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Jean Houymet

Jean Ouimet, also known as Jean Houymet, was born circa 1634.[1] He is thought to be from Évigny, located in the archdiocese of Reims in Champagne province (Ardennes), France.[2] He died November 18, 1687, aged 53 years, in Sainte-Famille parish on the Island of Orléans. He and his wife, Renée Gagnon, are the ancestors of all Ouimet and Ouimette descendants (and some Bastien families) of North America.

The following text recounts the present day knowledge about this pioneer. Over time, sources of information and extensive research have made it possible to specify certain details. Traditional genealogical sources are sometimes flawed, but are nevertheless the basis of the information presented below.

His arrival in New France edit

On Friday, March 14, 1659, the ship "Le Sacrifice d’Abraham" left the port of Dieppe and stopped at La Rochelle. From there, the crew and passengers awaited favorable winds, and on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1659, they set sail for America with Bishop Francois Montmorency de Laval, who became the first bishop of New France. Among the other passengers was Jean Ouimet, aged approximately 25 years. Thirty-four days later, a fast crossing for the time, the ship stopped at Percé on Friday, May 16, 1659. The bishop then confirmed "130 French settlers and native persons." Jean Ouimet likely took advantage of the opportunity to stretch his legs. On Monday, June 16th, at six o'clock in the evening, the ship anchored in front of Québec City, as indicated by the Jesuit Relations.[3] It is at this point that Jean Ouimet "descends from the boat to the sound of bells and the sound of cannons that resonate and detonate in honor of the bishop."

There is, however, no official document that can certify the date of arrival of Jean Ouimet in New France. The first trace of Jean Ouimet, recorded in a notarial deed, dated Saturday, November 8, 1659, in Château-Richer, is a land purchase contract signed in the presence of notary Claude Aubert. It was Mr. Roland-J. Auger, then a genealogist emeritus at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (lit. National Library and Archives of Quebec) who in 1965 transmitted the above information to Father Germain Ouimet, who later held the presidency of the family association known as "Les Descendants of Jean Ouimet Inc." for many years.

The following is a summary of the knowledge acquired about the origin of Jean Ouimet as well as the chronology of certain events that punctuated his life from his arrival in New France until the day he left for a better world. For any person, knowing one's origins and true roots means knowing one's identity, increasing one's self-esteem, but also affirming one's great pride in the surname that unites him to a great family among whom there have been several illustrious members throughout history. Reading this document will enable you to go back in time and familiarize yourself with the life and times of the ancestor of the Ouimet, Ouimette (and some Bastien) families. (https://www.associationouimet.net/)

His place of origin: from Vrigny to Vigny to Évigny! edit

Clarifying the origin of Jean Ouimet has been a bit like "the quest for the Holy Grail!” Research has been carried out by several people with the aim of finding or clarifying the exact origin of Jean Ouimet, with no convincing results. Alleged birth dates published on several websites are not supported by handwritten or archival sources in France.

The starting point, supported by a handwritten source, is the marriage contract of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon, dated October 3, 1660, at Château-Richer. The marriage contract of "Jean houymet" and "Renée Gasgnon", written by the notary Claude Aubert indicates that the father and mother of Jean resided in the parish of Vigny (sic), archbishopric of Reims.[4] Note that only the marriage contract is available at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (lit. National Library and Archives of Quebec) located at the Casault Building, Laval University campus in Québec City or online; the religious record of the marriage cannot be found.

 
Map of the old provinces of France (Source: Histoire-Généalogique.com)

"Nicollas houymet" and "Poucette Nicayse" are the parents of Jean. For genealogists in Canada, two important sources indicate the origin of Jean Ouimet. The Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français (Drouin Institute) indicates that Jean was originally from Vrigny,[5] while the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec (René Jetté in collaboration with PRDH: Programme de recherche en démographie historique) specifies that Jean was originally from Vrigny, located in the vicinity and archbishopric of Reims. Jean-Claude Trottier's paleographic analysis of the marriage contract of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon in the fall of 2014 suggests that it is evidently Évigny.[6] Note that Reims was the chief town of the former province of Champagne.

