Individual Details
Guillaume COUTURE
(Abt 1617 - 4 Apr 1701)
Primary source: Jetté
Leg #R794
Arrived 26 June 1641.
Occupations: Worked (donne) for the Jesuits, then as an interpreter. Also a carpenter.
Captain of the militia at Lauzon in 1667.
Judge (senechal) for the Côte de Lauzon from 26 Nov 1673 to 1678 and from 1682 until his death.
French birth
Biographical sketch in Drouin
Tanguay, volume 1:
"Honnete homme, juge de la Cote Lauzon. Fidele compagnon du P. Jogues. En 1646, aux Trois Rivieres, le P. Buteux fit un festin a Couture, et changea son nom sauvage Jhandich, qui sonne mal en Iroquois. On lui donna le nom de
Achirra, nom de feu Mr. Nicolet, avec la joie de tous les sauvages, Hurons,
Algonquins, et Annieronous." -- Journal of Jesuits
Direct ancestor
Leg #R794
Arrived 26 June 1641.
Occupations: Worked (donne) for the Jesuits, then as an interpreter. Also a carpenter.
Captain of the militia at Lauzon in 1667.
Judge (senechal) for the Côte de Lauzon from 26 Nov 1673 to 1678 and from 1682 until his death.
French birth
Biographical sketch in Drouin
Tanguay, volume 1:
"Honnete homme, juge de la Cote Lauzon. Fidele compagnon du P. Jogues. En 1646, aux Trois Rivieres, le P. Buteux fit un festin a Couture, et changea son nom sauvage Jhandich, qui sonne mal en Iroquois. On lui donna le nom de
Achirra, nom de feu Mr. Nicolet, avec la joie de tous les sauvages, Hurons,
Algonquins, et Annieronous." -- Journal of Jesuits
Direct ancestor
Events
| Birth | Abt 1617 | St-Godard, Rouen, Normandy, France | |||
| Marriage | 18 Nov 1649 | Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada - Anne EMARD |  |  | |
| Death | 4 Apr 1701 | Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada | |||
| Reference No | BC2g-6 |
Families
| Spouse | Anne EMARD (1627 - 1700) |
| Child | Jean Baptiste COUTURE (1650 - 1698) |
| Child | Anne COUTURE (1652 - 1684) |
| Child | Louis COUTURE (1654 - ) |
| Child | Marguerite COUTURE (1656 - 1690) |
| Child | Marie COUTURE (1658 - ) |
| Child | Charles COUTURE (1659 - ) |
| Child | Guillaume COUTURE (1662 - ) |
| Child | Louise COUTURE (1665 - ) |
| Child | Eustache COUTURE (1667 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Auger COUTURE (1670 - ) |
| Father | Guillaume COUTURE ( - ) |
| Mother | Madeleine MALET ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28005-29128-89?cc=1321742&wc=MHB1-JNP:17585101,19508101,19508102Endnotes
1. Parish Registers: Nôtre-Dame-de-Québec, Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1621-1679, image 142, marriage of Guillaume Couture and Anne Emard; digital images, FamilySearch.org ( : accessed 29 May 2014).