Sarah von Allmen

From: "Jean-Marc von Allmen" <jms.vonallmen@span.ch> [next]
To: <dgatx@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Henry Ulysse Huguenin
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:51:44

Hello Don

I'll get back to you as soon as I can, but unfortunately I'll need to check something at the Neuchâtel archives before I can confirm whether we've got details of your line - there's one Henry Ulysse in our tree, but the dates are slightly different.

La Chaux-de-Fonds is a town the same size as Neuchâtel (pop. abt. 40,000), about 15 miles away and at 3,000' above sea-level: it claims to be the highest town in Europe. Most Huguenins originally come from this upper part of the canton, and Jean-Marc was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Peseux is a village a short distance from Neuchâtel (going towards Lausanne) slightly inland from the lake shore.

Vauseyon is a district of Neuchâtel where the river Seyon enters the town.

I can't find a village called Meissy in Switzerland: the "-y" ending is typical of the canton of Vaud, and it might just be too small to show on the scale of map we have. I also checked the telephone directory, and there's no listing for Meissy. However, there is a village with the unlikely name of Missy on the opposite side of Lake Neuchâtel from Neuchâtel itself, not far from Avenches, which might be big enough to show on your map. I think it's now in the canton of Fribourg, although it's difficult to tell, because this is a confusing area where the canton boundaries change regularly between Vaud and Fribourg.

Hope to have more for you soon

Sarah von Allmen
(married to the son of a Huguenin-Virchaux)
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> De : Donald I. Good <dgatx@earthlink.net>
> A : jms.vonallmen@span.ch
> Objet : Henry Ulysse Huguenin
> Date : mercredi, 22. juillet 1998 03,32
>
> Dear Huguenins,
>
> I am trying to trace the ancestry of my great grandparents Henry Ulysse
> Huguenin and Louise Eugenie Perrot. I was delighted to find your web
> page, and I was hoping that perhaps you might have some information on
> them. I certainly would be happy to share what information I have about
> their descendants.
>
> Here is what I know about them.
>
> Henry Ulysse Huguenin.
> Born: 13 Feb 1844, Switzerland
> Died: 1935, Switzerland, probably in the Canton of Neuchatel
>
> Louise Eugenie Perrot
> Born: 30 Jun 1848, Switzerland
>
> Married: Switzerland.
>
> Children:
>
> Paul Huguenin
> Born: 16 May 1871, Switzerland
>
> Robert Huguenin
> Born: 11 Jul 1873, Switzerland
>
> Emma Huguenin
> Born: 7 Sep 1875, Switzerland
>
> Rose Adelle Huguenin
> Born: 6 Mar 1886, USA
>
> Oscar Huguenin
> Born: 15 Jun 1888, USA
>
> Ed Huguenin
> Born: 29 Jul 1891, USA
>
> (I have rumors that two other children were born in Switzerland, but I
> have no concrete evidence.)
>
> Emigration: It occurred sometime between 1875 and 1886, probably in the
> 1880?s.
>
> Other Relatives of Henry Ulysse in Switzerland: A letter written by
> Henry Ulysse from Switzerland in 1926 mentions a sister Laura, a
> brother, and a nephew named Arthur Huguenin. As best I can tell, at the
> time the letter was written, Arthur lived in la Chaux-de-Fonds with a
> wife, a daughter and a son. The letter also seems to say that the
> daughter was 20 years old.
>
> Visits to Switzerland by Henry Ulysse:
>
> After emigrating to the US, he made several trips between the US and
> Switzerland, and he lived his final years in Switzerland. I have copies
> of letters with the following dates:
>
> Meissy(sp?), Vaud, Switzerland, January 6th 1926
>
> Peseusc(sp?), Switzerland, March 4th 1930
>
> Draises 42, Vauseyon, Neuchatel, Switzerland, July 9th 1930
>
> Draises 42, Vauseyon sur Neuchatel, Switzerland, July 11th 1931
>
> Draises 42, Vauseyon sur Neuchatel, Switzerland, July 11th 1931
>
> Draises 42, le 22 juillet 1932
>
> Draises 42, Vauseyon, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Jan. 6th 1933
>
> Draises 42, Vauseyon, Neuchatel, Switzerland le 27 September 1933
>
> All of these letters are signed ?Ulysse Huguenin.?
>
> I have been able to locate the Cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel and the
> city of Neuchatel on a current map of Switzerland; but I have not been
> able to locate any of these other places.
>
> I would be very grateful for any information that you might have on any
> of these people or places.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Don Good
> dgatx@earthlink.net

[prev] From: "Jean-Marc von Allmen" <jms.vonallmen@span.ch> [next]
To: <dgatx@earthlink.net>
Subject: Henry Ulysse Huguenin
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:32:43 +0100
 

Hello again

I haven't forgotten Henry Ulysse, but he's proving difficult to trace! There's no Henry Ulysse Huguenin in the Huguenin index for the canton of Neuchâtel, so that leaves 2 possibilities:

1. He was born outside the canton (unlikely according to your information).

2. His name was actually Huguenin-something. (For instance, Jean-Marc's maternal family are Huguenin-Virchaux - all the branches tend to use Huguenin for every day, but legal papers show the full name.)