Vigny and Vrigny are two different places. It is believed that the genealogists of the time did not find Vigny or a similar place name on the maps of France and they chose Vrigny which was located near Reims.

In the spring of 1994, Jean-Paul Denise, then president of the Centre généalogique de la Marne, carried out research to clarify the place of origin of our ancestor. Finding no documents for the commune of Vrigny in the departmental archives indicating the surnames Houymet and Nicayse, he deduced that the origin had to be Virginy.[7] Moreover, he pointed out that there was a certain concentration of Nicayse families there and that the surname Wuillemet (or Willemet) seemed to be common at that time. On the other hand, no documents emerged recording the names of Jean, Nicollas or Poucette!

Today, on the North American continent, there are mainly Ouimet and Ouimette families. In 1659 and 1660, notary Aubert wrote Houymet on his notarial deeds, and in 1994 Jean-Paul Denise discovered the mark or the signature of our ancestor Jean Ouimet, which took the form of a "W" or a "Wi" at the bottom of his marriage contract (see below). It was now necessary to think that the surname of our ancestor could be Wilmet, Wuillemet, or something like that. This corroborated the analysis entitled "Etymology of the surname Ouimet" carried out by Denis Ouimet in 1991.[8] Céline Ouimet-Larivière (2004) concluded that the letter "w" rarely appeared in the proper names of France in the seventeenth century and that it was peculiar to the Germanic and northern European languages.[9]

 
The presumed Mark or signature of Jean Ouimet (source : marriage contract of Jean and Renée, October 3, 1660)

In the fall of 2001, Jean-Claude Launois, a resident of La Varenne-St-Hilaire (suburb of Paris) found five helpful excerpts from notarial documents. Between 1541 and 1553, Denis Willemet and Jehan Willemet of the Monthois region entered into agreements relating to farm leases and the sale of land.[10] The other extract, dated 1556, involving Pierre Willemet, deals with the sale of part of a house.[11] These notarial documents precede the birth of Jean Ouimet, our ancestor, by 78 and 93 years respectively. Is there a relationship between these individuals and the ancestor Jean Ouimet? That remains to be proved. Certainly, the Willemet surname is present in this region of Champagne around Reims.

At the end of autumn 2007, Fr. Paul Boussemart of Besançon, France, began research on the exact origin of Jean Ouimet.[12] He suggested the possibility that the ancestor Jean Ouimet was a native of Vrizy, where today families by the names of Willemet, Wuillemet and Nicaise live.[13] He eventually found Vigny, a small commune that existed until 1640 but which was annexed by Rethel. It is plausible to believe that the parish registers of this period were destroyed by the Spanish invasions in the middle of the seventeenth century. However, documentation of six notarial studies for the region of this commune appears to be available. Fr. Boussemart's research, in March 2008, enabled him to trace six (extremely difficult-to-read) acts where the surnames Wilmet and Vuilmet are clearly legible. Again, is there a kinship or family relation? More research needs to be carried out.

A few years ago, Céline Ouimet-Larivière, Francine Ouimet-Goetz, and Annette Ouimet-Assad, members of the Association "Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet Inc." tried in vain to trace Wimet families on French soil.

On October 3, 1660, when notary Claude Aubert redacted the marriage contract of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon, he wrote the place of origin according to what he heard from the mouth of Jean, who was surely expressing himself in a dialect of the Ardennes region: “Je suis originaire d’Évigny.” The notary believed that Jean indicated “Je suis originaire de Vigny.” According to Denis Ouimet,[14] the elision of the vowel of the preposition “de” would be the basis of this ambiguity. Let us not forget that notary Aubert noted the surname “Houymet”, which later evolved to Ouimet, Ouimette (as well as thirty-two other spellings!). See his paraphe (the W mark) above. In addition, the surname “Houymet” cannot be found in France. On the other hand, surnames like Wilmet, Wilmette, Wimet, Wuilmet, and Wuillemet are quite common in various locations in Belgium and France.[15] Other genealogical works and articles stipulate that these numerous variations would be derived from the surname Guillaume.[16]

Évigny, a commune in the department of the Ardennes in Haute-Marne, is located 5 km southeast of Charleville-Mézières and is part of the archdiocese of Reims, which formerly was part of the former French province of Champagne. So, everything seems to be in agreement.

