1683 in Ste-Famille parish in Ile d' Orleans, New France, and died Bef. 14 Aug 1760 in Montreal Region Possibly or St Famille. He married MARGUERITE BRAULT-POMMINVILLE 04 Jan 1715/16 in St Joachim or Verreau, Quebec, New France, daughter of HENRI POMAINVILLE and MARIE BOLDUC. She was born 16 Jul 1697.

Notes for PIERRE OUIMET,-GILBERT:
Information on Michel and ancestors provided by Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet, Inc c/o William C Ouimet Jr, 71 Waterside Circle, D-6, Moneta VA 24121, 703-721-7785// other addressC.P.6700,Sillery,QC, G1T2W2..

Additional information received from Elizabeth A. WeMott, 3217 North Villa, Oklahoma City OK 73112 (405-942-6698 dated February 8, 1994

Pierre - Named after the previous one, Pierre was born on June 18, 1683 and baptized the very same day in the Sainte-Famille parish. He brought his marriage contract with Marguerite Brault aka Pomminville before the notary-public Verreau on January 4, 1716. This contract tells us the marriage:
was done and accomplished at the above mentioned Beaupre before noon in the house of Louis Balduc on the fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred sixteen.

As for the church wedding, we cannot find any record of it, but the notarized contract makes reference to it: to be done and celebrated and solemnly sworn in the sight of our Mother the Holy Church and under Her authorization as soon as possible.

This came from "The Ouimet Family Journal" Vol. 1 - No. 1, June 1995
Author: Yvon Ouimet Translator: William Ouimet
Source: Le Houymet: Vol 1 No 3

PIERRE HOUYMET: ANCESTOR WITH THE GREATEST DESCENDANCE

Pierre is the last and ninth child of Jean Houymet and Renee Gagnon. He was born June 18th, 1683 in the Sainte-Famille parigh on the Isle of Orleans and was baptized the next day. This child was in good health and grew to the great satisfation of his parents. A previous son, named Pierre, had been born on November 3rd, 1681 and had been baptized the next day but died November 16th, 1681. When their lastr son was born, Jean was 49 and Renee 40 years old.

At age 33, Pierre married Marguerite Breault dit Pomminville (19 years old), daughter of Henri and Ursule Bolduc, in the presence of notary Verreau. In this contract we can read amongst other things:

"Completed the morning of January 4th, 1716 in the house of Louis Bolduc."

We cannot find anything about a church marriage, but in the records of the notary Verreau we can read:

"Performed, celebrated and solemnized before our Mother the Holy Church, to be licensed as soon as possible."

According to one guess, Pierre and Marguerite were married at Lauzon and the marriage certificate should bve in the records of the Saint-Joseph de Levis parish. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the records of Levis are missing from December 1715 to November 1716.

The numerous descendants of the sons of Pierre and Margfuerite Brault dit Pomminville propagated as follows: the descendants of Louis, Pierre, Jean-Louis, Francois, and Jean-Cyprien spread out mainly on the north shore of Montreal, on the laurentian piedmont and in the Laurentian mountains whereas the descendants of Ignace and Michel spread out mostly on the south shore of Montreal and in Eastern Townships. Several emigrated to the United States. Today one finds their descendants everywhere in North America.

From the list of baptisms of their children one can follow the progress of Pierre and Marguerite Brault dit Pomminville: first the marriage in Beaupre in 1716 and then the baptism of their first child, Louis, in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre parish in 1717. From 1721 on, the children were baptized in the Montreal area. Already, on May 31, 1720, Pierre starts to work as a tenant-farmer for Paul Bouchard at Pointe St-Charles. In the record it is written:

"Before the royal notary on the Island of Montreal, in New France, and living in Villemarie, the undersigned Paul Bouchard voyageur living in this city for one part, and Pierre Ouimet, living at Pointe St-Charles, and on site in this city on the other part."

Their second and third child, Marie-Josephe and Pierre were baptized in Notre Dame parish, Montreal in 1721 and 1722 respectively. During that time span, on October 1, 1721 Pierre bought a plot of land at Ile-Jesus (Laval). In that record, one can read:

"A concession of land on Ile-Jesus on the Coste St-Francois of the dimension of four acres lenght and thirty deep starting from one end on the front and two acres at the edge of Riviere des Prairies and on the other part behind a land non-concessed from Pierre LaBelle's land on one side and Chabut's land on the other side."

From 1724 until 1729, five children were baptized in St-Laurent parish. In 1732 and 1734, Jacques and Marie-Josephe were baptized in Riviere des Prairies parish. In 1736 and 1738, Jean-Cyprien and Michel were baptized in La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet parish. During all these years Pierre and Marguerite lived at Sault-au-Recollet since the church of St-Lauret and the church of Riviere des Prairies were the parish churches for the inhabitants of Sault-au-Recollet before the founding of La Visitation parish in 1736. On October 18, 1723 Pierre and Marguerite hired by the squires of Ile de Montreal to be responsible for the household of the Sulpiciens' order. In the records one can read:

(old French - untranslatable)

According to an unconfirmed assumption, the couple could have joined St-Francoise de Sales parish, Ile-Jesus in 1746. At that time, they were respectively 63 and 49 years old. Pierre and Marguerite were pioneers of the Ouimet family that took root in teh Montreal area, the Eastern Townships and the Laurentides. They were the original architects of the proliferation of members of our great family everywhere in North America. We can be proud of them.

Marriage Notes for PIERRE OUIMET and MARGUERITE BRAULT-POMMINVILLE:
Notary (Verreau) Perreau; in the house of Louis Bolduc (possibly married at Lauzon, but records of the St-Joseph-de-Levis parish are missing for 1715-1716).

Children of PIERRE OUIMET and MARGUERITE BRAULT-POMMINVILLE are:
i. LOUIS4 OUIMET, b. 04 Oct 1717, Ste-Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, New France; m. MARIE-CATHERINE FORTIN, (LAFORTUNE), 16 Oct 1741, Sault-au-Recollet, Montreal, Quebec, New France; b. 03 Jan 1721/22, St. Laurent, Montreal.

Notes for LOUIS OUIMET:
Louis born October 4, 1717 and baptized the same day at Sainte-Anne de Beaupre. He later married Marie-Catherine Fortin, daughter of Marin-Charles Fortin dit Lafortune and Marie-Catherine Barbeau, on October 16, 1741in La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet parish. Louis and Catherine had at least two children, one of whom was a son who assured the survival of the name.

ii. MARIE-JOSEPHE OUIMET, b. 04 Jun 1721, Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec, New France; d. 09 Jun 1721, Montreal, Quebec, New France.

Notes for MARIE-JOSEPHE OUIMET:
Marie-Josephe was born June 4, 1721 and was baptized the same day in Notre Dame parish of Montreal. She died five days later, on June 9th.

8. iii. PIERRE OUIMET-GILBERT, JR, b. 05 Oct 1722, Notre-Dame parish, Montreal, Quebec, New France.
iv. MARIE-LOUISE OUIMET, b. 25 Aug 1724, St-Laurent, Quebec, New France; m. (1) FRANCOIS LUNEGAND DIT BEAUROSIER, 19 Feb 1747/48, Notre-Dame Parish, Montreal, Quebec, New France; b. 1723, St. Jean, diocese of Treguier, Basse-Bretagne, France; d. Bef. 1763; m. (2) JEAN BESSE-FRANCOEUR, 14 Aug 1763, St-Antoine-de-Longueuil.

Notes for MARIE-LOUISE OUIMET:
Marie Louise was bborn August 25, 1724 and baptized the same day in St-Lourent parish, Montreal. She first married Francois Lunegand dit Beauregard, the son of Bertrand Lunegand and Francoise Griselou, on February 19, 1748 in Notre-Dame parish in Montreal. Francois Lunegand dit Beauregard was originally from St-Jean, diocese of Treguier, Basse-Bretagne (France), and was a soldier in the troup of M. Destours. Widowed, Marie-Louise married Jean Besse-Francoeur, son of Antoine Besse and Marie-Anne Assart (Lessard) on August 14th, 1763 in St-Antoine-de-Longueuil.

Notes for FRANCOIS LUNEGAND DIT BEAUROSIER:
Was a soldier in the troop of M. Destours

v. JEAN-LOUIS OUIMET, b. 10 Jun 1726, St-Vincent-de-Paul, Montreal, Quebec, New France; m. (1) MARIE SIRE, (SYRE), 16 Jun 1749, St-Vincent-de-Paul, Ile-Jesus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. Bef. 1796; m. (2) MARIE-AGATHE THIBAULT, 24 Oct 1796, La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet Parish, Montreal, Canada.

Notes for JEAN-LOUIS OUIMET:
Jean-Louis was born June 10, 1726 and was baptized the same day at St-Laurent parish, Montreal. He first married, Marie Sire (Syre), daughter of Michel Sire and Marie Chartrand, June 16, 1749 at St-Vincent-de-Paul parish, Ile-Jesus. Widowed, he married Marie-Agathe Thibault, daughter of Etienne Thibault and Marguerite Chalifour, on October 24, 1796, at La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet parish, Montreal. Jean-Louis and Marie ahd at least five children one of whom assured the survival of the name. Jean-Louis had no descendants from his second marriage.

Notes for MARIE SIRE, (SYRE):
As per E. A. WeMott's research, spelling of last name is "Sire", earlier indications showed spelling as "Cyr", (Syre).

9. vi. FRANCOIS OUIMET, b. 04 Feb 1727/28, Sault-au-Recollet, on Montreal Island.
10. vii. IGNACE OUIMET, b. 03 Jun 1729, St-Laurent Parish, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. PQ.
viii. MARIE-AGATHE OUIMET, b. 04 Apr 1731, St-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, New France; m. JEAN ROUSSEAU-LADOUCEUR, 18 Aug 1749, Fort St-Frederic, Crown Point, NY, USA.

Notes for MARIE-AGATHE OUIMET:
Marie-Agathe was born April 4, 1731 and was baptized two days later in St-Laurent parish, Montreal. She married Jean rousseau dit Ladouceur, son of Jean Rousseau and Jeanne Tabor, August 18, 1749 at Fort St-Frederic (situated near Crown Point in the state of New York).

ix. JACQUES OUIMET, b. 21 Aug 1732, Riviere des Prairies, Quebec, New France; d. 21 Sep 1756; m. JOSEPHTE CYRE, 10 Feb 1755, St-Vincent-de-Paul, Montreal, New France, Canada.

Notes for JACQUES OUIMET:
Jacques was born August 21, 1731 and was baptized the same day in St-Joseph parish Riviere-des-Prairies. He married Josette Sire, daughter of Michel Sire and Marie Chartrand, February 10th, 1755 in St-Vincent-de-Paul parish, Ile-Jesus. He died September 21, 1756. No descendants.

Notes for JOSEPHTE CYRE:
As per E. A. WeMott's research last name is spelled "Cyre" earlier indications showed spelling as "Syre".

x. MARIE-JOSEPHE OUIMET, b. 21 Jun 1734, La Riviere des Prairie, Quebec, New France; m. JACQUES BERNARD-LARIVIERE, 22 Apr 1754, Notre-Dame Parish, Montreal, Quebec, New France; b. 1733.

Notes for MARIE-JOSEPHE OUIMET:
Marie-Josephe was born June 21, 1734 and baptized the next day in St-Joseph Riviere-des-Prairies. She married Jacques Bernard dit Lariviere, son of Jacques Bernard and Marie-Charlotte Durat, April 22, 1754 in Notre-Dame parish, Montreal.

11. xi. JEAN-CYPRIEN OUIMET, b. 27 Sep 1736, Montreal, Quebec, New France.
xii. MICHEL OUIMET, b. 09 Jul 1738, Sault-au-Recollet, Montreal, Quebec, N. France; d. Bef. 18 Oct 1824; m. (1) MARIE SENECAL, 04 May 1767, Notre Dame de LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada; m. (2) MARTHE-AMABLE GOSSELIN, 07 Jan 1772, Notre Dame De Montreal; m. (3) JOSEPHTE HUBERT-LACROIX, 01 May 1791, Laprairie.

Notes for MICHEL OUIMET:
Michel was born July 9, 1738 and was baptized the same day in La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet parish, Montreal. He married in his first marriage, Marie Senecal, daughter of Pierre Senecal and Suzanne Bourdeau, on May 4, 1767 in Notre-Dame-de-Laprairie parish. Widowed, he married Marthe Gosselin, daughter of Gabriel Gossilin and Genevieve Crepeau, on January 7, 1772 in Notre-Dame parish, Montreal. Widowed again, he married Marie-Josephte Hubert dit Lacroix, daughter of Jacques Hubert and Marie-Josephte Roy, on May 1, 1791 in Laprairie. Michel and Marie Senecal had no descendants. Michel and Marthe Gosselin had at least three children with two sons assuring the survival of the name. Michel and Marie-Josephte had at least eight children with five sons who assured the survival of the name.

Generation No. 4

7. JOSEPH4 OUIMET, (HOUYMET) (LOUIS3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married FRANCOISE FILION 15 Feb 1739/40 in Lachenale, Canada.

Child of JOSEPH OUIMET and FRANCOISE FILION is:
12. i. FRANCOIS5 OUIMET.

