René Ouellette

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152785463/ren%C3%A9-ouellette

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https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Ouel...

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Notes

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone change for many reasons. A father and son may have spelt their name differently. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who spoke his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which almost became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many variations in this name, Ouellet some of which are Oueilly, Oueilly, Ouilly, Ouele, Oueillade, Willet, Willett, Williot, Wille, Willette, Willi, Oulette, Ouellet, Oullett, Wellett, Oullette and Ouelettebut all are included in the basic origin of the surname.

Source: "The Most Distinguished Surname Ouellet", House of Names, www.sitinguised

• Surname page: Ouellet
• Location info: Paris, Isle de France, France (birth), Québec (marriage), Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (death); a habité La Sainte-Famille, Isle d'Orléans, Rivière-Ouelle
• Pionnier de la Nouvelle-France. Arrive au Québec en 1663.
• René fut l'un des héros de la Rivière-Ouelle.
• Fichier Origine

http://tourisme.iledorleans.com/en/ile-d-orleans/founding-families-...

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Need verification:

pp 3848-3849

last name might be Hoelet or Houallet

pp 7696-7697 shows he died april 7 1675 at Chateau Richter

Alternate history:

Rene was born April 30, 1635, Saint-Jacques-du-Hautpas, Paris, France. He died January 15, 1721/22, St-Roch-des-Aulnaise, La-Pocateire, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. He married (1) Anne Rivet, March 8, 1665/66, de' Ile d' Orleans, Notre-Dame, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of N. Rivet. She was born abt. 1642, St-Gervais, Se'ez, Alencon, Normandie, France. She died April 5, 1675 in Chateau-Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada.

Rene left from Dieppe, France to cross the Atlantic, sometime between 1663 and 1659, as a result of the recruitment efforts of Mgr de Laval. There's a possibility that he arrived abroad the ship 'Saint André' in 1659, that docked at Trois-Rivers, Quebec.

Rene worked in the service of Menard Chourat for three years to work off his passage fare to New France (Quebec). He was a cultivator. After the three years were completed he started farming. That is when he changed the spelling of his name to 'Hoelet', which in french means hoe or shovel.

Anne Rivet was the widow of Gregorie Hisse. She arrives to the country in 1665. Her passage was furnished by a program designed by the king, (Kings Daughters) women were recruited to help colonize the new lands.

Rene and Anne had three sons:

• Abraham-Joseph, b. 1667
• Mathurin-Rene, b. 1669
• Gregoire, b. 1672

Rene marries (2) Therese (Chastillon) Migneault, February 6, 1678/79,Notre-Dame, Rivere-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada, widow of Nicolas Lebel. She was the daughter of Jean Mignault and Louise Cloutier. She was born September 9, 1651.

Rene and Therese had eight children:

• Marie-Therese, b. 1679
• Joseph, b. 1680
• Marie-Francoise, b. 1682
• Sebastien, b. 1684/85
• Marie-Anne, b. 1687
• Angelique-Margarite, b. 1690
• Francois, b. 1693
• Marie, b. 1696

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René was born about 1635 in the parish St. Jacques de Hautpas, Paris, France. He died on 15 January, 1721 or 1722, in Ste. Anne, La Pocatiere, Quebec. His residences are listed as Ile d'Orleans, Beaupre, Riviere-Ouelle, and La Pocatiere. He married Anne Rivet on March 8, 1665 or 1666 in Notre Dame, Québec. Their children were: Abraham, Mathurin René, and Gregoire.

If you are wondering why René Houallet became a colonist in New France, you are not alone. Apparently, his life story has intrigued French-Canadian historians and genealogists for years. The best account I have found of these early days is in the French language periodical Le Soleil. The article by Louis-Guy Lemieux appeared on 06/27/2004, and was entitled “Les Grandes Familles: Les Ouellet. René Houallet, pionnier de Riviere-Ouelle”, or “The Great Families: The Ouellet(s). René Houallet, pioneer of the Ouelle River”.

René was born in Paris about 1635 and was in fact the son of an important French finance minister. The Avenue of Ursalines was the Park Avenue of 17th century Paris, near the Luxembourg Gardens. Contemporaries living in this district included Chateaubriand and Jean de la Fontaine. Why would René forsake his birthright to live as a farmer in New France? Not only did he live as a farmer, but there are other curiosities about his life. Some have suggested that on a number of occasions in his early life, he worked for other farmers in New France and often changed his name. At one point, he is said to have worked for Medard Chouart des Grossiers under the name of René Vallet. In the 1667 census, his name apparently appeared as René Oudin, and he worked for Monseignor de Laval on the Ile of Orleans.

