Jesmer Mysteries explained
Jesmer Mysteries explained.
Where the doors are being blown wide open on many Jesmer family mysteries!
There are several mysteries in the Jesmer family that need to be answered. What are these mysteries? I will address them in a series of questions and then I will begin answering these questions. Prepare yourself to enter the realm of “Jesmer Mysteries”. Also, if you have any “Jesmer mysteries” that you think should be on this list, feel free to email me, Kevin E. Jesmer at kevinjesmer@yahoo.com.
Link to Jesmer family history page
1. Who was the first Jesmer in North America?
2. Where were the Jesmers originally from? The origins of people in Europe
DNA Deciphers roots of modern Europeans
The journey of the Y chromosome of all Jesmer males who can trace their Y chromosome from Louis Laurent Duhaut dit Jasmin (immigrated to Montreal in 1760) (Only those who are members of the male line of descent)
3. When did our ancestors first come to Canada?
Jesmer family ancestral homelands
The final resting place of our “Jesmer” immigrant ancestor, Louis Laurent Dahaut Dit Jasmin
4. When did our Jesmer branch come to the USA?
Why the Americans were eager to have French Canadian Farmers in Upper State NewYork
French Canadian resentment..a factor on why the Jesmer’s moved to Upper State NY around 1814.
Life was hard for the settlers in Upper Canada
4.5. Where was the first place of settlement in the west? How the Jesmers came to Minnesota
5. When did our Jesmer branch come to Canada again? Nelson A. Jesmer 1901 to Manitoba.
Hubert Francis Jesmer and Shirley Jesmer- to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan 1912
Peter Sydney Robideau and Sophie Deshaw Robideau to Grand Prairie Alberta 1917
6. What was the original last name of the Jesmer family? The meaning of last names in general?
8. When was the french speakers in our family?
11. How did he escape? (Probably the darkest secret in our branch of the Jesmer family tree. )
12. How is our branch of Jesmer’s related to the original Cat woman, Julie Newmar?
14. How did religious affiliation change in the Jesmer family over the years?
15. Where do most of the Jesmer’s from our branch live today?
16. What famous last names are in our ancestor list?
17. How were the Jesmer’s involved in the establishment of Detroit MI?
18. What relics from the past exist today and where are they? The barn The school house Carl’s house Nelson’s old meat tenderizer. the J. Lisle Jesmer house in St Paul Mn. The ashes of Nelson E. Jesmer and Sarah The graves in Greenbush Cemetery near Princeton MN. (The oldest grave sites I know.) The oldest cemetery I know:Greenbush Twnsp MN. Alice (Statland) Jesmer’s old metal iron.
19. Who are the other Jesmers living in Manitoba?
20. What is the story behind the Jesmer Marsh in Wadena Saskatchewan?
21. Is there a resemblance among the descendants of Nelson A. Jesmer?
22. What would inspire the Jesmers to migrate to the USA around 1814?
Famous Jesmers
22a. Who is the famous Jesmer, who is a professional boxer and lives in Manitoba?
22b. Who is the famous drummer from a 1966 garage band?…Joseph P. Jesmer
22c. How is our branch of Jesmer’s related to the original Cat woman, Julie Newmar?
22.e. Steve.Jesmer. the country singer from Saskatchewan.
23. What is earliest evidence of Native ancestry among the Jesmers?
24. Were there arranged marriage among the Jesmer ancestors?
25. What does it mean to be a descendant of a “Fille Du Roi”, “Daughter of the King”? Andre Robidou (b. 1643) and Jeanne Denote (The first Robideau in the New World. All Robideau’s in NA are his descendants. Jeanne Denote was paid to come to Canada by the King of France to marry. She was a Filles Du Roi)
26. Which Joseph Jesmer of Upper State New York are you descended from?
28. How religious was the family of Joseph A. Jesmer and Mary Ann Jesmer?
29. Why are there so many Joseph’s and also so many men with the middle name “Edward”?
Which Joseph Jesmer of Upper State New York are you descended from?
31. Who was the hardy letter carriers near Berens River Manitoba in the 1920s-1940s?
32. Which Jesmer was karate chopped by the Prime Minister of Canada in 1969?
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