8. PIERRE4 OUIMET-GILBERT, JR (PIERRE3 OUIMET,-GILBERT, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 05 Oct 1722 in Notre-Dame parish, Montreal, Quebec, New France. He married MARIE-ANGELIQUE GIRARD 28 Oct 1748 in Notre-Dame de Montreal, Quebec, New France, daughter of FRANCOIS LACHAINE and MARIE LACHAINE. She was born 19 Feb 1727/28.

Notes for PIERRE OUIMET-GILBERT, JR:
Pierre (Joseph @ Baptism) Oct. 5, 1722
Pierre (Joseph in the baptismal records) was born October 5, 1722 and was baptized the same day in Notre Dame parish of Montreal. He married Marie-Angelique Girard, daughter of Francois Girard and Marie Lachaine on October 28, 1748 in the same parish. Pierre and Marie had at least four children, two of them were sons who assured the survaval of the name.

Child of PIERRE OUIMET-GILBERT and MARIE-ANGELIQUE GIRARD is:
13. i. PIERRE5 OUIMET.

9. FRANCOIS4 OUIMET (PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 04 Feb 1727/28 in Sault-au-Recollet, on Montreal Island. He married MARIE-GABRIELLE GRATTON 14 Feb 1751/52 in St-Louis de Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, daughter of JOSEPH GRATTON and MARGUERITE FILLON. She was born 01 Jul 1731 in St. Francois, Ile Laval.

Notes for FRANCOIS OUIMET:
Francois was born February 4, 1728 and was baptized the next day in St-Laurent parish, Montreal. He married Marie-Gabrielle Gratton, daughter of Joseph Gratton and Marguerite Fillon, on February 14, 1752 in St-Louis-de-Terrebonne. Francois and Marie-Gabrielle had at least nine children of whom five sons assured the survival of the name. Soon after his marriage, he settles on land owned by Antoine Auger and Angelique Filion, his wife, in the Terrebonne hill area. It is here that he raises his family, who will be baptized, either in Terrebonne, or in Sainte-Rose, where the church is located directly across from his property on the other bank of the Riviere des Mille-Iles.

Child of FRANCOIS OUIMET and MARIE-GABRIELLE GRATTON is:
14. i. FRANCOIS-FELIX5 OUIMET, (DIT FORGET).

10. IGNACE4 OUIMET (PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 03 Jun 1729 in St-Laurent Parish, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died in PQ. He married MARIE-AMABLE PIEDALUE, (PRAIRIE) 18 Feb 1754 in St Antoine de Pade, Longueuil, Canada, daughter of JULIEN PIEDALUE and FRANCOISE AUBRY. She was born 06 Mar 1734/35 in LaPrairie, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died in PQ.

Notes for IGNACE OUIMET:
Information on Michel and ancestors provided by Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet, Inc c/o William C Ouimet Jr, 71 Waterside Circle, D-6, Moneta VA 24121, 703-721-7785// other addressC.P.6700,Sillery,QC, G1T2W2.

Additional information received from Elizabeth A. WeMott, 3217 North Villa, Oklahoma City OK 73112 (405-942-6698 dated February 8, 1994

Ignace was born and baptized on June 3, 1729 in St-Laurent parish, Montreal. He married Marie-Amable Piedalue, daughter of Julien piedalue and Francoise Aubry on February 18, 1724 in St-Antoine-de-Longueuil parish. Ignace and Marie Amable had at least nine children of whom five sons assured the survival of the name.

Notes for MARIE-AMABLE PIEDALUE, (PRAIRIE):
Last name could have been Prairie

Children of IGNACE OUIMET and MARIE-AMABLE PIEDALUE are:
15. i. ADRIEN-ANDRE5 OUIMET, b. 14 Nov 1754, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. 23 Dec 1805, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
ii. IGNACE OUIMET, b. 1756, Longueuil Canada; d. 01 Oct 1756, Longueuil Canada.
16. iii. MICHEL OUIMET, b. 02 Aug 1757; d. 18 Apr 1822, Longueuil Canada.
17. iv. IGNACE OUIMET, JR, b. 17 Oct 1758, Longueuil Canada; d. Longueuil Canada.
v. FRANCOIS OUIMET, b. 1759; d. 04 Dec 1759, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for FRANCOIS OUIMET:
Baptized Nov. 17, 1759 in Longueuil.

18. vi. CHARLOTTE OUIMET, b. 10 Feb 1761, Longueuil Canada; d. 09 Nov 1789, Longueuil Canada.
vii. DESANGES OUIMET, b. 12 Oct 1763, Longueuil Canada; m. CONSTANCE FAVREAU, 28 Jul 1788, St-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil.

Marriage Notes for DESANGES OUIMET and CONSTANCE FAVREAU:
Witnesses of the marriage were listed as Ignace, father, brothers Ignace, Michel, Adrien, Joseph and Toussaint, and brother-in-law, 'Sieur' Clement Gosselin.

19. viii. JOSEPH OUIMET, b. 01 Mar 1765, Longueuil Canada.
20. ix. ELIZABETH OUIMET, b. 26 Oct 1766, Longueuil Canada.
x. ARCHANGE OUIMET, b. 02 Aug 1768, Longueuil Canada; m. CHRISTOPHE PASCHAL, 27 Jan 1794, St-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil.

Notes for ARCHANGE OUIMET:
Baptized Nov. 21, 1770

Marriage Notes for ARCHANGE OUIMET and CHRISTOPHE PASCHAL:
Witnesses to the marriage were listed as, Ignace, father, Andre, Ignace, Joseph and Michel, brothers.

21. xi. ANTOINE OUIMET, b. 20 Nov 1770, Longueuil Canada.
xii. MARIE OUIMET, b. 19 Jul 1773, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for MARIE OUIMET:
Bapt. July 19, 1773

22. xiii. TOUSSAINT OUIMET, b. 02 Nov 1774, Longueuil Canada.
xiv. CATHERINE OUIMET, b. 05 Aug 1776, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for CATHERINE OUIMET:
Baptized Aug. 5, 1776.

11. JEAN-CYPRIEN4 OUIMET (PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 27 Sep 1736 in Montreal, Quebec, New France. He married (1) MARIE-JOSEPHTE (CIRE) SYRE-SANSCARTIER 13 Feb 1764 in St-Vincent-de-Paul, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, daughter of JEAN CIRE and JOSETTE ROSE. She was born 25 Jan 1742/43 in PQ. He married (2) MARIE-ANNE AUBIN-SANSCARTIER 24 Jan 1780 in St-Martin parish, Ile-Jesus., daughter of JEAN-BAPTISTE AUBIN and MARIE-ANNE CLERMONTE. He married (3) MARIE-GENEVIEVE DELINELLE 20 Feb 1797 in La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet Parish, Montreal.

Notes for JEAN-CYPRIEN OUIMET:
Jean-Cyprien was born September 27, 1736 and was baptized two days later in La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet parish, Montreal. He first married Marie-Josepthe Cire, daughter of Jean Cire and Josette Rose, on February 13, 1764 in St-Vincent-Paul parish, Ile-Jesus. Widowed, Jean-Cyprien married Marie-Anne Aubin dit Sanscartier, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Aubin and Anne Clermont, on January 24, 1780 in St-Martin parish, Ile-Jesus. Widowed again, he married Marie-Genevieve Delinelle, widow of Joseph Vanier, on February 20, 1797 in La Visitation du Sault-au-Recollet parish, Montreal. Jean-Cyprien and Marie-Josephte had at least five children with two sons assuring the survival of the name. Jean-Cyprien and Marie-Anne had at least three children with one son who assured the survival of the name. There were no descendants of his third marriage.

Child of JEAN-CYPRIEN OUIMET and MARIE-JOSEPHTE SYRE-SANSCARTIER is:
23. i. JEAN5 OUIMET, b. 1765.

Generation No. 5

12. FRANCOIS5 OUIMET (JOSEPH4, LOUIS3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married MARIE LOUISE MARION.

Children of FRANCOIS OUIMET and MARIE MARION are:
24. i. CHARLOTTE6 OUIMET.
ii. ANDRE OUIMET.
iii. JOSEPH OUIMET.
iv. LOUIS OUIMET.
v. MICHEL OUIMET.
vi. FRANCOIS OUIMET, m. THERESE MAISONNEUVE.

13. PIERRE5 OUIMET (PIERRE4 OUIMET-GILBERT, JR, PIERRE3 OUIMET,-GILBERT, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married CHARLOTTE PAQUET 17 Oct 1774 in St. Vincent-de-Paul, Canada.

Child of PIERRE OUIMET and CHARLOTTE PAQUET is:
25. i. ANTOINE6 OUIMET.

14. FRANCOIS-FELIX5 OUIMET, (DIT FORGET) (FRANCOIS4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married THERESE MAISSONEUVE 24 Jan 1780 in St Francois Sales, Ile Jesus.

Children of FRANCOIS-FELIX OUIMET and THERESE MAISSONEUVE are:
26. i. PAUL6 OUIMET, (LAGRENADE).
27. ii. FRANCOIS OUIMET.
iii. MICHEL OUIMET, m. ARCHANGE ROBIN, (DIT LAPOINTE).

15. ADRIEN-ANDRE5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 14 Nov 1754 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died 23 Dec 1805 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He married MARIE CATHERINE MARCIL 09 Feb 1778 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, daughter of NICOLAS MARCIL and GENEVIEVE DUMAINE. She was born Feb 1761 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died 10 Dec 1825 in Rouville, Lower Canada.

Notes for ADRIEN-ANDRE OUIMET:
baptised Nov. 14, 1754, in Longueuil Lower Can.

Information on Michel and ancestors provided by Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet, Inc c/o William C Ouimet Jr, 71 Waterside Circle, D-6, Moneta VA 24121, 703-721-7785 other address C.P.6700, Sillery,QC, G1T2W2..

As per Elizabeth A WeMott's research, Adrien (Andre) Ouimet is the correct name, earlier indications showed it as Flavien-Andre Ouimet, and this is the name used in the Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet society records.

Also, according to her research there is other children, no name, buried Aug. 26, 1784, probably stillborn. And on Nov. 24, 1792, a child was born in Longueuil and buried the same day.

Elizabeth A. WeMott research dated Janurary 27, 2001

The following is a brief outline of the first of our Wemott/Wemett families in the United States, which I will update from time to time. It was begun from a "family history" of the Wemetts, primarily in Ontario County, NY, written by an Erwin Wemett in the 1930's. Nellie WeMott Cass, a granddaughter of Theodore T. Wemott, had forwarded a copy of it to me about 1970.

In that paper, the names of the "first family" of our Wemotts/Wemetts were given as brothers ANDREW, JOSEPH, MITCHELL, "TOOSA", sisters SOPHIE, and MARY. A reference was made to ANDREW being born in a small cabin near Montreal, but there was no other information as to parents' names, only to the years of their deaths. However, the date of the death of the mother was in error, as we have finally discovered. Erwin Wemett's "history" deals mostly with ANDREW and JOSEPH and their descendants. They knew nothing of MITCHELL, except that "he was the father of Uncle Syrill". Nothing was known of "TOOSA", and only brief mention was made of SOPHIE and MARY, who married Francis Grevelle.

We did not know which one of these brothers was ours, but later found that it was MITCHELL as given on the marriage record of our great grandfather, Theodore Thaddeus Wemott in Northboro, MA. After contacting some of the Wemetts in New York by obtaining some addresses from a phone book at the public library, I found that no one seemed to know anything of our ancestors in Canada. I did correspond somewhat with John Wemett, a grandson of JOSEPH, who was living in JOSEPH's old homestead. We were not even sure what the original spelling was, although it was assumed that it was either Ouimet, Ouimette, or Guillemot. Finally, after 20 years of search, in 1992, Tom Cass, son of Nellie WeMott Cass and a great grandson of Theodore Thaddeus Wemott, made a contact in Quebec Province, who informed us of a publication called "Le Houymet". This put us in touch with Father Germain Ouimet, who told us who our links were in Canada. Through him, we have found that we have an extensive line back to France in the 1600's.

The rest of the research is under the notes of each of the individuals.

Notes for MARIE CATHERINE MARCIL:
baptised Feb 20 1761, in Longueuil Lower Can.

As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's research dated March 1993 "Marcil" may be spelled "Marsil" or "Marcille".

Catherine Marsil was buried on Dec. 12, 1825, she was 67 years old at her death.

This is a note Thomas Cass has in his research dated 1992 -

" Her second husband outlived her. Her age at death suggests she might have been the Catherine Marsil born in 1758, and not 1761. Recall that I found two of them. Her notarized marriage would resolve her parentage. the Wemett family history was far off on this point, but maybe her remarriage seemed like a death to Joseph and Andre(Andrew), who left well before Mitchel."

Children of ADRIEN-ANDRE OUIMET and MARIE MARCIL are:
i. SOPHIE6 WEMOTT, b. Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Notes for SOPHIE WEMOTT:
According to the research done by WeMott/Cass there is no mention of a Sophie born to Adrien (Andre). This enters a question that maybe the 20th Century Family History designated Mitchell's Sophie as his sister rather than his child.

ii. CATHERINE OUIMET, b. ABT 1780; d. 27 Apr 1815, St. Mathias De Rouville; m. CHARLES MASSE, 13 Jul 1804, St-Mathias-De Rouville.