René may have come to New France in the summer of 1659. He married Anne Rivet in 1666. Anne was the widow of a tax collector for Bretagne, in France. She was a “fille du roi”. The filles du roi were women who came to Nouvelle France under the auspices of a program developed by Colbert, a minister for Louis XIV. Because of the large number of men in the colony compared to the number of women, a program sponsored by the crown was developed in the 1660's and 1670's to augment the immigration of women. Single women would have their passage paid for by the crown to Nouvelle France, and were given a dowry as well as a small kit of necessary items. These women were not required to marry, but most did so within three months of arrival in the New World. About one in ten women were said to have died in the voyage by sea from France to Canada. Many Canadian families have these brave women as their ancestors.

René at the time of his marriage was just a contract worker. However, the witnesses at the marriage were the provincial Governor, de Courcelle, and the Marquis de Tracy. Attending the ceremony was the Superintendent Talon and the former provincial Governor, d’Aillebout. No one knows for sure why René worked as a contract worker under aliases when his father was rich or why Anne made such an arduous voyage to New France when she was potentially a wealthy widow. The fact that such important individuals attended their wedding lends itself to the mystery.

René and Anne had three sons, Abraham, Mathurin René, and Gregoire. However, Anne Rivet died prematurely in 1675. René decided to restart his life near the River Ouelle by farming. The origin of this name probably comes from Louis Houel. Louis Houel was a director of the “Compagnie des Cent-Associes” which was a company that helped to found New France. René’s descendents changed their name to Ouellet(t,e), probably because of the similar sound and their origins.

According to one highly respected French-Canadian historian, René was indicted for murder shortly after Anne died. I have taken the liberty of translating the following passage from Lemieux's text: "Following the death of Martin Guerard, who was found dead on the ice flats of the Isle of Orleans on the 13th of April, 1676, René Ouellet was indicted…Guerard had left, Tuesday March 17th, to go to the mill of Sault-a-la-Puce, in the town of Chateau-Richer, when he went missing. Sebastienne Loignon, wife of Louis Lepage (Guerard was staying in his house) stated that René Ouellet and Marie Boette (wife of Guerard) had planned to marry. Authorities suspected the two of having killed Guerard and having left his body on the flats. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence".

In 1679, René married Thérèse Mignault and continued to live in River Ouelle. She was the widow of Nicolas Lebel, a laborer. René had a large farm in River Ouelle, and Thérèse had a large farm as well for a dowry. All was not completely well, however. René had 3 sons, and Thérèse had 4 children from her previous marriage. Additionally, the two had eight more children! Complicating this was the fact that René proved to be a poor farmer. He was constantly in debt and managed by selling off parcels of his land. Of interest, René’s son Mathurin married Marie-Angélique, who was Thérèse’s daughter from her first marriage.

Despite these problems, René had positive moments. He managed to provide farmlands for all of his children at his death. He gave land for a local church. He also played a role in one interesting episode in local history.

In 1690, the New England colonists were constantly harassed by French soldiers and their Indian allies. To end this threat, on the 20th of August, 1690, a fleet of 32 ships with 2000 soldiers under William Phipps left Boston for Quebec. Their goal was to destroy Montreal. Colonists in the Saint Lawrence Valley learned of this attack on 5 October.

The local clergyman in River Ouelle, Father Pierre de Francheville, was “as good a hunter as a catholic” and enjoyed the respect of all of the local parishioners. He reasoned that Phipps’ fleet would need to replenish their stores of food and water, and that the River Ouelle was the ideal place for this to happen. He turned out to be right when a number of English ships anchored in the bay and 6 large boats with 150 men entered the river mouth. Waiting for them were 30-some men armed with their hunting rifles from River Ouelle who were hiding among the bushes at the riverside. Father de Francheville gave the order to fire, and a number of the British were killed. The landing party panicked and returned to the ships in disarray. A Canadian parish book from the 17th Century by the catholic bishop Casagrain reports this encounter with a list of parishioners who participated in the battle. Among them are René Houallet and four of his sons: Abraham, Mathurin-René, Gregoire, and Joseph.

More at http://www3.sympatico.ca/jeannine.ouellet/anglais.htm

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Was born near St. Jacques-du-Hautpas, France in 1642. Was the first Houallet (Ouellet-te) (Willette) to settle in New France (North America).