In light of the above information, it appears that conventional genealogical sources (Drouin and Jetté) falsely indicate that the ancestor of all Ouimet/tes was originally from Vrigny. It is for this reason that the hypothesis about the commune of Évigny seems to pinpoint the region of origin of our ancestor.

Research is long and arduous. The documentation, which is often difficult to read, is not always available because of the numerous armed conflicts that took place in this region during the Spanish invasion, the Thirty Years' War, the First World War, and the Second World War. There is always hope that one day the exact origin of Jean Ouimet will be found. The next step in this research would be to find passenger rolls at the maritime archives at Dieppe and/or La Rochelle, in addition to searching for notarized contemporary contracts. Another promising avenue resides with DNA testing. A correspondence between the DNA analysis results of Ouimet/te individuals of Canada and the United States with those of Wilmet/Wuillemet from France and Belgium could certainly help to clarify the region of origin of Jean Houymet

The reason for his departure from France edit

Travelling to a distant colony, leaving everything behind, not knowing if he would survive the long, painful, and dangerous crossing of the Atlantic, is the decision that Jean Ouimet must have made.

He also had to consider other factors, such as the severity of the climate, the constant threats of the First Nations peoples, and the prospect of rebuilding his life elsewhere by hard labor. Aged approximately 25 years old, perhaps without a family (since he was an heir, as indicated in his marriage contract), possibly afflicted by the numerous armed conflicts that ravaged his part of the country,[17] or suffering from a heartbreak, our ancestor decided to leave.

Had he been recruited, and was his place reserved for settlement in New France? In the studies of Hervé Faupin[18] and René Gobillot,[19] there is the question of important historical figures, originating in Champagne, who returned to France for various reasons before travelling back to New France. They surely tried to recruit future settlers. The most famous are Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, born not far from Troyes, on February 15, 1612; Jeanne Mance, born in Nogent-le-Roi, in 1606; Jean Talon, born in Châlons-sur-Marne, around 1625; and Marguerite Bourgeois, also born at Troyes, April 17, 1620. There were surely others.

Did Jean Ouimet flee from lugubrious living conditions, changing climatic conditions, recurrent famines or the possibility of a new epidemic? There are no answers to these questions. Certainly the attraction of obtaining a land concession, for free (or almost free), to live in relative peace and to be able to benefit from better life conditions, must certainly have influenced his decision. He was surely a determined individual and, knowing that his success would be based on his determination and energy, he embarked on this adventure.

The journey of his life edit

Did he leave from Dieppe or La Rochelle? Since the passengers lists have yet to be found, it is difficult to determine the exact location of his departure, despite the masterful study of Gaucher, Delafosse and Debien.[20] Between December 1952 and March 1960, nine articles published in La Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française reported the enlisted persons which travelled to Canada during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Note that a little more than 225 kilometers separate Reims from Dieppe, while a little more than 540 kilometers separate Reims from La Rochelle. If Jean Ouimet committed himself for a period of thirty-six months in New France as an indentured servant, from where did he embark? It is estimated that the coaches of that time period traveled from thirty to forty kilometers per day. How long did it take him to complete the trip? Five to 8 days to reach Dieppe and 14 to 18 days to reach La Rochelle. Did he make the journey on foot?

At that time, ship crews waited for the winds to be favorable in order to drop the moorings and set sail. Travelers, as well as the crew, always expected the worst, not knowing how many days they would be at sea. Would they have enough food and drinking water, would disease wreak havoc? They were at the mercy of the winds, atmospheric conditions and relied on Providence by praying to the Holy Father, the Holy Mother, St. Elmo, patron saint of sailors, and St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers.

Some 3,500 nautical miles later (approximately 6482 km, if the following conversion factor is used: 1 nautical mile = 1,852 km), according to the Journal des Jésuites, the ship “Le Sacrifice d’Abraham” anchored off Québec City on June 16, 1659. It was with a certain excitement and some apprehension that the travelers waited to complete the journey by shuttling between the ship and the rudimentary docks of Québec City. The inhabitants of the city also awaited the arrival of travelers, the goods and supplies of the mother country, and the mail.