Notes for CATHERINE OUIMET:
Died by drowning at the approx. age of 38.

28. iii. MICHEL OUIMET, b. 27 Jan 1781, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. 01 Aug 1847, Lowville, Lewis Co., NY.
iv. MARIE-DESANGES OUIMET, b. 07 Jul 1783, Longueuil Canada; d. 21 Mar 1807, Buried St. Antoine De Longueuil.

Notes for MARIE-DESANGES OUIMET:
Bapt. July 7, 1783 @ Longueuil. Godfather was Pierre Vincent, godmother, Desanges Ouimet.
Died about the age of 23

v. LOUIS OUIMET, b. 26 Sep 1785, Longueuil Canada; d. 29 Nov 1785, Longueuil Canada.
vi. CHARLES OUIMET, b. ABT 1787; d. 14 Oct 1802, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Notes for CHARLES OUIMET:
Died at the age of 15 1/2 years.
This note is from the research of WeMott/Cass dated March 1993:
There was a burial found, but no birth for Charle. Could this be another name for Francoise?

29. vii. ANDRE OUIMET, b. 01 Apr 1788, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. 04 Mar 1861, Ontario County, New York.
viii. FRANCOIS OUIMET, b. 23 Jul 1789, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. Sep 1789, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Notes for FRANCOIS OUIMET:
Baptized July 23, 1789.

ix. MARIE OUIMET, b. 14 Mar 1791, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. 20 Jul 1791, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
30. x. MARIE OUIMET, b. 14 Jan 1794, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
31. xi. FRANCOISE OUIMET, b. 19 Sep 1796, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
32. xii. TOUSSAINT OUIMET, b. 09 Oct 1797, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
33. xiii. JOSEPH OUIMET, b. 03 Mar 1799, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. 01 Jan 1870, Ontario Co, NY, bur Bald Hill Family Cem across from homestead.
xiv. SCHOLASTIQUE OUIMET, b. 25 Jun 1801, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. 10 Aug 1801, Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

16. MICHEL5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 02 Aug 1757, and died 18 Apr 1822 in Longueuil Canada. He married (1) ELISABETH ROLLIN 27 Oct 1782 in Ste-Elisabeth, Boucherville, Co. Chambly, daughter of DOMINIQUE ROLLIN and M. BOUTEILLE. She died 26 Jul 1786 in Longueuil Canada. He married (2) MARIE-DESANGES FAVREAU 15 Sep 1788 in Boucherville. She was born ABT 1769, and died 06 Mar 1813 in Longueuil Canada. He married (3) MARIE RAYMONDE-TOULOUSE 22 Nov 1813 in St. Joseph of Chambly. She was born ABT 1785, and died 25 Mar 1817 in Longueuil Canada. He married (4) MARIE-ANNE BRAIS-LABONTE 12 Jan 1818 in Longueuil Canada.

Notes for MICHEL OUIMET:
Baptized Aug. 4, 1757.
Died at about the age of 65 years.

Notes for MARIE-DESANGES FAVREAU:
Died at the age of about 44.

Notes for MARIE RAYMONDE-TOULOUSE:
Died at the age of about 32.

Children of MICHEL OUIMET and MARIE-DESANGES FAVREAU are:
i. MICHEL6 OUIMET, b. 07 Jun 1789; m. MARIE FERRIEN, St. Athanase of Iberville..

Notes for MICHEL OUIMET:
Baptized June 28, 1789 at Longueuil.

ii. LOUIS OUIMET, b. 05 Mar 1791, Longueuil Canada; d. Jun 1792, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for LOUIS OUIMET:
Buried June 9, 1792

iii. ANTOINE OUIMET, b. 17 Feb 1792; d. 19 Feb 1792, Longue.

Notes for ANTOINE OUIMET:
Baptized Feb. 18, 1792
Buried Feb. 19, 1792 at Longue

34. iv. JOSEPH OUIMET, b. 09 Jan 1793.
v. FRANCOIS OUIMET, b. 09 Aug 1794; d. 24 Aug 1794, Longueuil Canada.
vi. DESANGES OUIMET, b. 10 Jul 1795; m. AUGUSTIN HEBERT, 15 Feb 1813, Longueuil Canada.

Marriage Notes for DESANGES OUIMET and AUGUSTIN HEBERT:
The bride was listed as a minor.

vii. ROSE OUIMET, b. ABT 1797; d. 03 Jun 1801, Longueuil Canada.
viii. ANTOINE OUIMET, b. 15 Jan 1797, Longueuil Canada; m. SUZANNE PARENT, 05 Feb 1827, Chambly.
ix. JOSEPHTE OUIMET, b. 23 Dec 1797, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for JOSEPHTE OUIMET:
Baptized Dec. 24, 1797

x. AMABLE OUIMET, b. 16 Sep 1799, Longueuil Canada; m. ROSE THERRIEN, 11 Oct 1825, L'Acadie.

Notes for AMABLE OUIMET:
Baptized Sept. 16, 1799

xi. MARIE-FRANSOISE OUIMET, b. 20 Jan 1801, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for MARIE-FRANSOISE OUIMET:
Baptized Jan 20, 1801

xii. PIERRE OUIMET, b. 10 Feb 1802, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for PIERRE OUIMET:
Baptized Feb 11, 1802

xiii. FRANSOISE-XAVIER OUIMET, b. 23 Jan 1803, Longueuil Canada; m. ANGELIQUE PATENAUDE, 19 Oct 1824, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for FRANSOISE-XAVIER OUIMET:
Baptized Jan. 23, 1803

xiv. MARIE-ADELAIDE OUIMET, b. Feb 1804, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for MARIE-ADELAIDE OUIMET:
Baptized Feb. 10, 1804

xv. CATHERINE OUIMET, b. Mar 1805, Longueuil Canada; m. LOUIS HELY-BERTON, 10 Sep 1822, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for CATHERINE OUIMET:
Baptized March 16, 1805

xvi. GENEVIEVE OUIMET, b. Aug 1806, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for GENEVIEVE OUIMET:
Baptized Aug. 8, 1806

xvii. JEAN-BAPTISTE OUIMET, b. Aug 1808, Longueuil Canada; d. 26 Aug 1808, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for JEAN-BAPTISTE OUIMET:
Baptized Aug. 3, 1808

xviii. MARIE-LOUISE OUIMET, b. Jun 1809, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for MARIE-LOUISE OUIMET:
Baptized June 12, 1809, the godfather was Jacques O.

xix. JEAN-ISAAC OUIMET, b. Mar 1811, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for JEAN-ISAAC OUIMET:
Baptized March 16, 1811

Child of MICHEL OUIMET and MARIE RAYMONDE-TOULOUSE is:
xx. CHARLES6 OUIMET, b. Mar 1817, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for CHARLES OUIMET:
Baptized March 24, 1817

17. IGNACE5 OUIMET, JR (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 17 Oct 1758 in Longueuil Canada, and died in Longueuil Canada. He married MARIE-AMABLE BOURSEAU 25 Jun 1781 in St. Matthias, Rouville, daughter of JOSEPH BOURSEAU and THERESE MORIN.

Notes for IGNACE OUIMET, JR:
Baptized October 18, 1758

Notes for MARIE-AMABLE BOURSEAU:
As per WeMott/Cass research, spelling of last name is "Bourseau", earlier indications showed spelling as "Brosseau" or "Brousseau".

Children of IGNACE OUIMET and MARIE-AMABLE BOURSEAU are:
i. IGNACE6 OUIMET, b. Jun 1782.

Notes for IGNACE OUIMET:
Baptized July 7, 1782, Godfather was Ignace.
No death records.

ii. IGNACE OUIMET, b. 1783, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for IGNACE OUIMET:
Baptized Nov. 14, 1783. Godfather was Andre Ouimet.

iii. MARIE-ANNE OUIMET, m. JOSEPH SEL, 16 Apr 1804, L'Acadie.
iv. MARIE OUIMET, b. 21 Apr 1785; m. PIERRE MONETTE, 27 Oct 1806, St. Joseph de Chambly.
v. PIERRE OUIMET, m. (1) ROSALIE SEL, 16 May 1810, St. Joseph de Chambly; m. (2) JOSEPHETTE BELZAC, 14 Aug 1815, St. Joseph de Chambly.
vi. CHARLOTTE OUIMET, m. JEAN-BAPTISTE CHOMIER, 25 Jan 1813, L'Acadie.
vii. JOSETTE OUIMET, m. PIERRE LEFEBVRE, 22 Feb 1813, L'Acadie.
viii. ANTOINE OUIMET, m. (1) MARGUERITE CHARPENTIER, 22 Jun 1818, St. Luc; m. (2) MARIE MAJEURE, 01 Oct 1821, St. Mathias of Rouville.
ix. CONSTANT OUIMET, m. MARIE-ANNE REINIER-BUILLON, 17 Feb 1824, St. Mathias of Rouville.

Marriage Notes for CONSTANT OUIMET and MARIE-ANNE REINIER-BUILLON:
Witness of the marriage was his brother Antoine.

18. CHARLOTTE5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 10 Feb 1761 in Longueuil Canada, and died 09 Nov 1789 in Longueuil Canada. She married CLEMENT GOSSELIN 15 Jan 1787 in Longueuil Canada.

Notes for CHARLOTTE OUIMET:
Bapt. Feb. 11, 1761, in Longueuil

Marriage Notes for CHARLOTTE OUIMET and CLEMENT GOSSELIN:
Witnesses of the marriage were listed as Ignace, father and brother Adrien, Michel and Joseph.

Children of CHARLOTTE OUIMET and CLEMENT GOSSELIN are:
i. CHARLOTTE6 GOSSELIN, b. 15 Jun 1788, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for CHARLOTTE GOSSELIN:
Baptized 7/27/1788

ii. TOUSSAINT GOSSELIN, b. 1789, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for TOUSSAINT GOSSELIN:
Baptized Oct. 26, 1789

19. JOSEPH5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 01 Mar 1765 in Longueuil Canada. He married MARIE FRANCOISE DUSSAULT.

Notes for JOSEPH OUIMET:
Bapt. Mar 2, 1765

Children of JOSEPH OUIMET and MARIE DUSSAULT are:
i. JEAN-BAPTISTE6 OUIMET, b. 25 Sep 1799, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada; m. THERESE LAMPRON-LACHARITE, 12 May 1823, Longue Pointe.

Notes for JEAN-BAPTISTE OUIMET:
Baptized Sept. 25, 1799.

ii. ANTOINE OUIMET, b. 10 Feb 1802; d. 19 Apr 1803, St. Jean Baptiste of Rouville, Canada.

Notes for ANTOINE OUIMET:
Baptized Feb 10, 1802

20. ELIZABETH5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 26 Oct 1766 in Longueuil Canada. She married JOSEPH DUSSAULT-TOUPIN 18 Jul 1791 in St-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil. He was born ABT 1766.

Notes for ELIZABETH OUIMET:
Baptized Oct. 26, 1766

Child of ELIZABETH OUIMET and JOSEPH DUSSAULT-TOUPIN is:
35. i. AMABLE6 DUSSAULT.

21. ANTOINE5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 20 Nov 1770 in Longueuil Canada. He married JOSEPHTE PASCHAL, (PASCAL) 18 Nov 1793 in St-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil.

Notes for ANTOINE OUIMET:
Baptized Nov. 21, 1770

Notes for JOSEPHTE PASCHAL, (PASCAL):
Josephte Paschal last name may have been spelled "Pascal".

Marriage Notes for ANTOINE OUIMET and JOSEPHTE PASCHAL:
Witnesses at the wedding were Ignace, father, Andre, Ignace, Joseph and Michel, brothers.

Children of ANTOINE OUIMET and JOSEPHTE PASCHAL are:
i. JOSEPHTE6 OUIMET, b. 25 Aug 1794, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for JOSEPHTE OUIMET:
Baptized Aug. 25, 1794.

ii. ANTOINE OUIMET, b. 1795; d. 04 Dec 1802, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for ANTOINE OUIMET:
Baptized Sept. 15, 1795.

iii. MARIE-CHARLOTTE OUIMET, b. 22 Mar 1797, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for MARIE-CHARLOTTE OUIMET:
Baptized March 22, 1797

iv. LOUIS OUIMET, b. 12 Mar 1799, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for LOUIS OUIMET:
Baptized March 13, 1789

v. CELESTE OUIMET, m. JOSEPH POUDRET-SAVIGNE, 21 Jan 1823, St. Jean, Baptiste de Rouville.
36. vi. ALEXIS OUIMET, b. 13 Apr 1801, Longueuil Canada.

22. TOUSSAINT5 OUIMET (IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 02 Nov 1774 in Longueuil Canada. He married CHARLOTTE SENE 05 Nov 1798 in St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, daughter of NICOLAS SENE and CHARLOTTE TETRO.

Notes for TOUSSAINT OUIMET:
Baptized Nov. 3, 1774.
He was listed as a cultivateur of the Parish of St. Antoine of Longueuil.

Marriage Notes for TOUSSAINT OUIMET and CHARLOTTE SENE:
Witnesses at the wedding were his father Ignace and his Uncle Michel.