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Need verification:

pp 3848-3849

last name might be Hoelet or Houallet

pp 7696-7697 shows he died april 7 1675 at Chateau Richter

Alternate history:

Rene was born April 30, 1635, Saint-Jacques-du-Hautpas, Paris, France. He died January 15, 1721/22, St-Roch-des-Aulnaise, La-Pocateire, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. He married (1) Anne Rivet, March 8, 1665/66, de' Ile d' Orleans, Notre-Dame, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of N. Rivet. She was born abt. 1642, St-Gervais, Se'ez, Alencon, Normandie, France. She died April 5, 1675 in Chateau-Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada.

Rene left from Dieppe, France to cross the Atlantic, sometime between 1663 and 1659, as a result of the recruitment efforts of Monseigneur Francois de Montmorency Laval. There's a possibility that he arrived abroad the ship 'Sainte Andrew' in 1659, that docked at Trois-Rivers, Quebec.

Rene worked in the service of Menard Chourat for three years to work off his passage fare to New France (Quebec). He was a cultivator. After the three years were completed he started farming. That is when he changed the spelling of his name to 'Hoelet', which in french means hoe or shovel.

Anne Rivet was the widow of Gregorie Hisse. She arrives to the country in 1665. Her passage was furnished by a program designed by the king, (Kings Daughters) women were recruited to help colonize the new lands.

Rene and Anne had three sons:

Abraham-Joseph, b. 1667

Mathurin-Rene, b. 1669

Gregoire, b. 1672

Rene marries (2) Therese (Chastillon) Migneault, February 6, 1678/79,Notre-Dame, Rivere-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada,widow of Nicolas Lebel. She was the daughter of Jean Mignault and Louise Cloutier. She was born September 9, 1651.

Rene and Therese had eight children:

Marie-Therese, b. 1679

Joseph, b. 1680

Marie-Francoise, b. 1682

Sebastien, b. 1684/85

Marie-Anne, b. 1687

Angelique-Margarite, b. 1690

Francois, b. 1693

Marie, b. 1696

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René Hoûallet est né à Paris, Ile-de-France, vers 1635. Il est baptisé dans l'église de Saint-Jacques du Haut-Pas, voisine des Jardins de Luxembourg. Ses parents, François Hoûallet et Élisabeth (Isabelle) Barré habitent rue des Ursulines, Saint-Landry, Paris. François Hoûallet est contrôleur général des finances du Royaume de France. Par la suite, il deviendra receveur général de la province du Poitou.

René arrive en Nouvelle-France vers 1663. Il épouse dans l'église Notre-Dame de Québec, le 8 mars 1666, Anne Rivet, de Saint-Gervais de Séez, Basse-Normandie. Veuve de Grégoire Hisse, cette «fille du roi» était arrivée au pays en 1665. Trois fils naissent et sont baptisés à Sainte-Famille, Ile d'Orléans: Abraham-Joseph, en 1667, Mathurin-René, en 1669, et Grégoire, en 1672.

La famille cultive une terre à l'Ile d'Orléans, puis sur la côte de Beaupré. Anne décède le 5 avril 1675. René confie ses fils à des familles amies et va cultiver la terre que le seigneur de Rivière-Ouelle lui a concédée. En 1679, il épouse Thérèse Mignot, fille de Jean Mignaux dit Châtillon et de Louise Cloutier. Elle est veuve de Nicolas Lebel et mère de 4 enfants. Elle en aura 8 autres de son union avec René.

En 1721, alors qu'il vit à Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, chez son fils aîné Abraham-Joseph,il rédige son testament par lequel il cède à la paroisse de Sainte-Anne, un arpent de terre où aurait pu s'élever la future église. Il décède le 15 janvier 1722 et est inhumé le lendemain à Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. «i»ntbl«i»Source: Jeannine Ouellet.«/i»

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Rene Ouellet (son of François Ouellet and Elisabeth Isabelle Barre) was born 1640 in St-jacques-du-hautpas, v. et archev. paris, ile-de-france (paris)4393, and died 15 Jan 1722 in St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Qc4393. He married (1) Therese Mignault Chastillon, daughter of Jean (dit Châtillon) Mignault and Louise Cloutier. He married (2) Anne Rivet on 08 Mar 1666 in Québec, Qc4394.