From Sunday, April 13, to Monday, June 16, 1659, interspersed with a small stop over at Gaspé, the great journey had lasted sixty-four days.

Once ashore, what did Jean Ouimet do? From then until Friday, November 7, 1659, the day Jean Ouimet signed a farmer's lease with Guillaume Thibault, it is impossible to know where he lived and how he occupied his time, since there are no documents to prove it. Besides, Mr. Roland-J. Auger, genealogist emeritus of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (lit. National Library and Archives of Quebec), asserts that Jean Ouimet was a passenger on the ship “Le Sacrifice d’Abraham” in his letter dated February 3, 1965 to Father Germain Ouimet.

His first homestead edit

At that time, Jean Ouimet had to follow the instructions and do like everyone else; he could not buy land until he had been in the country for three years, unless he had paid his way.[21] It seems that Jean Ouimet paid his way for the following two reasons. On the one hand he was not bound by a contract of the "thirty-six months" variety, because he would have started his apprenticeship as a farmer shortly after his arrival and he would not have been able to acquire land. On the other hand, in his marriage contract drafted on October 3, 1660,[22] it is well indicated that he was the "son and heir of the late Nicollas Houymet et Perrette Nicayse his father and mother." If he was an heir, he certainly had money which enabled him to pay for his passage; otherwise, what does the word "heir" mean?

 
Drawing of Guillaume Thibault.[23]

Jean Ouimet left his first trace in the notarial archives on Friday, November 7, 1659,[24] when he concluded a farmer's lease with Guillaume Thibault. The next day, Saturday, November 8, 1659, in Château-Richer, he signed a land purchase contract in front of notary Claude Aubert, with Guillaume Thibault and Marie-Madeleine Lefrançois.[25]

 
The house of Guillaume Thibault in Château-Richer (photo taken by Denis Ouimet)

Guillaume Thibault, son of Nicolas and Elisabeth Anséaume or Anthiome, baker and tailor, born in 1618 in Rouen in Normandy, settled on the Côte de Beaupré, more precisely at Château-Richer, in 1648.[26] He was a volunteer of La Rochelle.[27] He had previously settled in Trois-Rivières around 1638 before returning to France. On Monday, January 11, 1655,[28] in Notre-Dame-de-Québec church, Québec City, he married Marie-Madeleine François or Lefrançois. Born around 1635, Marie-Madeleine was the adopted daughter of Isaac and Esther Paigne, natives of Metz in the Lorraine region. The ancestral home of the Thibaults is located at the corner of Avenue Royale and rue Couillard in Château-Richer. It is not the house that dates from the time of Jean Ouimet, since it was burned like all the others of the Côte de Beaupré and the south shore during the British invasion of New France in 1759. It was rebuilt in 1760 as indicated by the plaque appearing on the left part of the house.

In Château-Richer, Saturday November 8, 1659,[29] Jean Ouimet (aged 25 years) initialed a contract before notary Claude Aubert to purchase a tract of land from Guillaume Thibault (aged 41 years) and his wife Marie-Madeleine Lefrançois (aged 24 years). It was a tract of land roughly 2 acres wide ("2 arpents de front") on the Saint Lawrence River, situated in Beaupré near the brook named "Rivière du Sault de la puce"(lit. River of the Flea Jump).

 
Map showing the location of Guillaume Thilbault's land tract[30]

His marriage edit

Let us open here an important parenthesis to explain how Jean's life would soon change by meeting his future wife. Shortly before or following the farmer's lease and the land purchase from Guillaume Thibault, Jean Ouimet met Renée Gagnon, daughter of Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cauchon. Did he meet her in Québec City a few days after June 16, 1659, or before? This is quite possible, because Jean Gagnon (Jean Ouimet's future father in law) and his two brothers were merchants on Saint-Pierre Street in the lower town of Québec City, where Jean Ouimet disembarked from the vessel “Le Sacrifice d’Abraham.”