Children of TOUSSAINT OUIMET and CHARLOTTE SENE are:
i. FRANCOISE6 OUIMET, b. 06 Aug 1799, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for FRANCOISE OUIMET:
Baptized Aug. 6, 1799.

ii. CHARLOTTE OUIMET, b. 11 Apr 1801, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for CHARLOTTE OUIMET:
Baptized April 11, 1801.

iii. MARIE-FLORENCE OUIMET, b. ABT Aug 1802; d. 11 Jul 1804, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada.

Notes for MARIE-FLORENCE OUIMET:
Died at age 23 months.
Baptized Sept. 18, 1807, Godmother: Elizabeth Ouimet, aunt of the infant, and wife of Joseph Dusseau (Dussault?)

iv. SOPHIE-EMILIE OUIMET, b. 25 Mar 1804, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada; d. 16 Sep 1804, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada.

Notes for SOPHIE-EMILIE OUIMET:
Bapt. March 26, 1804.
Died at the age of 6 months.

v. MARIE-EMILIE OUIMET, b. 30 Jul 1805, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada.

Notes for MARIE-EMILIE OUIMET:
Marie Emilie Ouimet's last name may have been spelled "Wouimet"
Baptized July 31, 1805.

vi. MARIE-FLORENCE OUIMET, b. 16 Sep 1807, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada.

Notes for MARIE-FLORENCE OUIMET:
Baptized September 18, 1807, Godmother: Elizabeth Ouimet, Aunt of the infant, and wife of Joseph Dusseau(Dussault?)

vii. LUC OUIMET, b. 11 Jun 1809, St. Jean Baptiste in Rouville, Canada.

Notes for LUC OUIMET:
Baptized June 12, 1809.

23. JEAN5 OUIMET (JEAN-CYPRIEN4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1765. He married MARIE BEAUTRON DIT MAJOR 21 Oct 1799 in St.-Rost, Ile-Jesus, Bas-Canada.

Child of JEAN OUIMET and MARIE MAJOR is:
37. i. GEDEON6 OUIMET, b. Aft. 1825, PQ.

Generation No. 6

24. CHARLOTTE6 OUIMET (FRANCOIS5, JOSEPH4, LOUIS3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) She married LOUIS PASCAL ETHIER 18 Jul 1807 in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada.

Child of CHARLOTTE OUIMET and LOUIS ETHIER is:
i. TOUSSAINT7 ETHIER, m. VICTOIRE OUIMET, 22 Jul 1828.

25. ANTOINE6 OUIMET (PIERRE5, PIERRE4 OUIMET-GILBERT, JR, PIERRE3 OUIMET,-GILBERT, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married SUSANNE BELANGER 23 Nov 1807.

Child of ANTOINE OUIMET and SUSANNE BELANGER is:
i. GEORGES7 OUIMET, m. OLIVE CHARTRAND, 26 Sep 1848.

26. PAUL6 OUIMET, (LAGRENADE) (FRANCOIS-FELIX5, FRANCOIS4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married MARIE FOUCAULT-URBAIN 02 Jul 1821 in St Rose, Ile Jesus.

Children of PAUL OUIMET and MARIE FOUCAULT-URBAIN are:
i. OCTAVE7 OUIMET, m. VICTORIRE ETHIER, 19 Jan 1847, St Louis, Terrebonne.
ii. EVARISTE OUIMET, m. CLOTHILDE DESPAROIS CHAMPAGNE, 05 Feb 1855.

27. FRANCOIS6 OUIMET (FRANCOIS-FELIX5, FRANCOIS4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) He married VICTOIRE LIMOGES 14 Feb 1803 in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada.

Child of FRANCOIS OUIMET and VICTOIRE LIMOGES is:
i. VICTOIRE7 OUIMET, m. TOUSSAINT ETHIER, 22 Jul 1828.

28. MICHEL6 OUIMET (ADRIEN-ANDRE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 27 Jan 1781 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died 01 Aug 1847 in Lowville, Lewis Co., NY. He married (1) MARIE ANNE LAGU 11 Nov 1811 in St. Jean Bapt. de Rouville, Lower Canada, daughter of JOSEPH LAGU and MARIE MAILLOUX. She was born ABT 1800, and died Aft. 1822. He married (2) CATHARINE (MNU) OUIMET Bef. Nov 1843. She was born ABT 1795, and died Aft. 1844.

Notes for MICHEL OUIMET:
Information on Michel and ancestors provided by Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet, Inc c/o William C Ouimet Jr, 71 Waterside Circle, D-6, Moneta VA 24121, 703-721-7785// other addressC.P.6700,Sillery,QC, G1T2W2..

After Michel emigrated in Oct. 1824, he changed the spelling of his last name to "Wemott". All his descendents there after took this spelling.

The following information received from Elizabeth A. WeMott, 3217 North Villa, Oklahoma City OK 73112 (405-942-6698) dated February 8, 1994

Mitchell arrived in an area called Castorland in Lewis County, New York, (Castorland was apparantly almost a French-Canadian enclave at the time) from near Montreal, Canada, sometime between 1810 and 1825. Mitchell was there on October 1, 1824 (per naturalization papers in Lewis County, NY-under the spelling of Wymit)

He was baptised Jan 28, 1781, Longueuil Can.

From: Elizageth A Wemott 1/27/2001

Mitchell was married first to Marie Anne Lagu 11 November 1811 in Rouville, Lower Canada. While in Canada, the records show the couple had the following children:

Sophie B. 12 Jan 1813 - Rouville, Lower Canada
Andre' B. 12 Sept.1814 - Rouville, Lower Canada
Cyrille B. 18 Mar 1816 - Rouville, Lower Canada
Cesarie B. 28 Nov 1817 - Rouville, Lower Canada
Marie Christine B. 17 Jan 1820 - Rouville, Lower Canada
Nathalie B. 01 Apr 1822 - Rouville, Lower Canada D: 20 Aug 1822
Rouville, Low Can
(NOTE: BAS Canada is an abbrv. of Lower Canada, which is the area of Montreal, Lower Quebec area.)

When Marie Anne Lagu died and when Mitchell married Catharine is not known at this time. The only record we have of the name of Catharine is when Mitchell and she, as his wife, executed a land deed to Serral Wemot, in Lewis County, New York, in November 1843. Therefore, it is not known which is the mother of Theodore Thaddeus Wemot, who was born in Denmark, Lewis County, NY, 20 November 1826.

Mitchell was found only on the 1830 New York Federal census, where he is listed as Michael Wemot. According to that census, he and his wife would have been born 1790 to 1800. However, we now know that Mitchell was born in 1781 in Longueuil, Lower Canada. he was listed on the New York State Census of 1825 and 1835 by the names of Mitchel Weamot and Michel Wimett, respectively. There apparently was no 1845 New York State census.

He was "through casualty killed in the town of Lowville on the morning of the first day of August 1847", according to Petition of Letters of Administration filed 05 August 1847. As shown by the Petition, he was a resident of Martinsburg at the time of his death and left no widow, but seven children: Serral, Sophia, Christiana, Theodore, Mitchell, Stephen and "Ellis". Therefore, it is assumed that his wife, Catharine, died sometime between late 1843 and August 1847.

Those listed as heirs of Mitchell in the deed filed in December, 1850, for the sale of his land in Denmark were:

Serral Wemot
Mitchell Wemot
Sophia, wife of Moses Estes of Oneida County
Christina, wife of Joseph Barito of Oneida County
Stephen S. Wemot
Theodore T. Wemot
"Alice" Wemot

We have not found any information on the rest of MITCHELL's children, Alice (or Ellis)
Wemot or Christina Wemot Barito. As stated before, we feel that Sophia may be the
SOPHIE referred to in Erwin Wemett's account as being one of his sisters. No birth
record is shown for a Sophie as a daughter of André Ouimet and Marie Catharine MardI.

We also have no further record of MITCHELL's children, André or Cesarie, who were born in Canada. They were not shown as heirs at the time of his death in 1847.

Notes for MARIE ANNE LAGU:
Last name could be Lague.

As per Elizabeth A Wemott's research, spelling of last name is "Lagu", earlier indications showed spelling as "Lager" or "Logue".

Notes for CATHARINE (MNU) OUIMET:
She was born sometime between 1790 and 1800.
It is assumed that she died some time between late 1843 and August 1847 in New York. She married Mitchell by Nov. 1843,(executed land deed in 1843 as wife of Mitchell)

Children of MICHEL OUIMET and MARIE LAGU are:
i. ALICE7 WEMOTT.
ii. STEPHEN S. WEMOTT.

Notes for STEPHEN S. WEMOTT:
As per Elizabeth A WeMott's research:
Stephen S. appears in the 1870 Federal Census of Iowa, living in Dubuque, age 38, born NY, business: Wh. crockery, real estate worth $6,500, personal estate worth $15,000, both parents foreign born; Vera, age 30, born NY; Wallace age 6; Della age 4; Jeannie age 2. All children were born in Iowa. He then appears in an 1890-91 city directory of St. Paul, MN., with a crockery and glassware business called Wemott, Howard & Co., employing 20 including son Wallace. This directory is used as a replacement for the 1890 Federal census, which was destroyed in Washington DC by fire.

iii. SOPHIA WEMOTT, b. 12 Jan 1813, Rouville, Lower Canada; m. MOSES ESLERS, Bef. 1850.

Notes for SOPHIA WEMOTT:
It was mentioned in Elizabeth A. WeMott's research, dated January 27, 2001:
Sophia Also, surprisingly, some information turned up on Sophia while searching on the internet. I had misread her husband's name on the 1850 deed for the sale of MITCHELL's land. I had read it as Estes, when it should have been Esler. From an 1894 History of Montana comes the following information. A biography of Alfred M. Esler states that he was the oldest of Moses and Sophia Wemot Esler's seven children (four sons and three daughters), and that he was born in 1840 in Jefferson County, NY. His father, Moses, had been a carriage manufacturer in New York, and had died at the age of 62. Sophia was still living in NY at the age of 79. So apparently the biography was written in 1892, since we know that Sophia was born in 1813. Moses Esler is in the 1840 and 1860 Federal census of Lewis County, NY, in the town of Denmark.

Sophie was baptized Jan 12, 1813 @ St. Mathias of rouville. Her Godfather is Gabriel Dubois.

iv. ANDRE' WEMOTT, b. 12 Sep 1814, Rouville, Lower Canada.

Notes for ANDRE' WEMOTT:
Bapt. Sept 13, 1814 @ St. Mathias of Rouville. Godfather Charles Lagu, godmother Catherine Marcille.

v. SYRILL WEMETT, b. 08 Mar 1816, Rouville, Quebec, Lower Canada (Source: NYS Census Ontario Co 1875); d. 11 Jan 1895, Lewis Co. NY; m. SARAH CLARKE, 19 Apr 1842; b. 22 Aug 1817, Lewis Co NY (Source: NYS Census Ontario Co 1875); d. Aft. 1878.

Notes for SYRILL WEMETT:

As per research done by Elizabeth A. WeMott.

Serral (Syrill, Cyrille) appears on the 1850 New York census in Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, NY with wife, Sarah, age 33, and children, Henrietta E., age 6, Emmeretta E., age 1. Serral's age was shown as 34 and birthplace as Canada. On 31 December 1855, Serral sold land in Jefferson County, buying land again in Lewis County in 1856, then selling in 1861, and on 19 February 1868, he bought land in Canadice, Ontario County, NY. He sold the land there 01 April 1878. Although it has been reported that Serral died in 11 January 1895, the exact date and location of his death is unknown.

Bapt. Mar 9, 1816 @ St. Mathias of rouville. Godfather Francois Gravel, godmother Marie Ouimet.

Had a child, name unknown, b. 1848 d. 1851

Notes for SARAH CLARKE:
Also had a son born 1848 died age 3 in 1851

vi. CESARIE WEMOTT, b. 28 Nov 1817, Rouville, Lower Canada.
vii. MARIE-CHRISTINE WEMOTT, b. 17 Jan 1820, Rouville, Lower Canada; m. JOSEPH BARITO, Bef. 1850.

Notes for MARIE-CHRISTINE WEMOTT:
Bapt. Jan 18, 1820 @ St. Mathias of Rouville. Godfather was Tousaint Ouimet

Notes for JOSEPH BARITO:
As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's research dated Dec. 1994 Joseph's last name may have been spelled "Bariteau".

viii. NATHALIE WEMOTT, b. 01 Apr 1822, Rouville, Lower Canada; d. 20 Aug 1822, Rouville, Lower Canada.
ix. THEODORE THADDEUS WEMOTT, b. 20 Nov 1826, Denmark - Lewis Cty, NY; d. 20 Jul 1899, Kansas City, MO buried Oak Hill Cem. Butler MO; m. ELLEN SOPHIA WALKER, 18 Feb 1857, Northboro, Worcester Co., MA; b. 12 Apr 1838, Northboro, Worcester Co., MA; d. 01 Oct 1914, Denver CO buried Oak Hill Cem. Butler, MO.

