Antoine Ouilmette (c. 1760–1841) was a fur trader and early resident of what is now Chicago, Illinois. He was of French Canadian and possibly Native American ancestry. The village of Wilmette, Illinois (phonetic spelling of Ouilmette) is named in his honor.[1]
^Stewart, Adam H. "Wilmette, IL". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
AntoineOuilmette (c. 1760–1841) was a fur trader and early resident of what is now Chicago, Illinois. He was of French Canadian and possibly Native American...
developed there and he is widely regarded as the founder of Chicago. AntoineOuilmette is the next recorded resident of Chicago; he claimed to have settled...
Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 March 2014. Grover, Frank R. (1908). AntoineOuilmette. Evanston Historical Society. pp. 7–8. Keating, Ann Durkin (2012)...
Heward, who made a journey through Illinois in the spring of 1790. AntoineOuilmette claimed to have arrived in Chicago shortly after this in July 1790...
February 1987. History of Chicago List of African-American firsts AntoineOuilmette French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ba.tist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]. Pointe de Sable...
sportscaster Diana Oughton, student activist, member of The Weathermen AntoineOuilmette, early settler, Wilmette namesake (born in Canada) Harold Ousley,...
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