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The Board of Directors of l’Association des Cloutier d’Amérique is composed of nine members who are elected at the Annual General Meeting, held each year in conjunction with our annual gathering. Here then are our directors for 2005-2006.
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PRÉSIDENT E-mail: |
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(External Affairs) Home: (819) Fax: (819) E-mail: cloutier.michel@sympatico.ca |
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VICE-PRESIDENT Yvan |
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ADMINISTRATOR
Rés: (418) 628-2286 courriel: |
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ADMINISTRATOR
Hélène Cloutier St-Hilaire Home: (819) 762-6754 E-mail: helene_cloutier@caramail.com |
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SECRÉTAIRE
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ADMINISTRATOR
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| TREASURER Jean-Louis Cloutier Home: (418) 837-7108 |
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Fernand Cloutier L'Islet-sur-Mer, QC Rés: (418) 247-5868 |
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PRESIDENT courriel: henrietlucile@sympatico.ca |
| CHAPLAIN Gérard Cloutier 1045, René-Lévesque O Sillery, QC G1S 1V3 Rés: (418) 527-3184 |
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Association des Cloutier d'Amérique,
4500, boul. Henri-Bourassa Local 215
Québec, Qc. - G1H 3A5
Adresse électronique: cloutier.michel@sympatico.ca
THE HISTORY OF L’ASSOCIATION DES CLOUTIER D’AMÉRIQUE
L’Association des Cloutier d’Amérique is a not-for-profit organization registered on May 25,1982 under part 3 of the Quebec Companies Act. The primary goal in forming our Association was to gather together the largest number of Cloutiers whether in name, through ancestry or in spirit in order to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the ancestor of all of us, ZACHARIE CLOUTIER, on Quebec soil, the 4th of June 1634.
The largest family reunion ever seen in Quebec was held on July 20, 21 and 22, 1984. It was a great party where we had the occasion to meet and to get to know Cloutiers and descendants of Cloutiers from all of the provinces of Canada and from many states of the United States, from as far away as California and Alaska. During the course of these encounters and rejoicing, we had the opportunity to take part in a memorable mass and to eat gastronomic delights all organized to the proportions of the party. Dancing, an amateur gala with story tellers, singers and musicians embellished our weekend which seemed all too short.
The success of this gathering and the enthusiasm of all of the participants towards the gathering, led the Board of Directors of l’Association des Cloutier d’Amérique to decide to hold annual gatherings in the different regions of Québec. This tradition is now well-established and should continue for a long time.
The primary objective was therefore achieved. We must continue to provide all Cloutiers with the opportunity to meet.
| During the large gathering of the Cloutier family, held at Beauport, July 20, 21 and 22, 1984, to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the arrival on Canadian soil of Zacharie Cloutier and Xainte Dupont, l’Association des Cloutier d’Amérique erected a monument with a commemorative plaque to mark the event. The unveiling of this plaque took place on July 22, 1984 in the presence of the several thousand participants of this large gathering. The monument can be found in front of Yves-Prévost School, at 945 boulevard des
Chutes, Beauport, between Vallée Street on the west and Labelle Street on the east. |
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Translation of the plaque shown above
"TO COMMEMORATE THE 350th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF
ZACHARIE CLOUTIER AND XAINTE DUPONT
WHO ESTABLISHED THEIR FIRST HOME ON THIS SITE
IN 1634. L’ASSOCIATION DES CLOUTIER D’AMÉRIQUE
ERECTED THIS MONUMENT IN JULY 1984."
CLOUTIERs that we are
it is always time to meet us
in order to get to know us better
and to better appreciate us