More About Rene Ouellet and Anne Rivet: Marriage: 08 Mar 1666, Québec, Qc.4394

Children of Rene Ouellet and Therese Mignault Chastillon are: +Angelique Ouellet, b. 05 Nov 1691, Rivière-Ouelle, Qc, d. Bef. 07 Nov 1735.

Children of Rene Ouellet and Anne Rivet are: +Mathurin-Rene Ouellet, b. 14 Sep 1669, Ste-Famille, Ile D'Orléans, Qc, d. 1722, La Pocatière, Qc.

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MP: René Ouellette

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se nomme aussi Rene HOELET, Rene AUCLAIR
(CT 04 Becquet) avec Anne Rivet
mariage entre René Ouellet et Thérese Migneault à Québec selon PRDH
selon BMS mariés à La Pocatière source: René Jetté
Mariage Notre-Dame Québec, 1667-1679 acte Le Lafrance

Famille René Ouellet et Marie-Thérèse Migneault-Chatillon au complet (8 enfants) vérifiée
Mariage entre René Houelet demeurant a Grande Anse veuf de défunte Anne Rivet et Therese Mignaux veuve de défunt Nicolas Lebel habitants de Grande Anse
Selon FIchier Origine, né vers 1635 Paris, fils de Francois Houallet et Isabelle ou Elisabeth Barré
Le PRDH, le dit né vers 1647. À Paris, le 22-11-1666, devant Me Pierre Gaudin et Laurent Demonhenault, notaires au Châtelet, son frère Julien Houallet, maître peintre, demeurant à St-Germain-des-Prés, rue de Bussy, paroisse St-Sulpice, épouse par contrat Jeanne Delacour, étant jouissante de ses droits, fille de Vincent Delacour, laboureur à St-Maure, et Étiennette Cuppe. Parmi les témoins : François Houallet, frère, un des chevaux légers de monseigneur le dauphin, Philippe Sachon, sellier, cousin germain à cause d’Anne Cuvillier sa femme. (Fichier Origine, Jean-Paul Macouin

Le 22-11-1666, devant Me Pierre Gaudin et Laurent Demonhenault, notaires au Châtelet de Paris, son frère Julien Houallet, maître peintre, demeurant à St-Germain-des-Prés, rue de Bussy, paroisse St-Sulpice, épouse par contrat Jeanne Delacour, étant jouissante de ses droits, fille de Vincent Delacour, laboureur à St-Maure, et Étiennette Cuppe. Parmi les témoins: François Houallet, frère, un des chevaux légers de mgr le dauphin et Philippe Sachon, sellier, cousin germain à cause de sa femme Anne Cuvillier. En 1666 au pays, sa mère est nommée Élisabeth Barré etIsabelle Baré.

Il épouse dans l'église Notre-Dame de Québec, le 8 mars 1666, Anne Rivet, de Saint-Gervais de Séez, Basse-Normandie. Veuve de Grégoire Hisse, Anne Rivet est arrivée au pays en 1665 s’est imposée un long et dangereux voyage vers la Nouvelle France pour le mariage. Malgré tous ces contacts familiaux, René œuvre comme humble travailleur. Trois fils naissent et sont baptisés àSainte-Famille, Ile d'Orléans: Abraham-Joseph, en 1667, Mathurin-René, en 1669, et Grégoire, en 1672.

René Ouellet signait d'une belle main René Houallet. Citoyen de Québec à son mariage en 1666, il est écrit que Anne Rivet était veuve de "Grégoire Hisse vivant receveur de la huitiesme deBretagne". Le marquis de Tracy, M. le gouverneur de Courcelles, l'intendant Talon et Jean-Paul Maheu sont là pour signer avec de dignes parafes. Le contrat signale aussi la présence de l'intendant Talon et de la veuve de Louis Daillebout, l'ancien gouverneur. Anne Rivet était une « fille du roi », doncprotégée Sa Majesté avec des biens apportés à la communauté pour une valeur de 300 livres, dot digne des dames respectables.

Pourquoi un fils de ministre et d’une famille à l’aise de la France est-il venu en Nouvelle-France pour travailler comme manœuvre, ouvrier, fermier ? Pourquoi change-t-il nom si souvent ?Au recensement de 1667, par exemple, il prend le nom de René Oudin et se dit employé de Mgr Laval sur l’île d’Orléans.

