ETHIER, Joseph and Elizabeth (Isabella) Bouquet Ethier

You have to dig well back into our nation’s early history when researching the ETHIER Family of Westmeath Township. They were among the earliest of the French settlers in New France; in what would become Quebec, Canada. These early generations were headed by the following ETHIER men:

1. Leonard Ethier Estie (2 versions of surname), born about 1643 in St-Martial de Manot, Angouleme, Angoumois, France. He died 1689 in undetermined place.
2. His son Joseph Ethier Estier Ethier Estheir (4 versions of surname), Birth 21 Jun 1688 in Lachenaie, L’Assoption, Quebec. Death 27 Aug 1741 in St-Francois-de-Sales, Ile-Jesus, Quebec. This appears to be the family’s immigrant ancestor and the Ile-Jesus is part of the Island of Montreal; then near the early village of Hochelaga, New France.
3. His son Paul Ethier Estier Ethier, birth 8 Mar 1730, in St-Francois-de-Sales, Ile-Jesus, Quebec. Death abt 15 May 1786 in St-Francois-de-Sales, Ile-Jesus, Quebec.
4. His son Francois Ethier Hetiez (yet another rendition of the surname). Birthings est. 1766 in place undetermined, Quebec.
5. His son Pierre Ethier. Birth 10 Aug 1790 in L’Assomption, Quebec married Adelaide Sevigny Lafleur (1795- ) and Pierre was born north of Montreal in what we know today as the Laurentides area.
6. Their son Joseph Ethier was born 3 Apr 1830 in Lachenaie, L’Assomption, Quebec and died 5 Jul 1907 in Westmeath, Renfrew County, Ontario. We will follow his descendants in Westmeath Township.

Joseph Ethier and Elizabeth Isabella Bousquet and Descendants

This Joseph is the first Ethier listed in Westmeath Township Records and the son of Pierre Ethier and Adelaide Savigny LaFleur. He married his wife Elizabeth Isabelle “Lisa” Bousquet (b. art 1830-1918) in Gower Point (LaPasse) in Westmeath Township. Two spellings Bousquet and Bouquet are found.

The Hickey (Ethier) family were French Roman Catholics from L’Assumption, northeast of Montreal on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Lower Canada (Quebec), and took up framing in Westmeath Township on Lot 23, Conc. 6 EML. The family is first listed as Westmeath Township residents in the 1881 Census, a listing showing Joseph (age 50) and Elizabeth (or Isabell) Bouquet (age 40), together with their oldest 2 sons, Joseph (21) and Louis (18). These four persons were born in Quebec. All the other children were born in Ontario. Edward Ethier and Joseph Ethier were both enumerated as landowners for the 1893 Municipal Election, and the 1896 List for the Township of Westmeath. 1896 Voter List Ethier. Only males, landowners or sons of landowners were eligible for the vote.

The photographs used in this entry are courtesy of Ron Ethier, grandson of Peter Ethier and Catherine Anderson, and son of Wilfred Ethier and Irene Pappin.

The children of Joseph Ethier and Elizabeth Esabelle “Liza” Bousquet Ethier are:

1. Amanda Ethier
2. Joseph Ethier was born in Westmeath Township, Ontario. He married at age 23 to (1) Susanne Marcotte (1856-1895) on June 1883, the daughter of Elie Marcotte and Margaret Glancey. Joseph remarried, at age 36 to (2) Mary Louise Dupuis (1867- ), in April 1896. She was age 29, and the daughter of Maxime Dupuis and Anne Kencheley, in Gower Point. See DUPUIS entry.
   
   Joseph Ethier Jr. is listed in the 1896 Voter List for the municipality as owning Lot 35, Concession West Front East.
3. Julia Ethier Ladouceur. Julia died during the depths of WWII and her Will held a sizeable inheritance for her three brothers: Peter, Edward and Louis. Etheir Julia Ladouceur Bequeth.

4. Pierre “Peter” Ethier has occupation as labourer in early census records. This branch of the family continued to live in the Westmeath area. See details on his family below.

5. Marie Albina “Bina” Louisa Ethier (1856-1939). born in L’Assumption, Quebec. Bina married ___Lalibertie, lived in Asterville, ON and died in Westmeath Twp.

