Denis Cloutier

Family/Spouse: Renée Brière. Renée died in May 1608. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jeanne Gaultier. Jeanne was born in cir 1530. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The first to bear the name "Cloutier" were drop-forgers who specialized in the manufacturing of nails (clous), but the name became a true patronym in 1590, when Zacharie Cloutier was born in the parish of Notre-Dame de Mortagne, in Perche. He is the ancestor of all the Cloutiers in North America. His father, Denis, became a widower in May, 1608, then remarried Jeanne Gaultier (or Rahir) the following November. This second marriage brought four more children to the Cloutier family, for a grand total of 8.

On July 18, 1616, master carpenter Zacharie Cloutier married Sainte Dupont, a widow 6 years younger than himself. They had 6 children together before leaving for New France in 1634. Born and baptized in Saint-Jean de Mortagne, five of the children accompanied their parents on this adventure to the New World: Zacharie, born in 1617; Jean, in 1620; Anne, born in 1626; Charles in 1629; and Louise, in 1632. Sainte, born in 1622, had died at the age of 10.

While this family could have enjoyed the comfortable life of trades people, they were suddenly intrigued by the adventures awaiting in New France. Robert Giffard, the new seigneur to whom colonial authorities had granted the Beauport seigneury, was in charge of populating this land. For this man from Perche, nothing was more pressing than to recruit men known to be hard-working and highly-skilled.

Zacharie Cloutier, along with Jean Guyon, the future Sieur du Buisson and father of the Dion family, signed a contract drawn up on March 14, 1634 before notary Mathurin Roussel in Mortagne. The master mason and the master carpenter signed up to leave for Canada, each with one of their children. The four were provided with room and board for a period of three years, beginning June 24, 1634. After two years, the men could send for the rest of their families, the travel expenses to be paid by the seigneur of Beauport. Giffard guaranteed the men excellent benefits, for over and above the several head of livestock he agreed to provide them, he also built them a house on the 1,000 arpents of land they had been granted.

In March, 1634, several recruits bid farewell to Mortagne and Perche. T he future settlers were not leaving alone. Robert Giffard, Marin and Gaspard Boucher, Jean Guyon and Zacharie Cloutier all left with their wives and children. There were some unwed men and women among them as well, such as Thomas Giroux, François Bélanger, Claire Morin and Jeanne Mercier. In Dieppe, 8 more people joined this group of 35. Finally, on May 31, 1634, their vessel reached Tadoussac, and the following June 4, they landed in Québec. Three years later, on February 3, 1637, the Guyons and Cloutiers officially took possession of their fiefs, one of which was named "du Buisson", and the other "La Clouterie". In December of that same year, the land was officially divided into two equal concessions of 1,000 arpents each. This is one of the first times we see Cloutier's mark, as he "signs" by drawing "the shape of a harrow or flail."

From that moment, Cloutier was free to work where he pleased and he was contracted to "build the roof framework and attic for half of the building and community of the (nursing) Sisters" in Québec. The next year, he worked on the construction of Guillaume Couillard's house and in 1643, with Noël Langlois, he supplied boards for the Company of One Hundred Associates. The Cloutier family life became a little more eventful, beginning with Anne's marriage to Robert Drouin. Their contract, which was drawn up in the home of Giffard on July 27, 1636, was the first to be signed in Canada. In 1645, Louis Cloutier married the interpreter, François Marguerie and, after his death, she married Jean Mignault dit Chatillon on November 10, 1648. She married for the third time in 1648, this time to Jean Matteau. In 1648, Jean Cloutier married Marie Martin, daughter of Abraham Martin and Anne Langlois. Anne Cloutier died on February 4, and her two daughters, Jeanne and Geneviève, were raised by Jean Cloutier and his wife. At that time, Zacharie Le Jeune was in France, along with Olivier Le Tardif and others. On March 29, 1648, in La Rochelle, Zacharie signed a contract to marry Madeleine Esmard and their wedding was held in La Rochelle on April 4, 1648. In 1659, Charles Cloutier followed suit by marrying Louise Morin. Discovered among the Racine family documents was a letter written in 1669 by Father Paul Ragueneau, who speaks highly of the Cloutier family. He wrote to Marguerite Martin: "Jean Cloutier and your dear sister always lived according to their consciences and maintained a peaceful home, and I would be utterly surprised if they deviated from their ways (...). These good people of Beauport will not be forgotten, neither Zacharie, not Xaintes, not Charles Cloutier and his dear wife Louise, nor their little granddaughters Geneviève and Jeanne Drouin."

Zacharie Cloutier died in Château-Richer on September 17, 1677 and was buried the next day. Sainte Dupont died on July 13, 1680 and was buried with Zacharie the following day.


