Marie-Madeleine Couteau

Marie-Madeleine Cousteau 1606 - 1691

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Elle avait épousé Étienne St-Père vers 1626 à St-Jean-d'Angély. Cinq enfants issus de cette union sont baptisés à St-Jean-d'Angély (St-Jean-Baptiste) : Olivier, le 31-07-1628 ; Marguerite, vers 1629 ; Lazare, le 05-11-1632 ; Catherine, le 26-08-1634 et Blanche vers 1637. Sa fille Jeanne St-Père épouse Pierre Guyet selon le contrat du 10-02-1642 passé devant le notaire Chouet à St-Jean-d'Angély

she is counted among the Filles à marier, who were single women, whether never married or widowed made no difference; they received no subsidy from the crown, contrary to the later Filles du roy. They were brought to New France either by the companies that traded there or by religious communities. She came with her 2 daughters, who also fall within this group.

Marriage Contract annulled CT 18-05-1639 Teuleron (La Rochelle) with merchant André Musset in St-Léger , Bretagne

Remarried to Emery Calteau (Cailleteay) in 10/14/1647 in Notre-Dame de Québec, Quebec, Nouvelle-France; no issue

Remarried with Claude Houssard dit le Petit on 2 Nov 1653 in Quebec, Canada; no issue