La famille cultive une terre à l'Ile d'Orléans, puis sur la côte de Beaupré. L'histoire de l'Île d'Orléans le rapporte vivant entre 1664-1665 sur l'avant dernière terre de Ste-Famille, entre celles de Pierre Mailloux et Guillaume Bauché (près del'actuelle maison historique Drouin). Il vendra cette terre de 3 arpents à Robert Coutard. Le 13 octobre 1674, René Ouellet "habitant de la seigneurie de Beaupré" loue une ferme de 4 arpents à Pierre Soumande à St-Pierre de l'Île d'Orléans, entre celles de Thomas Rondeau et Mathieu Côté.

Anne Rivet décède prématurément le 5 avril 1675 et sera inhumée le 7 avril au cimetière de Château-Richer. Un an plus tard, Martin Guérard est trouvé mort sur les glaces face à l’île d’Orléans le 13 avril 1676. René est accusé de meurtre. Guérard avait quitté, le mardi 17 mars, pour le moulin de Saut-à-la-puce, à Château-Richer, lorsqu’il fut porté disparu. Sébastienne Loignon, épouse de Louis Lepage (où logeait René), affirma que René Ouellet et Marie Boette, épouse de Guérard, voulait se marier. Les autorités suspectèrent Marie et René d’avoir planifié de tuer Guérard et d’avoir laissé son corps sur les glaces. La cause fut rejetée, faute de preuve. René gagne la seigneurie de la Grande Anse ou La Pocatière vers 1677-1678.Il confia ses fils à des familles amies.

En 1679, René épouse une jeune veuve. Son mari décédé était Nicolas Lebel, propriétaire de la terre numéro 18 à La Pocatière. Thérèse Mignot fille de Jean Mignaux dit Châtillon et de Louise Cloutier. Jean Mignaux dit Châtillon est né à Châtillon-les-Bagneux, près de Paris; il est arrivé en Nouvelle-France en 1643. Il exerça les métiers de soldat, colon et tailleur d'habits. Louise Cloutier est née à Saint-Jean de Mortagne, au Perche. Âgée d'environ quatre ans, elle est arrivée au pays en 1634 avec ses parents, Zacharie Cloutier et Xaintes Dupont, et ses frères et soeurs.

Thérèse Mignot est mère de quatre enfants, Jean, Angélique, Nicolas et Joseph Lebel, et héritière d'une terre de quatre arpents de front à Sainte-Anne de la Grande-Anse (La Pocatière). Huit enfants naissent de son union avec René: Marie-Thérèse,en 1679, Joseph, en 1680, Marie-Françoise, en 1682, Sébastien, en 1685, Marie-Anne, en 1687, Angélique-Marguerite, en 1690, François, en 1693, et Marie, en 1696. René défrichera sur la terre de sa nouvelle épouse.

Le 15 mars 1680, René va cultiver la terre de 8 arpents de front et de 42 de profondeur que le seigneur de Rivière-Ouelle lui a concédée, où il vivra pendant 17 années consécutives. Au recensement de 1681, René et Thérèse ont 6 arpents de culture, 7 bêtes à cornes et un fusil.

En 1690, René et ses quatre fils aînés se joignent aux habitants des environs et empêchent le commandant anglais Phipps et ses Bostonnais de débarquer à Rivière-Ouelle. Ce fait historiqueles élève au rang des héros avec trente-quatre (34) autreshabitants des environs. Le 10 août 1997, une plaque commémorative a été apposée sur une pierre à l'entrée du cimetière de Rivière-Ouelle, dans le cadre des fêtes du 325e anniversaire.

Le 7 août 1721, alors qu'il vit à Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, chez son fils aîné Abraham-Joseph, il rédige son testament par lequel il cède à la paroisse de Sainte-Anne, un arpent de terre où aurait pu s'élever la future église. Cet arpent carré avait d'abord appartenu à Nicolas Lebel et Thérèse Migneault.

Criblé de dettes, l'ancêtre René Hoûallet, doit vendre une partie de sa terre de Rivière-Ouelle. En 1721, alors qu'il vit à Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, chez son fils aîné Abraham-Joseph, il rédige son testament par lequel il cède à la paroisse de Sainte-Anne, un arpent de terre où aurait pu s'élever la future église. Il décède le 15 janvier 1722. Paralysé, René n’avait pu recevoir la Sainte-communion (Saint Viatique) avant son décès. Il est inhumé le lendemain à Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. Le prêtre Maurice Imbault certifie son inhumation.

Sur ce terrain, en 1966, les descendants Ouellet-te érigent un monument à sa mémoire et à celle de ses épouses et de ses enfants.