See also:
https://www.tfcg.ca/zacharie-cloutier-sainte-dupont
https://www.perche-quebec.com/perche/individus/cloutier-zacharie-en.htm
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cloutier_zacharie_1E.html

Zacharie married Sainte Dupont on 18 Jul 1616 in Saint-Jean de Mortagne, Perche, Orne, France. Sainte was born in cir 1596; died on 13 Jul 1680 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada; was buried on 14 Jul 1680 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zacharie married Madeleine Esmard on 4 Apr 1648 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Madeleine was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jean Cloutier was from the parish of Saint-Jean de Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, France.

Jean married Marie Martin on 21 Jan 1648 in Québec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Abraham Martin and Marguerite Langlois) was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Drouin. Robert was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Louise Morin in 1659. Louise was born in cir 1635. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: François Marguerie. François was born in cir 1633. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louise married Jean Mignault, dit Chatillon on 10 Nov 1648. Jean (son of Nicolas Mignault and Madeleine de Brie) was born in 1622; was christened on 20 Apr 1622 in Église St-Philippe et St-Jacques, Chatillon, Ile-de-France, France; died in 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jean Matteau. Jean was born in cir 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Xainte married Charles Fortin on 11 Nov 1681 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Charles (son of Julien Fortin, dit Bellefontaine and Geneviève Gamache, dit Lamarre) was born in cir 1656. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louise Belanger. Louise was born in cir 1657. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Genevieve married Louis Lemieux on 11 Feb 1704/05 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Louis (son of Louis Lemieux and Madeleine Cote) was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Anne Bosse on 5 Nov 1714 in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Anne was born on 26 Nov 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Marie Madeleine Langelier on 21 Nov 1735 in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Marie was born on 17 Jan 1706/07 in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gabriel Lacroix. Gabriel was born in cir 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Louis Caron on 17 Feb 1727 in Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Louis (son of Joseph Caron and Élisabeth Bernier) was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Augustin married Judith Thibault on 17 Nov 1783 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Judith was born in cir 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacques Blais. Jacques was born in cir 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre-Laurent married Elisabeth Chouinard on 18 Jan 1764 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Julien Chouinard and Marie-Reine Fortin) was born in cir 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Augustin married Marie Euphronsine Gaudreau on 2 Jul 1806. Marie was born in cir 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louis-Barnabe Boutin. Louis-Barnabe (son of Louis Boutin and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle Chateauneuf) was born in cir 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Louise married Augustin Jean on 27 Sep 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. Augustin (son of Pierre Jean and Marie-Josette Dube) was born in 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Narcisse married Felecite Rioux on 9 Feb 1847 in Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada. Felecite (daughter of Vincent Rioux and Marie Josephe Sirois) was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Antoine Beaudin

Family/Spouse: Monique Tremblay. Monique (daughter of Etienne-Denis Tremblay and Marie-Josephe Remillard) was born in cir 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Esther Daignault, dit Laprise on 23 Nov 1827 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. Esther (daughter of François Daignault, dit Laprise and Julie Gaudreau) was born in cir 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Narcisse married Rose Lejoie on 7 Jan 1891 in West Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA. Rose was born in Jun 1869 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Domitille married David LeBlanc on 21 Jul 1846 in Saint-Cyprien, Napierville, Québec, Canada. David (son of David LeBlanc and Sophie Brosseau) was born in cir 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Census: 1921, Arthabaska Village, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada

Notes:

The 1880 census shows Louis Jean living in Lincoln, Rhode Island, and working as a carpenter. The census also shows two nieces, Emilie and Mathilde Plamindon (?) living with the family. All his children, with the exception of Maria, were living with him. The baptismal record of his daughter, Maria, also gives his occupation as carpenter. Louis and his family returned to Canada, as his family is listed in the 1901 census of St. Norbert. The census indicates that they returned to Canada in 1882.

Louis married Célina Turcotte on 22 Nov 1859 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Célina (daughter of Alexis Turcotte and Charlotte Prince) was born on 20 Dec 1844; died in Jan 1914; was buried on 5 Jan 1914 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre-Paul married Marie Cecile Blanchet in 1856 in Saint-Patrice, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elsie Fortin. Elsie was born in cir 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zephirin married Ozilda Pare on 27 May 1878 in Napierville, Québec, Canada. Ozilda (daughter of Anselme Pare and Marie Roy) was born in cir 1860 in Lapierreville, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Louis Edouard Jean is not listed with the family in the 1871 census, so he may have died young.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1882, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

The marriage record gives her name as Oliva Jean. Her death certificate lists "consumption" as the cause of death, but family tradition holds that she died in childbirth.