He may have met his future wife and in-laws at the time of his confirmation. On Monday, February 2, 1660,[31] Bishop Laval, first bishop of New France, was in Château-Richer to confirm his parishioners (both young and not so young), which included Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon (she had been christened April 8, 1643 in St-Joachim[32]). The adjacent tract of land located southwest from Jean Ouimet's is located next to the brook named “La Rivière du Sault de la Puce,” and was owned by Jean Cloutier; there was a windmill where the inhabitants went to grind their cereals. Is this where Jean and Renée met or did they meet elsewhere, perhaps at Sunday Mass?

Time passes, and Cupid does his work. Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon presented themselves with some relatives and acquaintances before the notary Aubert on October 3, 1660,[32] at Château-Richer, for the drafting and signing of their marriage contract. The religious record cannot be found, but we believe that the marriage took place a few days later, most likely in the house of the in-laws Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cauchon, as was the custom of the time since no church had been built in Château-Richer at that time.

The marriage contract indicates that the parents of Jean Ouimet are Nicollas Houymet and Poucette Nicayse of the parish “de Vigny,” archbishopric de Reims.

An illegal purchase edit

On October 2, 1662,[33] three years after his arrival, Jean Ouimet, before the notary Aubert, tried to acquire the tract of land of Marin Nourrice (farm number 53) on Côte de Beaupré. Ouimet never occupied this tract of land.[34] Nourrice had acquired the title for this concession from Marie Favery. However, this lady had no claim on this concession, which invalidated the title of Marin Nourrice. The contract was therefore cancelled. Without going into details, we believe that Jean Ouimet, his wife Renée Gagnon, and his son Louis, would have lived with Jean Gagnon and Marguerite Cauchon before going to settle on the Island of Orléans.

Settling down edit

Earlier that year, on Monday, April 10, 1662, Jean Ouimet bought from Mr. de Lauzon, Lord of Charny, concession number 51, a lot about two acres wide along the St. Lawrence River on the north passage. It is a concession located in the parish of Sainte-Famille on the Island of Orléans. His neighbors were Jean Allaire and Pierre Paillereau. According to the minutes of the royal notary Paul Vachon, Bishop Laval regularized the transfer of this concession in January 1668,[35] by acknowledging that Jean Ouimet was the rightful owner. There is a mention of the purchase of this concession in the minutes of the notary Vachon and more precisely in the inventory of the assets of Jean Ouimet on Tuesday, October 26, 1688, one year after his death.[36]

In fact, the inventory cites the purchase of land from Bishop Laval in these translated terms: “and the other done by Bishop Laval of roughly three acres of the said concession on the said river written in front of the said notary on the twenty sixth (sic) of January one thousand six hundred and sixty eight, inventoried and marked at the letter C.” According to the historian Marcel Trudel, in his book “Le terrier du Saint-Laurent in 1663” (page 67), it would be the same concession, the one bought on April 10, 1662, which would have passed roughly from two to three acres of frontage.

 
Map showing the location of the concession of Jean Ouimet (Trudel 1973)[37]

The descendants of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon edit

Below is a summary table indicating the names and dates of birth of the children of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon. Please note that the first two children (letters a and b) were born in Château-Richer.[38][39]

 
Table of the children of Jean Ouimet

All the other children of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon (letters c to i), seven in all, were born and baptized in the parish of Sainte-Famille, on the Island of Orléans. It is in this parish that Jean Ouimet and his wife Renée Gagnon raised their family, built a house and other buildings that would resist the harsh winters and protect them against the rigors of a climate to which Jean Ouimet was not accustomed. Jean slowly cleared his concession, painfully, one acre at a time. He cut the wood that would heat his house and plowed the land to get a subsistence, which had to be very rudimentary, during the few years that followed his arrival. He had to adapt his knowledge of the cultivation of the land and the breeding of animals. He also participated in the social life and common tasks required by the authorities in place. In short, in one generation he was able to build a heritage that his ancestors had taken centuries to build in France.