6. Antoinette Ethier (1862-1883)

7. Louis Ethier (1864-1943)

8. Edward Ethier “Hickey” (1864-1943). Edward has occupation as a carpenter. See details on Edward’s family below.

9. Alexina Ethier (1868-

10. Elizabeth Ethier (1874-

The surname of HICKEY was initially used by the Ethier Family, as a form of Anglicization; to form an English pronunciation or substitution for a French name. Some early records in Westmeath Township use the surname Hickey.

Pierre “Peter” Ethier (Hickey) and Catherine “Cassie” Anderson and Descendants

Pierre “Peter” Ethier, son of Joseph Ethier and Isabelle Bouquet, would marry Catherine “Cassie” Anderson (1882- ), a local Westmeath girl and her daughter of John T. Anderson and Eliza Armstrong. See ANDERSON entry. Her marriage to a French Roman Catholic caused a rift with her own family that never healed.

Peter Hickey would work for the prominent Fraser family, a business of lumbering and farming, and was remembered for his devotion with a stipend in W.H.A. Fraser’s Last Will and Testament.

The children of Peter Ethier (1877- ) m. Cassie Anderson (1882- ) were:

1. Wilfred Ethier (1903-1962) m. Irene Pappin (1902-1955 in 1927; daughter of Sam Pappin and Bridge Ryan who had been raised on Allumette Island across the Lower Allumette Lake. Wilfred and Irene farmed on the Ethier homestead on Rapid Road at the Ottawa River shoreline, at the eastern end of the Bromley Line, (commonly called Swamp Road by the old-timers).

The white farmhouse with the surrounding veranda, was later owned by Wilfred’s daughter Isabel and her husband Guy Drapeau. The children of Wilfred and Irene Ethier are:

i. Patricia Ethier m. Luke Fought. Ethier, Patricia Mary Faught

ii. Helen Ethier (1930- ) m. Ralph Gervais (1928- )

iii. Isabel Ethier (1933-2013) m. Guy Drapeau (1930-2009), Drapeau, Guy & Isobel Ethier

iv. John Ethier (1936- ) m. Barb Hennessy (1939-2014)

v. Ron Ethier (1939- ) m. Gail Hennessy (1940- )

vi. Ryan Ethier (1944- ) m. Susan Matcheski (1945- )

Bernie Ethier (1948- ) m. Patsy Harkins (1959-1995)

2. Hector Hickey (1905-1983) m. “Kitty” Fraser and lived in Copper Cliff, ON. This branch continue to use Hickey as the surname.

i. Shirley Hickey (1930- ) m. Roger Gervais (both deceased),

ii. Peter Hickey (1934-1995) m. Colette Laforge,

iii. Patrick Hickey, unmarried,

iv. Richard Hickey, unmarried,

v. Fraser Hickey (1944-1997) m. Julie Morin

3. Irene Ethier (1906-1969) m. Dennis Pappin ( -1968). They also lived in Copper Cliff, ON.

i. Betty Pappin (1927-2000) m. Budd Bertrand (1924-1999)

ii. Bernard Pappin, Rev. (1928-1998), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church

iii. Elaine Pappin (1930-2003) m. Raymond Dupuis ( -1967)

iv. Douglas Pappin (1932- ) m. Patricia Bell (1930-2006)

v. Maureen Pappin (1933-1994) m. Leo Crema.

4. Geneva Ethier Kenny, Geneva Ethier (1908-1984) m. Dyer Kenny (1909-1995) and farmed on the Gore Line, just northeast of the Village of Westmeath. See KENNY entry.

5. Emmett Ethier (1910-1914) – died a age 4 years.

6. Dorothy Ethier (1920- ) m. William “Bill” Daly (1966- ) and lived in Ottawa, ON

i. Donnie Daly m. Marianne___

ii. Bill Daley m. Nancy___

iii. Lorrain Daly m. Dan kelly

iv. Peter Daley m. Helena___

v. Chuck Daley m. Lorna___

7. Julia Ethier DuManoir, Mary Julie Ethier (1914-1971) m. Lorne DuManoir. He served in the Canadian forces in WWII. See DUMANOIR entry.

Many of the Ethier boys were skilled hockey players and played for Westmeath Teams.

Edward Ethier (Hickey) and Celina Dupuy (Dupuis) and Descendants

Edward Ethier, son of Joseph Ethier and Isabelle Bouquet, has the first usage of “Hickey” used in the records. Edwards m. Celina Dupuy in Gower Point in July of 1892. Dupuy may be a misspelling of Dupuis in the early records. See DUPUIS entry.

In the 1896 Voters List for the municipality Edward is farming on the original homestead at Lot Prt 23, Concession 6 EML (East Muskrat Lake).