Unfortunately, each Huguenin branch has a separate, non-computerised index, so it will take me a couple of trips to the archives to go through all of them. However, we should get there in the end! (I'm currently having the same problem for the ancestor of an Australian branch.)

Sarah

[prev] From: "Jean-Marc von Allmen" <jms.vonallmen@span.ch>
To: <dgatx@earthlink.net>
Subject: Henri Ulysse has been found!
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 09:22:51

Hi there

I went to the archvies before classes yesterday, and struch lucky first time: Henri Ulysse belongs to the Huguenin-Dumittan branch of the family.

He was born (as you said) on 13 Feb 1844 and christened on 16 Mar 1844 at La Brévine, a village not far from La Chaux-de-Fonds. He married in 1871 (exact date not given) at Le Locle, a nearby small town.

His parents were Henri-Frédéric Huguenin du Mittan and Julie-Adèle Courvoisier-Piot, daghter of Simon-Frédéric. Henri-Frédéric was born on 7 June 1816 at La Chaux-du-Milieu, and was the 6th of 8 children. (No marriage date yet.)

Henri-Frédéric's parents were Charles-Auguste Huguenin du Mittan and Louise Dubois, illegitimate daughter of Rose Madelaine Dubois. (Her father's surname was possibly Jeaneret; no marriage date yet.) Charles-Auguste was born on 29 Oct 1792 at La Chaux-du-Milieu, and was the 5th of 7 children.  Louise died before 1st Oct 1837, when Charles-Auguste remarried at Les Ponts-de-Martel with Augustine Jeannin, daughter of Jérémie. They had at least 2 more children.

Charles-Auguste's parents were Daniel Huguenin du Mitan and Jeanne Marie Huguenin dit Richard, married on 10 Sept 1768 at La Chaux-du-Milieu. I have no dates of birth for either of these, but hope to find them. Jeanne Marie's parents were Pierre Huguenin dit Richard and Susanne Marie Courvoisier, married at Le Locle on 26 Feb 1746. I have dates of birth for Jeanne Marie's 3 brothers: there is also at least one reference where her name is given as Anne Marie, just to make life more interesting... Pierre's father was called David, and the Huguenin-Richard branch are all descendants of Richard Huguenin and his wife, Othenet Mathey dict Junod.

Daniel Huguenin du Mitan was the son of Moyse Huguenin du Mitan and Marie Matthey (daughter of Daniel), and he had at least 2 brothers.

Moyse's parents were Moïse Huguenin du Mitan and Susanne Jacot-Gindre, and he had at least 4 brothers and sisters. He died before 1762.

Moïse was the son of Pierret Huguenin du Mitan, and had 6 known brothers and sisters.

Pierret was born before 1600, and died sometime after 1659. He had 6 known brothers and sisters. His parents were Blaise Huguenin du Mitan and Jaquette Montandon (daughter of Jaques Montandon and Blaiza Courvoisier).

Blaise was born before 1552 and died between 1598 and 1600. He was a small-scale farmer, working his own land. His father was Petitjehan Huguenin, and his mother's first name was Jehanne.

Petitjehan ("Little John") was also a labourer on his own land, who died before 1552. He had 7 known children, most of whom settled at the village known today as La Chaux-du-Milieu. In the local patois, it was then called La Chaux du Moitan or Mitan, and the descendants of 4 of Petitjehan's children became known as Huguenin du Mitan (today written Huguenin-Dumittan). Another of Petitjehan's children was Richard Huguenin, ancestor of the Huguenin-Richard branch.

Petitjehan was the son of Hugonin Heuguenin (various spellings found!), a labourer and woodcutter who was born before 1507, and died after 1533. He was already an adult in 1507, and when he swore fealty for his land, he was described as a "homme franc et libre du seigneur de Valangin" - a free man under the lord of Valangin.

Hugonin's father was Outhenyn chiez Heuguenin, first referred to as an adult in a document dated 1473. In 1507 he was described as old and feeble. He is the founder of the Huguenin family, and now has descendants all over the world....

Hope this is of interest - if you use a genealogy program, I can send you fuller details: we use Family Tree Maker, but can also generate GEDCOM files. I can also try and dig out more info using parish registers now I know where to look.

All the best

Sarah