Notes for THEODORE THADDEUS WEMOTT:
As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's, (3217 North Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, or phone 405-942-6698) research dated 1/27/2001:

Theodore T., even though he was listed as an heir, did not sign the 1850 deed selling his father MITCHELL's land after his death. He purchased land 09 September 1853 in Rutland, Jefferson County, NY, and was listed on the deed as Theodore Wemot of Boston, Mass. He deeded it back to the grantor 08 September 1855 (still a resident of Boston), so it is presumed he never lived there. At the time of Theodore's 18 February 1857 marriage to Ellen S. Walker (daughter of Matthias Walker, Jr. and Lydia Brigham) in Northboro, Mass., he was listed as a resident of Westboro, Mass., and occupation was given as "Trader". Unfortunately, the names of the mothers were not shown.

The following year, according to an 1883 History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri (where his name was misspelled "Wernott'), the couple moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where their first child, Ada Marie, was born 20 July 1859. By 1861, they were in Texas in Bryan (Brazos County) and Salado (Bell County). Four more children were born in Texas - -Arthur W., 18 Feb 1861 in Salado or Bryan, Herbert Smith 16 Mar 1863 in Houston (?), Mary Alice ("Tudie") 22 July 1864, and Claudia 03 Oct 1867.

We were unaware of any Civil War service of Theodore T., until we found a published report in a September 1961 Kansas City Genealogist (where his signature had been misread S. S. Wemoti), where he had attended a reunion for Civil War veterans in August 1885 in Higginsville, MO. This made it possible to find some sparse records - from the National Archives (recorded as T. T. Wemott), and also a history of Bell County, Texas, where his name was published Theodore T. Wilmott, Bugler. He enlisted in Salado, Texas, 18 November 1862 in the Confederate forces - Baylor's Reg't Cay., Capt. R. B. Halley's Co., Mullen's Unorganized Batt'n., Arizona Brigade (later Co. G., Baylor's Regiment, Texas Cay.). This company served on the Arkansas-Louisiana front. It is a mystery how he could have been born and lived in the northern part of the United States and then gone to Texas and become a rebel. He reportedly spoke four or five languages. Of course, French and English - - but the rest, we will never know. From their years of residence in Texas, we could speculate that he also knew Spanish.

On 06 October 1864, Ellen S. Wemott purchased Lots 9 through 16 in Block 13 in the town of Salado, Texas. Purchase price was given as $500. After the war, on 29 December 1866, Ellen S. Wemott and T. T. Wemott of Bell County, Texas, sold the same property for $500 and one horse. On 03 July 1868, land in Bates County, Missouri, was deeded to Ellen S. Wemott. The family remained in Bates County, MO, where five more children were born - - Hattie, 01 Mar 1870; Bessie, 22 Mar 1872; Stella, 03 Oct 1876; Maude D., 23 June 1877; and Nellie, 06 Mar 1880.

Theodore worked both as a farmer and a carpenter, buying land in Butler, Mo., and improving it for sale. At one time, he was also involved in a business venture with a Sherwood, in what was referred to as the New York Meat Market, located on the north side of the square, across from the post office in Butler, Missouri. An account was given in the History of Cass and Bates Counties of a 4th of July parade, describing a float entered by Wemott and Sherwood. The location of their business was shown in an ad in an 1880's Butler newspaper. Across from Theodore's 160 acres, was what was known as the WeMott school, a country school that taught eight grades. The schoolhouse was removed - sometime in the 1960's, as a young man who said he had graduated from the little school told me.

On 13 November 1897, they sold their property in Bates County, having already moved to Kansas City, MO. In an 1889-1 890 city directory of Kansas City, Theodore T. is shown as a carpenter, and again as a machinist. In the same directory are shown his son, Herbert as a surveyor, and Tudie as a clerk and sales lady. Theodore T. Wemott died 20 July 1899, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Bates County, Missouri. Ellen S. Wemott died 01 October 1914 in Denver, Colorado, and was also buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Missouri, alongside Theodore and their three infant daughters, Hattie, Bessie, and Nellie. One other daughter, Claudia, died 07 Dec 1918 and is also buried beside her parents. Claudia contracted the flu during the 1918 epidemic while in Dallas visiting a cousin. Her residence was in Denver, where she had moved, along with her mother, two of her sisters and one of her brothers following Theodore T.'s death.

x. MITCHELL WEMOTT, b. 1828, NY; d. 12 Jan 1861, Cedar Co. IA; m. (1) MINERVA COOKE; b. 1831; d. 1849, AGE 18; m. (2) LUCY ANN CHENEY, ABT 1850; b. ABT 1831, NY.

Notes for MITCHELL WEMOTT:
As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's research:
Mitchell had been married to Minerva Cooke (daughter of Jacob I. Cooke), who died in 1849 at the age of 18, according to a notice of her death published in the Black River Gazette. On 23 May 1850, he purchased land in Lowville, Lewis County, NY. and also signed the deed for sale of his father's land in Lewis County in December 1850. He apparently married Lucy Ann Cheney in 1850 or 1851. While searching all the known misspellings for Wemott on a printed index of the 1860 Iowa Federal census (looking for T. T. who was not found), I was surprised to find Mitchell Wernott. He was shown in Cedar County, town of Durant, with wife Lucy, age 29 and son Wilson, age 9. Mitchell's age was 32. All were born in New York. Through Administration of his estate in Cedar County, Iowa, it was stated that he died 12 January 1861. The only items listed in the inventory of his estate were eleven notes signed by Benj. Beckett, for a total amount of $5,114.97. No record was found of his having owned any real estate in Cedar County, IA.

Notes for MINERVA COOKE:
Death notice posted in Black River Gazette

29. ANDRE6 OUIMET (ADRIEN-ANDRE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 01 Apr 1788 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died 04 Mar 1861 in Ontario County, New York. He married (1) JOANNA MACUMBER 1817 in Black River Country Lewis County NY, daughter of ENGEL MACUMBER and RACHAEL MACUMBER. She was born 1798, and died 29 Mar 1841 in buried Bald Hill Cem.. He married (2) HANNAH WEST Aft. 1820. She died 1874.

Notes for ANDRE OUIMET:
Born Andre Ouimet later became known as Andrew W Wemett when he emigrated to Lewis Co., New York. All his descendents there after took this spelling. (No knowledge at this time, 1/1995, of what the W stands for for the middle name.)

As per Ross B Kenzie's research, spelling of last name is "Ouimet", earlier indications show spelling as "Ouimette"

Elizabeth WeMott writes, "In Lewis County, New York, records Andrew "Wemotte" is shown as "Path Finder" in 1814, and was elected "Path Master" in 1816. Joseph and Andrew moved to Ontario County, New York, where they took the spelling of Wemett, although the name was spelled many different ways on census records. They apparently moved to Ontario County about the time Mitchell arrived in Lewis County. Mitchell, however, remained in Lewis County, NY, buying land in the town of Denmark on December 9, 1829."

Andre (Andrew) left Canada in 1814, and is known to have helped to build a flour mill in Monroe County NY on the present location of the Erie RR Depot.

He came to Canadice in 1814 and it is said he was working on the Henry W. Pulver farm in 1821.

He died on the day Lincoln was inaugurated.

THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY: found under Clarence Wemett

The history of family name Ouimet

Translated from "Le Houymet" Vol. 1, No. 2

During the century, the family name Ouimet has been written in different ways for several reasons: variations in pronunciations, the illiteracy of our ancestors, the changes made by people who wrote the name, and simply the evolution of the name.

According to the Dictionary of Family Names and First Names of France, the name "Ouimet" was taken from the word "d' Olmet" which is a community of Puy-de-Dome, district of Thiers. The word is composed of Oui and of Met, which is part of a wine press where the wine flows and part of chimney, hand barrow, kneeding trough, bin hoppers". This community is located approximately 400km south of Vr igny, which is presumed to be the original location of our ancestor. Could it therefore be that the family name Ouimet had its origin in the name of the community of d'Olmet? This is a possibility.

The marriage contract between Jean Houymet and Renee Gagnon, of October 3, 1660 (Claude Aubert, Notary), indicates that the ancestor Ouimet originates in Vr igny in Champagne. This is proof positive of the original location of the ancestor, that is before undertook the long voyage to New France.

In contrast, the information given by an American in Florida indicates the Jean Houymet was born on November 19, 1634 in the parish of St. Fanville (in France?). Unfortunately at press time we have not been able to obtain additional information to confirm or refute this hypothysis.

According to Mr. Jean-Paul Denise, President of the Genealogical Center of Champagne (Marne), the family name Ouimet does not exist any more in that area of France. He emphasizes that this family name strangely resembles the name "Vuimet" and "Wuimet" and, by extension "Vuillemet" and "Wuillemet" which are derived from "Guillaume" and, those family names are of Germanic origin. In 1989, a total of 157 fisches of baptisms, marriages, and burials of those family names were copied from during a trip to France and more precisely in the Archives de la Marne and of the reigion of Champagne-Ardenne which is located in Chalons-sur-Marne. These records of family names cover a time perion from 1675 to 1922 with 97% of the records of the 15th and 16th centuries. No connection could be established between our ancestor and those records but the research will continue.

According to Mr. Henri Comte and his book entitled "History of the Ouimet Family"
"The name Ouimet comes from a Germanic combination name, 'Willihelm' which means 'will' [incentive] (Willi) and 'helmet', (soldier's steel helmet). From Willimet one made Wilhelm, Ouilem, Wilhelmy, Wilhelm, Wilhemy, Wilmy, Wilmet, Ouilmet, and Ouimet. Other derivitives are Willem, Williaume, and Willaume and Guillaume, Wilmert, Wilmes, Wilmet and Wilmotte, Willemet, Willaumez and Willemot, William, Williams and Williamson....

"When the Franks, a Germanic Tribe, inhabited Gaul in the 5th century they introduced many German names such as Burchart, Theobald, Baldwin, and Willihelm which eventurally became Bouchard, Thibault, Beaudoin, and Ouimit."

In order to support the hypotheses of the different spellings, we can emphasize that phonetically "Ouimet" and Wuillemet" and their variations resemble each other. Although I cannot pretend to be an expert in hhonetics, it is still astonishing to note the phonic similarity of the two names "Ouimet" and "Wuillemet".

Permit me please to state a theory which seems to support the idea that the family name Ouimet is of Germanic origin. Let us suppose that ouimet resembles Wuillemet which in turn resembles Villemet, could it be posssible that the latter name is originally from "ville Metz"! Metz is a town 168 km east of Reims, and also 40 km to the west German territory. This reasoning allows us to corroborate the theory of the Germanic origin of the family name Ouimet.

We hope that this will enable a Ouimet genealogist to highten the understanding of the origin of the family name as well as of the ancestor of all the Ouimets.

Denis Ouimett

JEAN HOUYMET, A PIONEER WHO CAME FROM THE REGION OF REIMS
By Robert Prevose

In Quebec the Ouimets are one of the largest family groups. Actually they are located in many areas. In Montreal, Ernest Ouimet inaugurated the Ouimetoscope on January 1, 1906, which was the first movie house in North America. On July 19, 1932, Alphonse Ouimet, who was regarded as the father of television in Canada, presented in the studio of La Presse the first televised shows.

On June 13, 1989, in the United States issued a postage stamp of Francis DeSalles Ouimet, he became famous in 1913 by winning the U. S. Open against two famous British golfers. And how many other Ouimets became well known in law and politics.

Could it be that these people originated from their first ancestor from France. He was originally from Champagne. Jean Houymet was born around 1634 in Vrigny, Arch Diocese of Reims, the son of Nicolas and Perrette Nicayse. Vrigny is a small community of approximately residents, approximately 150 km from Paris. Toward the capital the N3 train, toward the East, Via meaux, Ferte-sous-Jouarrc (65Km). Here the train turns toward the northeast and touches Chateau Thierry (19KM) and stops in Dormans(23 km).

You will notice that one is only about 10 Km. from Reims, who's Catherdral, Notre Dame, masterpiece of gothic architecture, was the spiritual home of the kings of France since the baptism of Clovis (496). Of course the church of Vrigny is much more modern, but the Ouimets might want to visit it since their ancestor entered through its Roman portal in order to be baptised.

THE ARRIVAL OF JEAN HOUYMET

The genealogists presume that Jean Houymet arrived in New France in 1659, since this is the firms year that his name appears in a notary's contract. The Roland-J. Auger estimates that he probably crossed the Atlantic on board the "Sacrifice of Abraham", whose passenger list unfortunately got lost. The only other sailing ship arriving in Quebec that year, "Saint Andre", was rented fro the transfer of intended for Ville-Marie. It was also on board the "Sacrifice of Abraham" that on June 16, 1659, after a voyage of three months, Mgr. Francois de Laval arrived who had bveen named the new apostolic vicar of New France.

The pioneer soon became a resident of the colony. On November 8, of the same year, before the notary Claude Auber, he became owner of a parcel of land of two acres.

Three months later, in Chateau-Richer, he was confirmed by Mgr. de Laval, at the same time as Renee Gagnon, Father and Mother, Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cauchon, as well as Guillaume Thibault.

On October 3, 1660, Jean Houymet and Renee Gagnon were married before Notary, Auber. Here at Chateau Richer the first two children of the couple were born: Jean in November 1661, and Louis in September 1663.

