William Ouellette
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William Ouellette (Willard) (alt. Willie or Bill, Ouillette) was born of George Ouellette and Emma-Louise Montroy[1] on February 22nd 1914, in Alexandria[2].
He married Aldéa Carrière in Cornwall in 1936[3] and fathered Joan Willard[3] and Maurice Donald[4] (1936) Willard; the latter died one year later[4]. He later remarried with Doris Foster and fathered Joseph Ronald James (1938)[5][6], Marie Anne Eileen (1945), Mary Valarie Janet<nocat> (1950), Joseph Brian William Eugène (1951), Marie Jeannine Louise Sandra (1955), and Joseph Garry Lawrence<nocat> (1956) Willard with Doris Foster.[3]
He was a soldier in the Second World War, pictured in his military uniform at right.[7] One of his legs was amputated around 1980 for reasons yet unknown.[7]
Sometime before 1950, William moved to Trois-Rivières. There Ronald and Anne were baptised in Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, twelve and four years after their births, respectively.[3] In 1957, he and Doris became godparents to their grandchild Doris<nocat>.[3] He died in Trois-Rivieres on March 6, 1997, at the age of 87. [8]
He is a direct descendant of René Houallet<nocat>.
His name was spelled many ways throughout his lifetime, including Willie Ouillette on his birth certificate card, Williams Ouellette Willard on Ronald's birth certificate, William Willard on Ronald's marriage certificate, and Bill Willard to his grandson. His many descendants adopted the 'Willard' variation.
References
- Notice of decease: William Ouellette, 11 June 1997, Trois-Rivières, QC. Original data: -SP-3 Bulletin de décès, Bureau de la statistique du Québec, 11 June 1997, Trois-Rivières, QC. Taken from Anne Willard, December 2009.
- Birth certificate card: William Ouellette, 21 March 1914, Alexandria, ON. Original data: Birth Certificate: E091264, Registrar General, 03 January 1966, Toronto, Ontario. Taken from Jean-Jacques Willard & Suzanne Plamondon, 15 January 2009.
- Repertory of baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1944–1984, Saint-Laurent parish, Trois-Rivières, QC. Original data: Répertoire des baptêmes, mariages, et sépultures de la paroisse Saint-Laurent (autrefois: Notre-Dame de la Paix) de Trois-Rivières, 1944–1984, comté de Saint-Maurice (issue 39, 1st edition), Société de généalogie de la Mauricie et des Bois-Francs, Trois-Rivières, 1988, Trois-Rivières, Québec. Taken from InterLibrary Loan by John Abbott College, 19 February 2009.
- Parish record: burial of Maurice Willard, 01 February 1937, St-Columban parish, Cornwall, ON. Original data: Drouin Collection (St-Columban parish, Cornwall, ON), Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, 1621–1967. Taken from Ontario French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967, Ancestry.ca, 25 September 2009 at <http://search.ancestry.ca/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1109&path=C.Cornwall;+Cornwall+(St+Colomban).1932-1944.33> (payment required).
- Birth certificate: Ronald Willard, 25 April 1938, Cornwall, ON. Original data: Certificat de Naissance-Bapteme, H. L., Diocèse de Trois-Rivières, 06 October 1982, Trois-Rivières, QC. Taken from Jean-Jacques Willard & Suzanne Plamondon, 15 January 2009.
- Marriage certificate: Ronald Willard & Lucia Duchesne, 07 January 1956, St-Laurent parish, Trois-Rivières, QC. Original data: Certificat de Mariage, Maurice Pellerin, Diocèse de Trois-Rivières, 06 October 1982, Trois-Rivières, QC. Taken from Jean-Jacques Willard & Suzanne Plamondon, 15 January 2009.
- First-hand information from relatives.
- Obituary: William Ouellette, 6 June 1997, Trois-Rivières, QC. Original data: WILLARD M. WILLIAM, Unknown, 11 June 1997, Trois-Rivières, QC. Taken from Anne Willard, December 2009.
Timeline
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