Marie married Joseph Hormisdas Martin on 18 Jun 1882 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Joseph (son of Maxime Martin and Marie Louise Boucher) was born on 6 Dec 1860 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; was christened on 8 Dec 1860 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; died on 14 Oct 1934 in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 16 Oct 1934 in Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ludger married Rosa Marcoux on 13 Feb 1893 in Notre Dame Catholic Church, Central Falls, Rhode Island. Rosa (daughter of Louis Marcoux and Euphemie Chagnon) was born in cir 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Alfred Jean married Mary McNulty on 20 October 1890, in Rhode Island.

Alfred married Mariann McNulty on 20 Oct 1890. Mariann was born in 1869 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Anna Marie
• Immigration: 1885

Notes:

On their marriage record, Louis' last name was spelled Ginther.

Marie married Louis C. Guenther on 30 Jun 1892 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Louis (son of Aloysius Guenther and Balbina Kimmich) was born on 21 Jan 1864 in Germany; died on 13 May 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Napoléon Jean family may have been living on Brown Street, Atlleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at the time of the 1920 census. However, it appears that Napoléon returned to Canada with his parents, as he listed with them in the 1901 census of St. Norbert, in which his birth date is given as 12 June 1877.

Célanise married Henri Turcotte on 17 Dec 1896 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Henri (son of Guillaume Turcotte and Emma Noël) was born in cir 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Ariel

Notes:

Aurele Jean and Elisé Berube may have been the parents of Joseph Leonard. See his death record for further information.

Aurele married Elisé Berube on 24 Jan 1905 in Sainte-Victoire, Victoriaville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Elisé (daughter of Charles Berube and Madeleine Jalbert) was born in cir 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aurele married Exilia Lapierre on 6 Aug 1945 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Exilia was born in cir 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Ludger Lavigne on 17 Feb 1908 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Ludger (son of Gédéon Lavigne and Virginie Houle) was born in cir 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1913, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1930, 36 Leclair Street, Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA

William married Albina Marcotte on 10 Jun 1913 in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA. Albina (daughter of Samuel Marcotte and Azilda Matte) was born in cir 1890 in Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Eye color: dark brown
• Hair color: dark brown
• Height: 5' 7.5"
• Census: 1-16 Jun 1900, U.S.S. Essex; 40° 10′ 50″ N, -47° 24′ 6″ W
• Military service: 1899-1904; United States Navy
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, East 65th Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, 9001 Macomb Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1930, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 13 Apr 1940, 730 Linden Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 11 Apr 1950, 210 Cambridge Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Alexander Arthur Martin's family moved from Providence, Rhode Island, to Cleveland, Ohio, while he was still young. The family lived at 122 Whitney Avenue. He was the first person to enlist at the new Cleveland recruiting station at 64 Public Square, enlisting in the Navy on December 28, 1899. He underwent introductory training at Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, where he was stationed on the U.S.S. Constellation. He also served on the U.S.S. Essex, an old ship used for training, then on the U.S.S. Wabash, a stationary receiving ship at Chelsea, Massachusetts. Next, he went to the receiving yard at Brooklyn, and then to San Francisco, where he was assigned to the U.S.S. Wisconsin. While in San Francisco, he met President McKinley at a ball. He visited many foreign ports during his time in the Navy, and took part in naval exercises during the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Philippine Insurrection. He was discharged from the Navy on his birthday in 1904.

After his marriage to Jessie Duff, the family lived for some time in Cleveland, and later moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, and Fostoria, Ohio. They were living in Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the 1910 census. William Duff, cousin of Jessie Duff Martin, was living with them. In 1920, they were living at 9001 Macomb Avenue, Cleveland. The family finally settled in Dayton, Ohio, where Alexander was employed by the National Cash Register Company. He built numerous ship models as a hobby, and won several prizes for his models. He was a member of Linden Avenue Baptist Church and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Masonic Lodge, becoming a Prince of the Royal Secret, thirty-second degree, on November 11, 1944.

Alexander died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. At the time of his death, he was living at 210 Cambridge Avenue in Dayton. Alex and Jessie are buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, in Section 12, Lot 3, Block 12.

Alexander married Jessie Helen Duff on 30 Nov 1905 in St. Agnes Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. Jessie (daughter of Charles Edward Duff and Ann Nolan) was born on 18 Sep 1883 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; died on 6 Nov 1956 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 9 Nov 1956 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aggie married Frank EngelmanCuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. Frank (son of Peter Engelman and Catherine Kline) was born on 6 Aug 1880 in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Jan 1970 in Dade County, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This may be the Henri Martin who was born cir 1886 and died 8 July 1887, and who is buried in the Church of the Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Family/Spouse: J. Joseph Hoey. J. was born in cir 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anita married Harry Joseph Dufresne on 4 Nov 1939 in Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA. Harry (son of Arthur Joseph Dufresne and Alma Rosalle Belanger) was born on 1 Apr 1918 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 May 2006 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]