In the beginning of January 1668, Jean buys three acres of land on the island of Orleans, in the district Lirec. his neighbors were Pierre Paillereau, originally from L'Aunis, and Jean Allaire, a Poitevin. This allotment of land "passes to the North, " that is it borders on the branch of the river which flows between the island and the bank of Beaupre: it is in the future parish of Sainte-Famille, which Mgr. de Laval would build up for the church in 1684. the Abbott Germain Ouimet, the present President of the family association of the Ouimets, has localized the ancestral earth which, to this day, is part of plots 187 and 189.

IN SAINTE-FAMILLE

It was in the parich of Sainte-Famille that the seven other children of the couple Houymet-Gagnon were born: Marguerite (1667), Marie-Madeleine (1672), Gagriel (1675), Jacques (1676), Jeanne (1679), Pierre (1681), and a second Pierre (1683). Unfortunately Gabriel and the first of the two Pierres only lived for several days. Jacques probably did not get married. The three other sons founded households. Louis married Marie-Anne Genest, daughter of Jacques and Catherine Doribeau (1693): fourteen children of which triplets died after several days. Jean chose whose marriage remained without issue, then he married Marie Bissonnet, daughter of Pierre and Marie Dallon and widow of Joseph Forgue: they had on daughter and two sons. The youngest son, Pierre, founded a household with Marguerite Brault aka Pomainville, daughter of Henri and Marie-Ursule Bolduc (1716): twelve children; he is the ancestor of most of the members of the Ouimet family.

5000 MARRIAGES

In effect, eight of those twelve children were sons, and seven of those had a total of 24 sons who founded households. This branch of Ouimets swarmed into the greater regioun of Montreal. In 1724, Pierre was responsible for the household of the Sulpiciens; the lords of the Island. Mr. Yvon Ouimet, President of the Association of the Descendents of Jean Ouimet, has established a detailed list of great grandchildren and whom Pierre gave the ancestor Jean.

This grouping consists now of a repetoire of approximately 5000 marriage contracts of the Ouimets. According to a compilation -- although fragmented -- of 1988, by means of telephone directories, more than 1500 names of Ouimets were located in Canada and in the United States in the major towns, 60% of whom were located in Quebec. Of those, 700 were found in Montreal. The next family reunion will be in Montreal, in the suburb of Maisonneuve, on August 29, 1992.

One could get lost in guessing about the origin of this family name. One cannot find any more Ouimets in Champagne, but Vuillemets, and Wuillmets, etc. can be found. Please note that at the beginning of the last century a certain Antoine Ouilmet, attracted to the Lake Michigan region by the trading of furs, has given the town of Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago, its name.

The President of the Association of the Descendents of Jean ouimet, Inc. is at the present time, Mr. Germain Ouimet, Priest, 3550 Montee Gagnon, Blainville, Quebec 17 E 4H5.

TRANSLATED FROM "LE HOUYMET" (SEPTEMBER 1991)

DID YOU KNOW THAT....

In the census of 1681 in New France, one can read:

Jean Ouymet, 50, Renee Gagnon, his wife, age 22 (however she was 38 years old, since she was born in 1643), children: Jean 18, Louis 16, Marguerite 13, Marie 10, Jacques 5, Jeanee 3, 1 shotgun, 5 hoofed animals, 20 acres of value.

They lived on three acres facing the St. Lawrence River situated southeast of the stream of Fauchet in the Parish of Sainte-Famille, Island of Orleans. The immediate neighbors were Sebastien Doysen called Larose and Lacroix (8 acres of value) a Breton and Mr. Paillereau.

THE NUMEROUS FAMILIES IN NEW FRANCE

When looking at the offspring of our ancestors, especially at the time of the French Colony, one is often amazed at how many children people had. When our ancestor, Jean, arrived in New FRrance, the colony had less than 2500 inhabitants. Immigration and especially high birth rates have been the real factors in the population growth.

The French Government encourages large families since at that time this kind of growth was less difficult than immigration. Jean Talon was sent to implement the colonization plan and therefore encouraged large families. "Since the multiplicaiton of people depende on the frequency of marriages, it is necessary for family fathers to marry off their children as soon as they are able to get married." Special laws and modes of encouragement for the marriage process were therefore promulgated.

Some of these were as follows:

* A boy who married at age twenty or less and a girl at age sixteen or less each received twenty pounds.

* A daughter of the king received fifty pounds on her marriage day.

* A bonus was given upon the marriage of a French and an American Indian.

* Bachelors were obliged to submit to a marriage contract in the fifteen days following the arrival of the daughters of the king.

* A penalty for the parents whose twenty year old sons and sixteen year old daughters were not married, with an explanation required.

* Allocation of three hundren pounds to parents of ten children.

* Allocation of four hundred pounds to parents of twelve children.

* Annual pension accordingly

* Land given as a gift to the father of thirteen children,

* Free deucation in France for the twenty-sixth child of the same family.

At the time of Talon, a migratory wave, combined with the politics of marriage and births, boubles the population in seven years; however it was mainly the hight birth rate which populated the colony.

Notes for JOANNA MACUMBER:
Tombstone in Bald Hill Cemetary reads Joanna other research indicates Joan

Children of ANDRE OUIMET and JOANNA MACUMBER are:
i. CHARLES PARKER7 WEMETT, b. 05 Mar 1818, Black River Contry, Denmark, Lewis County, NY; d. 03 Nov 1896, Springwater, Livingston Co., NY buried Evergreen Cem.; m. (1) MAHALA PERRY, 1843; b. 1821; d. 25 Mar 1859, Prob. Canadice, Ontario Co., NYburied Bald Hill Cem.; m. (2) MARY ANN LINDERY, 1855; b. 1834, Ireland (Source: NYS Census Ontario Co 1875); d. 1911, buried Evergreen Cem..

Notes for CHARLES PARKER WEMETT:
Lived in Canadice NY
Was a Farmer
Transcript of obituary of Charles P. Wemett, newspaper unknonw, states that he had ten children by two wives, four of whom survived him. The four surviving children were Mahala, Mary, Herman and Henry. Handwritten notes in the Baldwin Family Bible in the possession of Mildred Molye Oberle list seven known children: William, Amos, Melford, Mahala, Hermon, Henry, and Mary. Mahala is known to be from the first wife, Mahala Perry. Mary is known to be from the second wife, Mary Lindery.

Notes for MAHALA PERRY:
Adaline, her infant, sleeps by her side in Bald Hill Cemetery.

ii. FLOVILLE WEMETT, b. 1820, Black River County Lewis County NY; d. 27 Jul 1859; m. AGUSTUS G SHEPARD, 1847; b. 1823; d. 1909, buried Evergreen Cem. Canadice NY.

Notes for FLOVILLE WEMETT:
In July 1859, in the dead of the night, the Hovering Angel enticed the soul of Floville away and another mortal had gained her hard earned rest.

Notes for AGUSTUS G SHEPARD:
The Livingston County Historian, 30 Center Street, Geneseo NY 14454 has the Livingston Cty Federal Census 1860 which has a Augusta Shepard age 57, male, occupation as farmer in Springwater, NY. No further info. proving this is the same person, it is possible this could be his father.

iii. ADELINE WEMETT, b. 1823, Canadice, Ontario Co., NY; m. (1) FRANK HAYWARD; m. (2) WILLIAM FOLEY, 1846.
iv. MARIETTA WEMETT, b. 1826, Ontario County NY; d. 1826, died in infancy.

Notes for MARIETTA WEMETT:
Died in infancy

v. ENOCH WEMETT, b. 1829, Ontario County, NY; d. 1847, died age 18.
vi. ERASTUS T. WEMETT, b. 08 Feb 1832, Canadice NY, Ontario County; d. 15 Sep 1909; m. (1) CATHERINE COOGAN, 28 Oct 1852; d. 1873; m. (2) ELIZABETH WEMETT, 24 Sep 1874, Hemlock Lake (Source: NYS Census Ontario Co 1875); b. 1839; d. 07 Nov 1902.

Notes for ERASTUS T. WEMETT:
THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY; see Clarence Elmer Wemett

Marriage Notes for ERASTUS WEMETT and ELIZABETH WEMETT:
Marrage also produced a daughter who dies at infancy, name unknown.

vii. STEPHEN WEMETT, b. 1835, Ontario County, NY; d. 1847, died age 12.
viii. JOSEPH WEMETT, b. 1838, Ontario County NY; d. 1865, end of Civil War; m. MARY BRIGGS; b. 1836, Naples NY.

Notes for JOSEPH WEMETT:
Served two years in Civil War, taken prisoner, spent two years at Andersonville, placed on ship bound for home, ship blown up, died at sea.

ix. ORSEMUS S. WEMETT, b. 06 Feb 1841; d. 28 May 1922, at Olin Wemett's home Lima NY; m. EMERETTA AMELIA WEMETT, 13 May 1877, Wayland NY; b. 06 Apr 1849, Jefferson County Alexandria Bay NY (Source: NYS Census Ontario Co 1875); d. 11 Jan 1933, buried 1/14/1933 Union Cem Livonia NY.

Notes for ORSEMUS S. WEMETT:
DEATH OF MR. WEMOTT
Orsemuss S. Wemott died at his son Olin's, in the town of Lima, last Saturday evening, after an illness of about two months, at the age of 81. He was born in the town of Canadice, the son of Andrew and Joan Wemott. There were a number of children, but Orsemus survived the last one by over twenty years. He moved his family from Canadice about twenty-five years ago to a farm near Livonia Center, after Richmond, going last year to the farm where his death occurred. In early life he married Emeretta Wemott, who survives him. He leaves also, besides the son above mentioned, two daughters. The funeral was held from his late home Wednesday afternoon and the burial was in the Union cemetery. Livonia, May 31.

Notes for EMERETTA AMELIA WEMETT:
OBITUARY

DEATH OF MRS. ORSEMUS WEMOTT

Mrs. Emmeretta Wemott passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Shearing, in Rush at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday Jan. 11, 1933, after a brief illness.

Mrs Wemott was born in Jefferson county on Alexandria Bay in 1849, later moving to Bald Hill, then to Lima. For the past several years she had been making her home with her daughters, since she has been unable to care for herself.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sidney Flood of Lima and Mrs. Raymond Shearing of Rush; one son, Olin C. of Lima; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The artical continues about the funeral services.

30. MARIE6 OUIMET (ADRIEN-ANDRE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 14 Jan 1794 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She married FRANSOIS GRAVEL 24 Jun 1816 in St-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil, Lower Canada, son of JEAN GRAVEL and JOSETTE DEMERS.

Notes for MARIE OUIMET:
Born Marie Ouimet known to later generations of amateur geneologists as Mary Wemott

Baptized 1/15/1794 in Longueuil. Godfather was Fransois Marsil, godmother, Catherine Ouimet.

Had six children, (at least three of whom were born in Canada) but apparently never emigrated to the US.

Notes for FRANSOIS GRAVEL:
Apparently born as Francois Gravel and later known as Francis Grenville perhaps after the family emigrated to the USA

Children of MARIE OUIMET and FRANSOIS GRAVEL are:
i. DENNIS7 GRAVEL.
ii. CLARISSA GRAVEL.
iii. SAPHRONE GRAVEL.
iv. FRANCOIS GRAVEL, b. 08 Mar 1817, St. Mathias of Rouville.
v. JOE GRAVEL.
vi. HENRY GRAVEL, m. MARY (MNU) GRAVEL.
vii. AGLAE GRAVEL, b. 09 Jul 1820, Longueuil Canada.
viii. MARIE GRAVEL, b. 09 Jul 1820, Longueuil Canada; d. 01 May 1821, Longueuil Canada.
ix. ALEXIS MOYSE GRAVEL, b. 17 Oct 1822, Longueuil Canada.

31. FRANCOISE6 OUIMET (ADRIEN-ANDRE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 19 Sep 1796 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She married AMBROISE HAMEL 13 Feb 1816 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville.

Notes for FRANCOISE OUIMET:
As per Elizabeth A. Wemett's research Francoise was born on Sept 19, 1796 and baptized Sept 20th, earlier indications showed the birth date as July 23, 1789.

Children of FRANCOISE OUIMET and AMBROISE HAMEL are:
i. HONESIME7 HAMEL, b. 15 Mar 1818, St. Mathias of Rouville.
ii. EUDOXE HAMEL, b. 24 Oct 1820, Longueuil Canada.

32. TOUSSAINT6 OUIMET (ADRIEN-ANDRE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 09 Oct 1797 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He married LOUISE BARSELOUX 08 Nov 1825 in St-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville in Canada, daughter of AMABLE BARSELOUX and CHARLOTTE MAILLOUX. She was born ABT 1807 in Ste-Mathias, Co. Rouville, PQ, and died in PQ.

Notes for TOUSSAINT OUIMET:
As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's research, Toussaint was born on October 9, 1797, earlier indications showed his birth date September 10, 1797.

Baptised Oct 10, 1797.

Mrs. WeMott also writes that Toosa and Louise had several children in Canada. At this time, we do not know when or if he emigrated to the United States.

It is believed that Tousaint Ouimet also went by the name of Toosa Wemott.

As per Thomas Cass - Tousaint's first child was born Oct 27, 1826 and given the name Henriette. He didn't go any further with the search due to the difficulty in reading the film. He also says we don't know if Toussaint came to New York. He notes finding more of Toussaint's children in Rouville would prove his Canadian residence.