The end of his adventure edit

On November 18, 1687, Jean Ouimet died at the age of 53 years.[39] Curiously, several people of the Sainte-Famille parish died in the fall of 1687; is it possible that Jean Ouimet died during an epidemic? It is from this date that one can determine that his year of birth is 1634. This is an approximation because no handwritten source was found to specify to prove his birth date. One year after his death, on October 26, 1688,[40] notary Paul Vachon made an inventory of his property and belongings.[36] He was allegedly buried in the parish cemetery surrounding the first church in the parish of Sainte-Famille which was located about 90 meters north of the present church.[41]

The house situated on the ancestral concession at Sainte-Famille, Island of Orléans edit

Located at 2209, Chemin Royal, at the outskirts of Sainte-Famille parish, is the magnificent house of Arthur Plumpton and Nicole Simard. It was erected on a part of the concession of Jean Ouimet. The eastern part of this house might have been built between 1750 and 1800 on land cleared and inhabited by Jean Ouimet, Renée Gagnon and their children.[42]

 
The house situated on the ancestral concession at Sainte-Famille, Island of Orléans (Photo taken by Denis Ouimet (2008))

It is not the house that Jean Ouimet inhabited. In the aforementioned post-mortem inventory (October 26, 1688),[43] there is a reference to the buildings on this concession at the time of Jean's death; the framework of a house with beams and covered with planks, an little old log house in which they lived and of little value, a barn with beams and covered with straw and with an adjoining stable.

Over the years, the current owners have renovated this home and other buildings according to the ancient methods, the standards and styles of the time. In addition, they have a green thumb because the plants that make up the borders that surround the house are simply magnificent.

The 350th anniversary in the spring of 2009 edit

Twenty years after the founding of the Family Association known as “Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet Inc.,” the administrative committee organized an event to mark the 350th anniversary of the arrival of Jean Ouimet in New France. To this end, two historical plaques were installed on the territory of the parish of Sainte-Famille. The first one, in the Parc des Ancêtres[44] on the Island of Orléans, and the second one, in the parking lot of Monsieur Laval Gagnon's fruit and vegetable kiosque, at 2208, chemin Royal.

 
Photo taken by Denis Ouimet (spring 2009)
 
 
Hand-drawn portrait of Jean Ouimet, completed in 1990 by Louise-V. Séguin (Dalkeith, ON)

These historical plaques pay tribute to Jean and his wife Renée and their many descendants, and recognize their courage, determination and spirit of adventure. These qualities are observable among several descendants in the following generations of Ouimet families who have not hesitated to leave the Island of Orléans to spread throughout North America. From the second generation, they settled elsewhere in the provinces of Québec and Ontario, and later in the United States and western Canada. The desire to ensure a better future for their children has been perpetuated from generation to generation.

Conclusion edit

The origins of Jean Ouimet and parts of his life with his wife Renée and their children are documented. Certainly, there are questions that remain unanswered. Research is continuing. In the 21st century, technology now allows all individuals to know their personal genome by analyzing the characteristics of DNA. This is another way to find out how blood ties unite the descendants of Jean Ouimet and Renée Gagnon. It is possibly the means by which the exact origin of the ancestor Jean Ouimet will be identified. The future will tell.

About the authors edit

Text written and translated by Denis Ouimet (Rockland, Ontario), founding member and genealogist of the family association known as Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet Inc. (https://www.associationouimet.net/)

The French version of this text was revised in 2009 by Céline Ouimet-Larivière, Monique Ouimet-Drolet, Richard Ouimet and later in 2016 by Madeleine Ouimet-Théorêt. It was posted on Wikipedia (french version) by Robert Drolet in October 2016.

The English version was revised by Barry MacKenzie and Brian Christensen in 2016 and most recently in May 2023 by Denis Ouimet. It was posted on Wikipedia (English version) by Pierre-Alexandre Langlois-Gaudreault in October 2023.

