. The parish was erected into a municipality in 1845, and then into a village on 12 April 1850. Ouimet served as its mayor from 1852 to 1854. When his term came to an end, lie moved to Montreal

-Thérèse-de-Blainville (Sainte-Thérèse), Lower Canada, son of Élie Rochon, a farmer, and Sophie Ouimet; m. 9 April 1872 Corinne Gaucher in

Madeleine Wilkie at St Joseph (Walhalla, N.Dak.); they had no children but adopted a son and daughter; d. 19 May 1906 in Bellevue (St-Isidore-de-Bellevue), Sask