The children of Edward Ethier (1866- ) m. Celina Dupuis (1871- ) were:

1. Alexander Ethier ( -1993), in Carleton, ON, m. Mina Gagnon and ran a barber shop. Their children all stayed in Westmeath Township and they were:

i. Joseph Edward Ethier (1917-2002) m. Vera Gervais (1902-2006) Ethier, Joseph Edwards. Their children are Murray Ethier; Michael Ethier m. Madelaine___; Raymond Ethier m. Leona___; and Ralph Ethier m. Tammy___.

ii. Laurette Ethier m. Emard Couturier

iii. Vivian Ethier (1922-2006) m. Jack Gilchrist. Gilchrist, Vivian Ethier. Their children are Ronald Gilchrist m. Sherry McGonegal; John Gilchrist m. June___; Raymond Gilchrist m. Maria Lachance; Connie Gilchrist m. Larry Lacroix; Pam Gilchrist m. Terry Yachinskie; Stephen Gilchrist m. Cathy___; Kevin Gilchrist m. Val___; Susan Gilchrist m. David Lessard, Jane Gilchrist m. Kenny Latandresse; Cindy Gilchrist m. Dave LaRiviere.

iv. Emmett Ethier m. Shirley Hodgina, Emmett served with distinction in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in WWII. Ethier, Emmett, Doc.Canadian Paratrooper. Emmett and his brother Frank were part of a famous Westmeath Hockey Team. The year 1946-47 was a vintage year in hockey for the Westmeath Senior Team which regained the historic W.H.A. Fraser Cup after a lapse in the competition of 31 years.

v. Frank Ethier m. Claire Dupuis (1929-2006) Ethier, Claire Dupuis. Their children are: Paul Ethier m. Huguette___; Suzanne Ethier m. Wayne Scobie; Cathy Ethier m. Iveson Mulligan; Bernard Ethier m. Debbie___; Duane Ethier m. Marie Lacroix; Chris Ethier m. Eileen___.

vi. Earl Ethier (1929-2009) Ethier, Earl Obituary m. Joan Buelow.

vii. Lillis Ethier m. Vern Couturier and settled in Westmeath Village.

2. Louis Maxime Ethier (1894-1917). On 9 June 1917, at age 23 in La Coulette, France, Louis Maxime Ethier was killed in action in WWI. He served with Canadian Expeditionary Force and is buried in France.

3. Barbara Ethier (1897-1988) m. Dan Laderoute. See LADEROUTE entry.

4. Joseph Ethier Jr. (1895-1984) m. Stella Shea, and lived in North Bay. They had a son Larry Ethier and adopted sister Eva’s son Rolly Ethier.

5. Maxime Hector Ethier (1902-1903). Died in infancy.

6. Joseph Denis Ethier (1904-1994) m. Helen “Nellie” Shea. They adopted a son Nelson Ethier.

7. Joseph Vanose Ethier (1906-1920) m. Cora Belec and lived in Tweed, ON. They had a daughter Zita Ethier and an adopted son Grant Ethier.

8. Lawrence Ethier (1908-2000) m. M. Louise Chavalier at age 28 in June 1936. Their children are:

i. Alda Ethier (1937- ) m. Earl O’Brien

ii. Dillon Ethier (1938- ) m. Doreen Lennie ( -1978) on July 9, 1966

iii. Merlyn Ethier (1939-2004) was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest on May 29, 1965.

iv. Denzil Ethier (1941- ) m. Mona Lacroix on July 23, 1966

v. Carl Ethier (1942- ) m. Marjorie Corsen on Jan. 31, 1965

vi. Arlene Ethier (1944- ) m. Victor Lacroix (1944- ) on Mar. 15 1969

vii. Gwen (1947- ) Ethier Devine

vii. Philip Ethier (1950- ) m. Linda George

ix. Melvin Ethier (1952- ) m. Debbie George in 1976

9. Marie Anne “Eva” Ethier (1910-2001) m. Leslie James Stratton (1909-1987) Children are:

i. Wayne Stratton,

ii. Wendy Stratton m. Atchison,

iii. Joanne Stratton m. ___Blain

10. Ida Ethier (1913-2014) m. Warnock McGuire Their children are:

i. Barry McGuire m. Doris McGuinty

ii. Brian McGuire m. Ritzy Sheedy

iii. Wayne McGuire m. Linda Howard

iv. Gail McGuire m. Rick McLaughlin