Sources and bibliography edit

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  • Ouimet, Denis. Denis WILLEMET et Jehan WILLEMET, Le Houymet, volume XII, no. 2, May 2002, pp. 41-43 ISSN 0037-9387
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  • Ouimet, Denis. De Vrigny à Vigny à Évigny, Le Houymet, volume XXII, no. 3, September 2012, p. 62 ISSN 1183-0174
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  • Trottier, Jean-Claude. Reims? – Oui, mais..., Le Houymet, volume XXIV, no. 3, September 2014, Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet Inc., pp. 49-53 ISSN 1183-0174
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See also edit

Notes and References edit

  1. ^ Be aware, the date of birth of "September 6, 1634" posted on some websites is unfounded since it is not supported by archival sources such as a notarial contract, a religious document. The dates proposed on some websites are thus erroneous until proven otherwise.
  2. ^ According to his marriage contract dated October 3, 1660, at Château-Richer, Jean Ouimet was originally from "Vigny.” According to our research, this commune does not exist in Champagne. The genealogists of the time opted for "Vrigny," located near Reims; the church of St. Vincent at Vrigny opened its registers in 1692! We believe that it would be Évigny rather than Vigny (see explanation in this text).
  3. ^ Beaulieu, Victor-Lévy (1972). Relations des Jésuites, 1611-1672, Éditions du Jour, Montréal, 6 volumes, [no ISBN].
  4. ^ "BAnQ-M, minutes of notary Claude Aubert". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). October 1660. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  5. ^ The commune of Vrigny is located approximately 9 kilometers to the west of Reims in Champagne (Marne). The parish registers available (1692 to 1792) begin only after the birth and death of the ancestor Jean Ouimet.
  6. ^ Trottier, Jean-Claude (September 2014). "Reims? - Oui, mais...". Le Houymet. XXIV (3): 49–53 – via ISSN 1183-0174.
  7. ^ The commune of Virginy is located about 55 kilometers east of Reims in Champagne (Marne) and is part of the archdiocese of Reims.
  8. ^ Ouimet, Denis (1991). "Étymologie du patronyme Ouimet". Mémoire de la Société généaologique canadienne-française. 42 (4): 279–280 – via ISSN 0037-9387.
  9. ^ Ouimet-Larivière (January 2004). "La lettre «W» était-elle en usage dans l'alphabet français en 1659?". Le Houymet. XIV (1): 19 – via ISSN 1183-0174.
  10. ^ Ouimet, Denis (May 2002). "Denis Willemet et Jehan Willemet". Le Houymet. XII (2): 41–43 – via ISSN 1183-0174.
  11. ^ Ouimet, Denis (September 2002). "Pierre Willemet". Le Houymet. XII (3): 74–75 – via ISSN 1183-0174.
  12. ^ Ouimet, Denis (September 2008). "L'origine des Ouimet et les recherches du Père Paul Boussemart". Le Houymet. XVIII (3): 10–12 – via ISSN 1183-0174.
  13. ^ According to Father Paul Boussemart, the first name could be Poncette Nicaise.
  14. ^ Ouimet, Denis (September 2012). "De Vrigny à Vigny à Évigny". Le Houymet. XXII (3): 62 – via ISSN 1183-0174.
  15. ^ Thirty-two known spellings stem from or are at the origin of the patronymic or surname Ouimet : Houmier, Houymet, Houymier, Ouimeth, Ouimette, Ouinet, Oumet, Viliaume, Villiaume, Vilmet, Vilmette, Vuilmet, Vuilmette, Vuillemet, Vuimet, Wemet, Wemette, Wemott, Wilhelm, Wuillaume, Willemet, Wilmet, Wilmette, Wilmeth, Wilmet, Wilmette, Wilmot, Wilmotte, Wuilemet, Wuilmet, Wuilmette et Wuimet.
  16. ^ Grandeau, Yann (1997). À la recherche de vos ancêtres; guide du généalogiste amateur. Paris: Stock.
  17. ^ In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the boundaries delimiting the Spanish Netherlands were often transgressed in the numerous armed conflicts. The northern part of Champagne was particularly affected. The mobility of the population was surely also.
  18. ^ Faupin, Hervé (2003). Nouvelle-France, la courageuse épopée champenoise. Langres, France: Édition Dominique Guéniot.