Notes for LOUISE BARSELOUX:
As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's research, spelling of last name is "Barseloux", earlier indications showed spelling as "Barseloue".

Children of TOUSSAINT OUIMET and LOUISE BARSELOUX are:
i. HENRIETTE7 OUIMET, b. 26 Oct 1826; m. PIERRE MESSIER-ST-FRANCOIS, 10 May 1846, NDA, Stanbridge, Missisquoi.

Notes for HENRIETTE OUIMET:
Bapt. Oct. 27, 1826.

ii. EMELIE OUIMET, b. Aft. 1826; m. JEAN-BAPTISTE COTE, 18 Sep 1855, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Missisquoi.
iii. ELIZABETH OUIMET, b. 18 Jan 1839, Canton-l'Est; d. 03 Dec 1912, Franklin Co., Montgomery, VT; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON (COURCHESNE) CUSHING, 09 Jan 1860, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Missisquoi, Canada; b. 04 Aug 1836, St Ambroise de Kildare, Joliette, PQ; d. 16 Aug 1921, Franklin Co, Montgomery, VT.

Notes for ELIZABETH OUIMET:
Bapt: February 2, 1839
Inscription on grave stone reads Betsy Wemett

Source: Arlene Graber, 118 Larson Rd, Stoughton, MA 02072 e-mail 71553.22@compuserve.com
Betsy sang songs in French, made maple syrup, took care of her grandchildren (Ads's brothers & sisters) when their mother died of TB (Ada was only ten years old at the time.)
Possible that Betsy was part American Indian (Abenaki) but no proof at this time.

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON (COURCHESNE) CUSHING:
His Americanized name became George Washington Cushing
Became a farmer, property owner. His grandfather or uncle and great uncle were Patriots during the time of the Patriot Rebellion in Canada (1836-7). Jean-Bpt Courchene actually participated in an "acte de rebellion."
Fought in Civil War (85y, 12d)

Source: Arlene Graber, 118 Larson Rd, Stoughton, MA 02072 e-mail 71553.22@compuserve.com
Ran a farm on the top of Hill West, just outside of Montgomery Center, VT
Parent of 10 children (2 of whom died before George left to fight in the Civil War)
George's Vermont Civil War Regiment (Company H, 9th Regiment) actually participated in the march on Richmond in 1865. When he was elderly he was partially blind.

iv. LOUIS OUIMET, b. ABT 1830; m. CELESTE COTE, 04 Oct 1852, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Missisquoi.
v. JEAN-BAPTISTE OUIMET, b. Aft. 1830; m. (1) ADELE MARQUET, 06 Oct 1851, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Missisquoi; m. (2) LOUISE LABOMBARBE, Jun 1873, Precious-Blood, Holyoke, MA, USA.
vi. MARIE-LOUISE OUIMET, m. MICHEL VEZINA, 07 Jan 1851, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Missisquoi.
vii. CELESTE OUIMET, m. CYPRIEN BONNEAU, 10 Sep 1866, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Missisquoi.
viii. MARCELLINE OUIMET, b. 24 Apr 1842.

Notes for MARCELLINE OUIMET:
Bapt: July 17, 1842

ix. TOUSSAINT OUIMET, JR, b. 16 Sep 1844, Canton-l'Est.

Notes for TOUSSAINT OUIMET, JR:
Bapt: October 7, 1844

33. JOSEPH6 OUIMET (ADRIEN-ANDRE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 03 Mar 1799 in Longueuil, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died 01 Jan 1870 in Ontario Co, NY, bur Bald Hill Family Cem across from homestead. He married ELIZABETH WELCH 1824 in Canadice, Ontario Co., NY, daughter of PETER WELCH. She was born 1803 in Livingston Co., NY, and died Aug 1874 in buried Bald Hill Family Cem across from homestead.

Notes for JOSEPH OUIMET:
As per Elizabeth A. WeMott's research, spelling of last name is "Ouimet", earlier indications showed spelling as "Ouimette".

Joseph left Canada for Lewis County, New York , January 1, 1816* (per naturalization papers in Ontario County, NY) When he emigrated to NY he changed the spelling of his last name to "Wemett". All his descendents there after took this spelling.

*Another source claims the year he left Canada was 1821. This was the year he purchased land from Peter Welch.

Joseph purchased 100 acres in 1836 for 616.00 (homestead farm) L.59 and 98 acres in 1841 for 140.00 (along Hemlock Lake) L.69.

THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY; see Clarence Elmer Wemett

In "The History Of Canadice", by D Byron Waite written in 1876, he is described as a man of iron will and Quaker habits who came from Lewis County and bought a farm from his father in law Peter Welsh.

Notes for ELIZABETH WELCH:
Father may have been Peter or Conrad Peter. Known as Betsy

This information came from Virgina M Harris, 212 So. Union Street, Spencerport Ny 14559 7/95.

Elizabeth Welch father was Conrad Welch they were quakers. He was a brother-in-law to Knowles and were the first settlers in Springwater Bald Hill region. They came from near Rochester were they were subject to swamp fever and headed to the hills in the south to high ground to avoid it. When she married Joseph he became a quaker. Once a month they drove a horse and buggy to Rochester Saturday to go to church and return Sunday. My Grandmother told the story that her mother & Elizabeth went to school the other girls wore lace trimmed panteloons. They could not because they were quakers so somewhere they obtained some & had them on the way to school and changed back on the way home.

Children of JOSEPH OUIMET and ELIZABETH WELCH are:
i. JULIA ANN7 WEMETT, b. 1825, at family homestead Bald Hill Hemlock NY; d. 28 Feb 1873; m. ISAAC STEPHENSON, 12 Jan 1848; b. 1816; d. 20 Sep 1875, buried Canadice Hollow Cem..

Notes for JULIA ANN WEMETT:
Seven children Sibly (M) married Etta Dunn
Ellen or Eileen died age 18
Josie married Selwyn ??
Nickson married Addie Watson
Joseph burried Bald Hill family plot
Anna
Lynn

Notes for ISAAC STEPHENSON:
Probably an error here in the number of children one account says as follows; 5 children-Sibley,Ellen,Josie,Nick (Nickson?),Joseph and a son who died and was buried in the family cemetary on Bald Hill.

Purchased 58 acres of land in Lot 10 for $1160.00 in Canadice, NY. The deed is recorded in L. 80, P. 252 - 1846. In 1865 Isaac purchased the adjoining 58 acres in Lot 10. The deed is recorded in L133 P. 392.

ii. WILLIAM A WEMETT, b. 1828, at family homestead Bald Hill Hemlock NY; d. 1899, buried Livonia Cem.; m. HULDAH M GOODWIN, 1857; b. 1840; d. 1930, buried Union Cem. Levonia NY.

Notes for WILLIAM A WEMETT:
Marrage apparently produced one child Emma, who married John H. Adams and produced children John, Clifford, Fannie who married an Abbott. Also another daughter named Gladys who married a man Hannah.

THIS IS A PARAGRAPH TAKEN FROM THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY WRITTEN BY ERWIN WEMETT (we think)

William Wemett, oldest son of Betsy and Joseph Wemett was born in 1820 and at the age of 29 married Huldah Goodwin. To this union was born on daughter Emma, who married John H. Adams, and raised a nice family. William Wemett relinquished this life in 1899. His widow Huldah Goodwin Wemett afterwards married Alden Pemberton.

OBITUARY 1899

Mr. William Wemett, an old resident of this place, died last Tuesday afternoon at half-past 4, after an illness extending over five years. His decline was rapid during the past two weeks. He was able to be at the polls town meeting day. Besides brothers and sisters, he leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. John H. Adams. The funeral was held from his late residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Blowers officiating. The burial was in the Livonia cemetary. Mr. Wemett was a man held in the highest esteem by our people, and all sincerely regret his death.

Notes for HULDAH M GOODWIN:
From the Family Chronicle, May/June 1998, "The Surname Origin List" pg 47
Goodwin (British) "a good friend"

OBITUARY
Huldah Pemberton, widow of Alden Pemberton, died at the home of Mrs. Parker Hoppough in Hemlock, at the venerable age of ninety years and one day. She had made her home with Mrs. Hoppough for the past year and a half.

Mrs. Pemberton was the daughter of Henry and Huldah Wheeler Gains and was born in South Bloomfield. In March 1860 she married William WeMett, who died in 1899. Their only child was a daughter, now Mrs. John Adams, who resides in Palmyra. Four years after Mr. WeMett's death, Mrs. Pemberton married Alden Pemberton who died nine years ago.

Besides the daughter in Palmyra and four grandchildren, Mrs. Pemberton leaves a step-son, V.H. Pemberton, of Livonia, and three step-daughters, Mrs. Bertha Doolittle and Mrs. Edna Burroughs of Michigan and Mrs. Gertrude Wells of Livonia. She also leaves two nieces, Mrs. V.H. Pemberton of Livonia, Miss Norma Gooding of Morris Plain, NJ, and two nephews, Rodney Gooding of Albany and Ralph Gaines of Detroit. A cousin, Mrs. Harriet Chase, 86, also survives.

iii. MARY H. WEMETT, b. Dec 1830, at family homestead Bald Hill Hemlock NY; d. 16 Aug 1905, buried Union Cem. Livonia NY; m. JOHN C BROWN, 1851; d. died young.

Notes for MARY H. WEMETT:
Scott married Laura Smith
Edward married Alta Potter
George Married Mary Ingrahm
Nellie married Albert Bailey
William A married Stella Roberts and had a son named Victor.

THIS IS A PARAGRAPH TAKEN FROM THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY WRITTEN BY ERWIN WEMETT (we think)

Mary Wemett, secon daughter of Joseph and Betsy Wemett at the age of 21 married a man we have all heard so much about, but like so many of our worthy forefathers John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave. To the union of John and Mary were born four sons and one daughter. Scott Brown married Laura Smith and a few years after her death married Melissa Aldrich. By his first wife, Scott left three girls and four boys; Ernest, Louis, Nellie, Bessie, Claude, and Clarence. Scott died ______. Melissa is still alive (1935).

Notes for JOHN C BROWN:
John Brown was one of the former firm of Brown & Wemett, of Livonia.

iv. MINERVA WEMETT, b. 1833, at family homestead Bald Hill Hemlock NY; d. 1898, buried Evergreen Cem. Canadice NY; m. AGUSTUS G SHEPARD, 13 Sep 1860, Lima NY; b. 1823; d. 1909, buried Evergreen Cem. Canadice NY.

Notes for MINERVA WEMETT:
Minerva was Agustus Shepard's second wife. Program shows 3 children, actually there was a 4th, a girl who became Mrs. Samual West, other information about her unknown.

Jessie married Cornal Elmer E. (Colonel) Colegrove. William A married Dollie Albertson

THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY; see Clarence Elmer Wemett

Notes for AGUSTUS G SHEPARD:
The Livingston County Historian, 30 Center Street, Geneseo NY 14454 has the Livingston Cty Federal Census 1860 which has a Augusta Shepard age 57, male, occupation as farmer in Springwater, NY. No further info. proving this is the same person, it is possible this could be his father.

Marriage Notes for MINERVA WEMETT and AGUSTUS SHEPARD:
Was married in Lima, NY, officiated by Rev James W Barley

v. JANE WEMETT, b. 1837; d. 1850.
vi. ELIZABETH WEMETT, b. 1839; d. 07 Nov 1902; m. ERASTUS T. WEMETT, 24 Sep 1874, Hemlock Lake (Source: NYS Census Ontario Co 1875); b. 08 Feb 1832, Canadice NY, Ontario County; d. 15 Sep 1909.

Notes for ERASTUS T. WEMETT:
THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY; see Clarence Elmer Wemett

Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH WEMETT and ERASTUS WEMETT:
Marrage also produced a daughter who dies at infancy, name unknown.

vii. HENRY JOSEPH WEMETT, b. Feb 1841, Canadice NY; d. 23 Apr 1923, Canadice NY - buried Union Cem Livonia NY; m. MARY ANN S. KNAPP, 01 Dec 1868; b. 1842, Bath NY; d. 30 Aug 1929, buried Union Cemetary Livonia NY.

