SITE GENEALOGIQUE ET HERALDIQUE DU CANTON DE FRIBOURG

Chautemps, Chautems

Origine: Vully

Etymologie: Sobriquet signifiant temps chaud, été.

Bourgeoisies:
- CHAUTEMS: Vully-Le-Haut, Vully-Le-Bas, Auvernier (XIXe), La Chaux-de-Fonds (1888), Neuchâtel (1889), Peseux (1896), Colombier NE (1892), Zurich (1928), Bôle (1937), Aigle (1956), Champtauroz (1956), Yverdon (1956), Orbe (1957).
- CHAUTEMPS: Vully-Le-Bas, Vully-Le-Haut, Corseaux (1958).
[NB: Il existe aussi une famille Chautemps bourgeoise de Champvent VD depuis 1681].

Variantes: Chouteau

Armoiries:

"d'azur à une aigle d'or".

- AEF: Fichier armoiries.

Emigration aux USA:

- A family "Chouteau" lived in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1820's and before and originally were "Chautems de Vully fribougeois."  I am interested in their origins because they welcomed and "protected" families in my study group.  Many reports say the Chouteaus were French because they spoke French.  I will be interested in knowing if anyone in Fribourg is interested in this family. 

SELKIRK PROJECT UNDERWAY

I am still actively collecting data pertaining to a select group of early Swiss emigrants who left Europe in 1821 and traveled together to Lord Selkirk’s colony on the Red River of the North in Western Canada.  Presently, the location is near present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Beginning in 1823, entire families relocated to areas in the Minnesota and Wisconsin territories, Illinois, and Missouri.  Others remained in the colony until 1826, when they too left for the United States. 

I am most interested in evaluating the extant primary source material relating to the migration, to identify the individual members of the group by name, age, occupation, and social status; and to determine the fate of the families.  Of particular interest are personal accounts contained in contemporary letters, diaries, and colonial papers. 

The majority of the first group of Swiss in Wisconsin originated in cantons Bern and Neuchatel.  Other cantons are represented as well. Approximately 44 families participated in this emigration, including Abram Perret (a.k.a. Abraham Perry,) and Benjamin Gervais, founders of St. Paul, Minnesota, the renowned artist, Peter Rindisbacher, and father of the famed Civil War General Augustus Louis (A.L.) Chetlain of Galena, Illinois.  The project focuses around a core group of 10 Swiss families with the following surnames: Aebersold, Chatelain, Hofmann, Marchand, Monnier, Quinche, Rindisbacher, Scheidegger, Schirmer, and Stramm. 

The emigrant party also included a number of professional soldiers, of German, Swiss, and French origins, who were formerly attached to the de Meuron and de Watteville regiments. 

The names of primary interest are: Bain (Bane, Bayne,) Bruechler (Brickler,) Ehrler (Erler,) Fournier, Gerber, Langet, Ostertag (Osterday,) Paquet (Paquette,) Polander (Bollender,) Schmid (Schmidt,) and Verring (Varing).

Correspondence relating to this group is welcomed.  Please contact:
Maralyn A. Wellauer, MA, Editor, The Swiss Connection
2845 North 72nd Street, Milwaukee, WI  53210 USA 
Tel: 414.778.1224  Fax: 414.778.2109  e-mail:  fhea@execpc.com  ou swissmiss@execpc.com
All contributions will be acknowledged.

Adresses e-mail:
- Juan-Carlos Chautemps, à Cordoba, RA:  chautemps@arnet.com.ar


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