  19. ^ Gobillot, René (1955). "Champagne et Canada". Le bulletin des recherches historiques. 61 (1): 17–28.
  20. ^ Gaucher, Delafosse, Debien, M. (1952). "Engagés pour le Canada au XVIIe siècle vus de la Rochelle". Revue d'histoire de l'amérique française. 6 (3): 177–233. doi:10.7202/301517ar.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ The probationary period for the volunteers was "thirty-six months." "Once the period of thirty-six months had elapsed, the contractors were free to buy land if they had money, to become settlers (censitaires in French), or to return to France" (see Indentured servant in Wikipedia).
  22. ^ Jean Ouimet is heir; this is what is stated in his marriage contract drawn up by notary Claude Aubert on 3 October 1660 in Château-Richer; (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3781761?docref=8J6D_YrteYpkP0gmsoQ_8w)
  23. ^ Sénécal, E. (1968). "Hand-drawn portrait by E. Senécal, copied from a fascicle named «Les anciennes Familles du Québec» published by the Labatt Brewery in 1968". Les anciennes Familles du Québec.
  24. ^ This notary act is missing and has yet to be found. However, it is mentioned in 1688 in the papers of Jean Ouimet, a year after his death which occurred on November 18 1687 (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4215638?docref=1JOdhuFKOf01YtTBro2t5g)
  25. ^ BAnQ-M, register of notary Claude Aubert (# 60), 8 November 1659 (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3781761?docref=8J6D_YrteYpkP0gmsoQ_8w )
  26. ^ Jetté, René (1983). Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730, Programme de  recherche en démographie historique, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, 1176 pages, [ISBN 2-7606-0645-5].
  27. ^ Trudel, Marcel (1983). Catalogue des immigrants 1632-1662, Montréal, Hurtubise HMH, 1983, 569 pages [ISBN 2-89045-579-3].
  28. ^ Jetté, Op.cit., p. 1074.
  29. ^ BAnQ-M, register of notary Claude Aubert (# 60), 8 November 1659 (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3781761?docref=8J6D_YrteYpkP0gmsoQ_8w ).
  30. ^ Gariépy, Raymond (1993). Les terres de Château-Richer, 1640-1990 (72 ed.). Société de généalogie de Québec. p. 1.
  31. ^ Langlois, Michel (2001). Dictionnaire biographique des ancêtres québécois 1608-1700, Les Éditions du Mitan, Sillery, 2001, 4 volumes [ISBN 2-9800305-4-6].
  32. ^ a b Langlois, Op.cit, volume 4, p. 49.
  33. ^ BAnQ-M, register of notary Claude Aubert, 2 October 1662.   (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3781761?docref=WLXWVA8vDjawGCmD3LZvrA )
  34. ^ Langlois, Michel (2001). Dictionnaire biographique des ancêtres québécois 1608-1700, Les Éditions du Mitan, Sillery, 2001, 4 tomes [ISBN 2-9800305-4-6].
  35. ^ BAnQ-M, register of notary Paul Vachon, 6 January 1668 (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4215634?docref=iHs-0G8rRO0V82VnoSu9rg )
  36. ^ a b BAnQ-M, register of notary Paul Vachon, 26 October 1688 (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4215638?docref=1JOdhuFKOf01YtTBro2t5g )
  37. ^ Trudel, Marcel (1973). Le terrier du Saint-Laurent en 1663. Ottawa. p. 1. ISBN 0-7766-4086-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  38. ^ Ouimet, Denis (2009). Dictionnaire généalogique des descendants de Jean Ouimet et Renée Gagnon, Les Descendants de Jean Ouimet Inc., 2e édition, Rockland, Ontario, 941 pages ISBN 978-2-922768-02-2.   
  39. ^ a b Jetté, Op.cit., p. 860
  40. ^ Langlois, Op.cit, volume 4, p. 50.
  41. ^ Ouimet, Denis (2016). La Sainte-Famille, Î.-O. : la première église et le premier presbytère, Le Houymet, volume XXVI, no. 1, January 2016, pp. 12-13 (ISSN 1183-0174).  
  42. ^ Ouimet, Yvon (2009). La terre de l’ancêtre, Le Houymet, volume XIX, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 8-19 (ISSN 1183-0174).
  43. ^ BAnQ-M, register of notary Paul Vachon, 26 October 1688 (see note 33).
  44. ^ 2485, chemin Royal, Sainte-Famille (park situated behind the old presbytery).

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