Notes for HENRY JOSEPH WEMETT:
FROM AN ARTICAL TITLED THE PASSING OF A WELL-KNOWN MAN

Henry J. Wemett familiarly known as Captain Wemett by scores of his friends, died at his residence in the town of Canadice . He was born in the house where he died, being in his eighty- first year. He was ill but a few days. The immediate cause of death was heart failure. Mr. Wemett received his early education in the public schools and at Genesee Wesleyan seminary at Lima, leaving there in August, 1864, to enlist in the 188th New York Volunteers. In the service he was in ten engagements and became a first lieutenant under Colonel Doolittle. At the close of the war he re-entered the seminary at Lima, from which he was graduated as valedictorian of his class. For some time he studied law in Canadaigua. He later taught school in New York State and Michigan and was for some years school commissioner of Ontario county. He then became interested in the development of Hemlock Lake as a summer resort, where he built and operated several steam boats. When Hemlock Lake was acquired by the city of Rochester as a reservoir he transferred his interests to Conesus Lake, which became a popular resort for Rochesterians. Here he was instrumental in forming the Dewey transportation company, of which he was a shareholder and manager. A great many residents of Rochester and vicinity will remember the steamer McPherson of which Mr. Wemett was captain for several seasons. In 1893 Mr. Wemett turned his attention to the development and reclamation of the mucklands at South Lima, where he engaged in the raising of celery for some time, leaving there to retire to his farm on the east side of Hemlock Lake. He rendered the city officials considerable assistance in acquiring property around Hemlock and Canadice Lakes. The farm was the old homestead established by his father, Joseph Wemett, who came into this country from Canada as a young man. In 1868 Mr. Wemett was married to Mary A. S. Knapp of Bath. Mr. Wemett was a well-known public speaker, prominent in the affairs of his community, a natural story-teller with a strong personality, and he was fond of relating to his friends and acquaintances reminiscences of early days. His man public services brought him in close touch with a large number of people. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Mary Wemett six children-Dora and Harry of Chicago William of Valley City North Dakota, Mrs. Cora Weeks of Rochester, the Rev. Frank Wemett of Spokane and Robert, who resides on the old homestead. There are several grandchildren and on brother,, George A., of Hemlock. There are also six nephews. William Shepard C. E. Wemett, Floyd Wemett, Luther Wemett, Irwin Wemett and John Adams acted as bearers. Mrs. Floyd Caskey and Mrs. Huxley Gibbs sang. The Rev. Mr. Sanderson, pastor of the Hemlock Methodist church officiated at the funeral which was held from the house Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and the burial was in the Union cemetery at Livonia.

THIS IS A PARAGRAPH TAKEN FROM THE WEMETT FAMILY HISTORY, WRITTEN BY ELMER WEMETT (we think)

Henry J. Wemett

Henry J. Wemet, son of Uncle Joe and Aunt Betsy was born in 1841. He attended the Lima Seminary which his father had helped endow and upon graduation taught school for several years. Being Supt. of Schools. While being of a jovial disposition and always joking he was sought from far and near to complete the term of some unfortunate teacher who had been thrown out of the schoolhouse window. In 1868, he married Mary Knapp. Near the close of the war he enlisted.
To the union of Henry and Mary Wemett were born children; Frank, Cora, Harry, Dora, Robert, William. Of these Frank a Methodist Minister, Cora--Now Mrs. Weeks, William-- a Professor in Valley City State Normal, and Robert--on the old homestead, only survived.

HISTORY OF HEMLOCK, NY 1779-1989 Posted under ADA HELEN WEMETT

Notes for MARY ANN S. KNAPP:

OBITUARY - 1929

Mrs Mary A. Wemett, widow of Henry J. Wemett, passed away at her home on Bald Hill road last Saturday, in her 88th year. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Nettie Ayers; a daughter, Mrs Edward W. Weeks of Richmond, VA. Three sons, the Rev. Frank L. Wemett of Klamach Falls, Oregon, Robert R. of Hemlock and Prof. Wm. M of Valley Cty, N.D.; also several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as many other relatives and friends. The funeral service was held from the home on Tuesday at 2 O'clock, the Rev. G. H. Nelson, pastor of the Hemlock M. E church of which Mrs. Wemett was a member for many years, officiating. Burial was in the family plot at Livonia. Mrs. Wemett was a sweet Christian woman and much loved by all who knew her.

viii. GEORGE ALONZO WEMETT, b. 19 Mar 1844, at the family farm-Bald Hill Canadice NY buried Union Cem.; d. 13 Aug 1929, Hemlock NY - burried Union Cem Livonia NY (Source: Livingston Co., NY Surrogat's Court Estate Papers.); m. FRANCES CLEMONS, 07 Feb 1872; b. 05 Apr 1853, Springwater NY; d. 03 Feb 1941, Hemlock NY - burried Union Cem Livonia NY.

Notes for GEORGE ALONZO WEMETT:
As of 6/1/94 conversations with Mary, Mark, and Norris Wemett, no one can ever remember their grandfather working. He apparently had a small pension somehow connected to the the Civil War and periodically sold off some land from the family farm on Bald Hill.

Enlisted in Company I,188th New York Infantry Grand Armey Republic 1864. Attained rank of Sargeant, Participated in 9 engagements. Enlisted 9/29/1864 and discharged near Washington DC on 7/1/1865. At that time he was described on his discharge papers as 20 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall , fair complexion, blue eyes and light hair, occupation- farmer.

2003 - I have a copy of the Act of May 11, 1912, United States of America Bureau of Pensions, #796631 that reads: It is hereby certified That in Conformity with the laws of the United States George A. Wemett who was a Sergeant Co I 188 Regiment New York Infantry is entitled to a pension at the rate of $15.50 per month, to commence June 4, 1912, 19.00 per mo. from March 19, 1914 and $22.50 per month from March 19, 1919. Given at the Department of the Interior this 13 day of April 1913 and of the Independence of the USA the one hundred and 37th.

Act of May 1, 1920 Increases his pension to the rate of $72/mo, to commence Sept 1, 1928

THIS IS FROM A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FOR THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY (1922)

Mr. and Mrs George A. Wemett parents of four sons, two of which died in infancy. Of the two that remain, Correll Wemett is proprietor of the Hilltop Dairy and owner of a large farm in Lima, while Clarence E Wemett is president of C. E. Wemett & Company, Inc., which has offices in Hemlock, Naples and Prattsburg.

During her entire life Mrs. Wemett has been interessted in music and has been prominently connected with every musical enterprise within the community. She greduated from the Sherwood Musical Academy, in Lyons NY 1869. Until recent years she has taught piano and has been the organist in the local Methodist Church, of which she has been an active member.

Mr. Wemett has the distinction of being the oldest man in the community, besides being one of the four surving Civil War veterans in the town of Livonia. He can distinctly recall many of his war experiences that took place after his enlistment in 1864. He took part in nine engagements the most important of which was the battle of Five Forks where 600 Rebel prisoners were taken. Most of his fighting was done under th command of Gereral Gregory, Major Davidson, and Captain John Marks. The latter two coming from Rochester.
Mr Wemett was at the front at the time of the surrender and it was his company that guarded the arms that the Confederate Soldiers piled up as they filed past and surrendered their weapons. He recalls the kindness shown by General Grant in allowing the rebel soldiers to keep their horses and side arms.


ARTICAL ENTITLED "HEMLOCK VETERAN DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS"

George A. Wemett's Funeral Today

George A Wemett passed away after a brief illness at his home in Hemlock, Tuesday evening, August 13, 1929. Mr. Wemett was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Welch Wemett and was born March 19, 1844, on the home farm, Bald HIll, Canadice, the present home of his nephew, robert Wemett. He was one of fifteen children. He married Miss Francis Clemons of Springwater in 1872 and they resided on the home farm for four years, after which they moved to Hemlock and have resided in their present home ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Wemett had four sons, two of which died in infancy. Several years ago they took into their hearts and home a little girl, who is now Mrs. Everett hayward. Mr. Wemett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Wemett; two sons Correll of Lima and Clarence E. of hemlock; also the daughter, Mrs Aulsa Hayward, and 11 grandchildren. Before his marrieage Mr. Wemett served in the Civil War fighting mostly under the command of Major Davison and Capt. Marks of Rochester.

DEATH CLAIMS OLDEST RESIDENT OF HEMLOCK - is the title of a newspaper clipping

Hemlock, Aug. 14 - George A. Wemett, oldest resident of this community, died at his home here late Tuesday.

He was born in the Town of Canadice, March 19, 1844, the son of Elizabeth Welch and Joseph Wemett and one of a family of 15 children. He married Frances Clemons, Springwater, on Feb 7, 1872. To them were born four sons, two of which remain, Cerrell Wemett, Lima, and Clarence E. Wemett, Hemlock. He is also survived by his widow and Mrs. Aulsa Hayward, an adopted daughter.

Mr. Wemett was one of the four surviving Civil War veterans in the town of Livonia. He enlisted in 1864 and took part in nine engagements, the most important of which was the battle of Five Forks.

And the artical continues about the funeral services.

HISTORY OF HEMLOCK, NY 1779-1989 Posted under ADA HELEN WEMETT

Notes for FRANCES CLEMONS:
Interested in music all her life. Taught piano & organ. Played for the Methodist Church.Graduated from Sherwood Musical Academy in Lyons NY in 1869.

Newspaper article - "MUSIC BEING TAUGHT BY HEMLOCK WOMAN AT 85"

Mrs. Francis Wemett, 85 veteran music teacher, who teaching finger exercises to grandchildren and great grandchildren of her former pupils has now thought of retirement.
She started giving music lessons as a girl of 16 in the rugged locality of Springwater, following graduation from a course of music at Lyons Academy in 1869. She pleasantly recalls 41 names of pupils recorded in her 69 year old book. She drove about from home to home, in all kinds of weather, with a horse and buggy. On Sunday she played a little cabinet organ in the Baptist church.

She married at 19 and except for short periods has taught music ever since.
"Music was my hobby. I love children and I never get tired and lose my patience with them," asserted our silver-haired musician, whose fingers are still nimble on the keys of her old fashioned square piano.

Mrs. Wemett has one son living, Clarence Wemett of Hemlock, a foster daughter Mrs. Everett Heyward, of West Bloomfield, 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

This is a newspaper article with the title "TEACHER NEAR 86TH BIRTHDAY"

Hemlock-A 70-year period of music teaching is the record of Mrs. Frances Wemett, veteran music teacher of the Hemlock area, who will observe her 86th birthday.
This octogenarian is teaching finger-exercises to great-grandchildren of former pupils. In one corner of her pleasant living room filled with mementos of a lifetime of music teaching is an old-fashioned square piano at which three generations of children have learned the rudiments of music. "Children aren't much different now than they were in my earlier days of teaching. They still don't like to practice," she sighed.
When 16 she began her musical career as a teacher in the rural locality of Springwater, following completion of a course in music in Lyons Academy in 1869. Days when parlor organs and melodeons were the rule in the homes of her pupils and when music teaching meant logn hours of hard travel over country roads through the deep drifts of winter are all a part of her memories.
She was born in Springwater Apr. 18, 1853. When 19 she married George Wemett, who died 10 years ago. She has a son, Clarence Wemett, living in Hemlock and a foster daughter, Mrs. Everett Hayward of West Bloomsfield. She has 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

2003 - I have a copy of the Act of May 1, 1920 United States of America Bureau of pensions #1649792 stating that: It is hereby certified that in conformity with the laws of the US Frances C Wemett Widow of George A. Wemett who was a Sergeant, Co. I, 188th New York Infantry is entitled to a pension at the rate of Forty dollars per month to commence August 28, 1929 and to continue during her widowhood.
Given a the Department of the Interior this forteenth day of Dec. 1929 and of the Independence of the USA the one hundred and fifty-fourth.

I also have a letter from the Veterans Adminstration dated Feb. 12, 1937 that Frances C. Wemett was looking for an increase in pension to $50/mo, but being turned down. The letter states "in order for the widow of a Civil War veteran to have title to pension of $50.00 per mo it is necessary for the widow to have been the wife of the veteran during his Civil War service."

Marriage Notes for GEORGE WEMETT and FRANCES CLEMONS:
Marrage produced two sons who died in infancy.

Produced one son known to be named Fred. Died at age 3.

34. JOSEPH6 OUIMET (MICHEL5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 09 Jan 1793. He married CELESTE GELINE 09 Jan 1815 in Longueuil Canada.

Child of JOSEPH OUIMET and CELESTE GELINE is:
i. JOSEPH7 OUIMET, b. 30 Sep 1815, Longueuil Canada.

Notes for JOSEPH OUIMET:
Baptized Sept. 30, 1815

35. AMABLE6 DUSSAULT (ELIZABETH5 OUIMET, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) She married MICHEL LARRIVEE.

Child of AMABLE DUSSAULT and MICHEL LARRIVEE is:
i. LOUISE7 LARRIVEE, b. 1834, Canada-FR; d. 04 Dec 1893, Ware, MA; m. FRANK DYER, ABT 1851; b. 1821, Canada-FR; d. 19 Apr 1909, Ware, MA.

Notes for FRANK DYER:
Had 12 Children and lived in Ware, Massachusetts

36. ALEXIS6 OUIMET (ANTOINE5, IGNACE4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born 13 Apr 1801 in Longueuil Canada. He married CATHERINE NORMANDIN 12 Feb 1822 in St. Jean, Baptiste de Rouville.

Notes for ALEXIS OUIMET:
Baptized April 14, 1801.

Child of ALEXIS OUIMET and CATHERINE NORMANDIN is:
i. ALEXIS7 OUIMET, b. 26 Nov 1822, St. Jean-Baptiste de Rouville.

37. GEDEON6 OUIMET (JEAN5, JEAN-CYPRIEN4, PIERRE3, JEAN2, NICHOLAS1) was born Aft. 1825 in PQ. He married MARIE-JEANNE PELLANT 13 Aug 1850 in Notre-Dame, Montreal, Bas-Canada.

Child of GEDEON OUIMET and MARIE-JEANNE PELLANT is:
i. GUSTAVE7 OUIMET, b. ABT 1858; m. ANTOINETTE-NANCY DESSANE, 11 Nov 1878, Notre-Dame, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

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