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I am researching the ancestors of Joseph Guimont dit Dumont & Adelaide Azure. Many of these people have the surnames Demoe, Dumont, and Guimond. There are over 4,700 names in the database.
I have traced my family back to Francois Guimont and Jeanne Delaunay. Francois is my 10th great-grandfather. I am connected as follows:
Francois Guimont m. Jeanne Delauny
Louis Guimont m. Jeanne Bitouset
Joseph Guimont m. Anne Paré
Louis Guimont m. Marie Madeleine Lessard
Joseph Guimont m. Marie Louise Daubert
Joseph Francois Guimont m. Marie Gauthier
Joseph Guimont m. Marie Louise Thibert
Joseph Guimont dit Dumont m. Adelaide Azure
Joseph William Dumont m. Felicité Olive Desgroseilliers
John Patrick Demoe m. Clara Eveline Hamm
Joseph William Demoe m. Grace Emelia Ewen
Joseph Carl Demoe m. June Marjory Bellerby
Brian Demoe m. Janet Hadley
Ancestors of Note
I am the 8th great-grandson of Médard Chouart, Sieur des Groseilliers, the famous French explorer and the first Frenchman in New France to recognize the possibilities for fur trade around Hudson's Bay. He founded Fort Charles in Hudson Bay and two years later King Charles II established the Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest company in North America. For his efforts Medard was said to have received 20,000 écus as a reward from the King.
Francois Guyon is my 8th great-grandfather. He was Antoine Laumet dit de Lamothe Cadillac's mentor. Francois, a ship owner, introduced Antoine to the trade of privateering - legal pirating of British ships. Francois then introduced Antoine to his neice Marie Thérèse, a cousin (1st cousin, 9 times removed). Antoine married Marie Thérèse Guyon in 1687. In 1701 he started the construction of Fort Ponchartrain and established a settlement, which went on to become the City of Detroit. This is a pretty interesting finding, given that I live in the Detroit area.
Eleonore de Grandmaison, the French Heroine, is my 8th great-grandmother. At a time when the people of Quebec wondered each evening whether the coming night would pass without interruption from the Iroquois (about 1645), she had the courage to follow her husband, François de Chavigny, to Chavigny (Deschambault), and to live there almost alone for three years. She was also one of the first women to live on the Isle of Orleans.
Céline Dion, the famous singer, is my 10th cousin.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the former Prime Minister of Canada, is my 7th cousin, 3 times removed.
Louis Riel, acknowledged as the founder of the Province of Manitoba and defender of the rights of the Métis and of French Canadians, is my 5th cousin, three times removed.
Looking for Family Information
I am looking for decendents of Jean/Jean-Baptiste Dumont who moved from Fenelon Falls, ON area to the USA in the 1880 - 1900 timeframe.
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- Ellen Demoe Descendants - Four Generations (77 KB)
From left to right - Elaine Niemczewski, Helen McNarney, Margaret Wiley, Ellen Demoe
- John Patrick Demoe (151 KB)
Out for a ride in his favourite buggy
- William & Ina Demoe's Tombstone (96 KB)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Lindsay, ON
- John Demoe Descendants - Four Generations (28 KB)
From left to right - Joseph Demoe, Brian Demoe, Joseph Demoe, John Demoe. Photo taken June 17, 1961.
- William & Ina Demoe's Tombstone (96 KB)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Lindsay, ON
- John & Clara Demoe's 50th Wedding Anniversary (197 KB)
John Patrick Demoe & Clara Eveline Hamm - Fenelon Falls, ON, June 21, 1959.
- John Sutherland & Gordon Demoe's Tombstone (78 KB)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Lindsay, ON
- Joseph William Demoe (59 KB)
Photo taken 1940
- Mary Margaret Newcomb (nee McNarney) (62 KB)
Taken 1999 on her last trip to Michigan. Granddaughter of Ellen Demoe.
- Grace Amelia Ewen (76 KB)
Photo taken 1940
- French Settlement School (189 KB)
Bexley S.S. No. 2, built in 1864, provided education to the Dumonts that settled in Bexley Township, ON in about 1850. In this spartan school they learned reading, righting & rithmatic, as well as English. The teacher at this school is likely the person that originally taught the students to spell the name Dumont as Demoe.
- Stephen Demoe's Tombstone (80 KB)
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Kinmount, ON
- Laverne & Florence Demoe (240 KB)
Laverne Stephen Demoe & Florence Bertha Newell. Port Hardy, BC, Sept. 25, 1998.
- John Patrick Demoe (281 KB)
At work at Robert Callans Lime Kiln, Coboconk, ON, 1903
- Rose Barkwell's Tombstone (69 KB)
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Kinmount, ON
- Laverne & Florence Demoe's Family (254 KB)
Back: Missy (Tracey), Rene, Sandy, Tim, Penny, Lou, Bud, Lorin, Paddy, Mike. Front: Laverne, Florence, Susie. Bud's 50th birthday party. Sept. 25, 1998
- Ellen & John Wylie (143 KB)
Ellen Demoe and John Wylie - around 1900
- Woodrow Demoe's Tombstone (71 KB)
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Kinmount, ON
- Brian & Jan Demoe's Family (106 KB)
Back: Brian. Front: Brett, Lauren, Paige, Jan. Photo taken Mackinac Island, MI.
- Joseph William Dumont Tombstone (86 KB)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Victoria Road, ON. Note the spelling of the last name.
- Carl Demoe & June Bellerby Wedding (40 KB)
Joseph & Grace Demoe, Carl Demoe & June Bellerby, with her mother Della Bellerby (Hunking). Taken June 21, 1958.
- Eliza Demoe with Donald & Ira Gillespie (46 KB)
Left to right - Eliza Demoe, Donald Gillespie Jr., unknown man, Ira Gillespie, unknown child. Taken about 1920 at Gull Lake, ON
- Ellen Demoe/John Wylie Tombstone (69 KB)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Victoria Road, ON.
- Josephine Grozelle & Louise Demoe (34 KB)
Josephine Grozelle & Louise Demoe, abt 1900.
- John & Clara Demoe's Tombstone (112 KB)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Lindsay, ON
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