Individual Details

Marie-Loise Cloustiere

(Abt 18 Mar 1632 - 22 Jun 1699)

Louise, [born] 18 Mar 1632, married François Marguerie, Sieur de la Haye, at age fourteen. He was one of the most colorful men of early New France. A guide and interpreter of Indian languages, he lived and worked among the tribes and even survived capture and imprisonment by the Iroquois. They were married on 26 Oct 1645 and went to live at Trois-Rivières. Shortly thereafter he was drowned in a canoe accident. Childless and widowed at seventeen, Louise returned to Québec where five months later, on 10 Nov 1648, she married the tailor Jean Mignot dit Chatillon. They had 14 children. Mignot died about 1680 and in 1689 Louise married for a third time to the saddle maker Jean-Pierre Mataux (Mataut, Matteau). They were childless and Louis died on 22 Jan 1699 at age 68.

Events

BirthAbt 18 Mar 1632Saint-Jean, Mortagne-au-Perche, Perche, France
Christen18 Mar 1632Saint-Jean, Mortagne-au-Perche, Perche, France
Death22 Jun 1699Château-Richer, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France
Burial23 Jun 1699La-Visitation-de-Notre-Dame, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Families

SpouseJean Chatillon Mignault (1622 - 1679)
FatherZacharie Cloutier ( - )
MotherSaintes Dupont ( - )
SiblingJean Cloutier (1620 - 1690)
SiblingZacharie Cloustier (1617 - 1708)
SiblingAnne Cloustier (1626 - 1648)
SiblingCharles Cloustier (1629 - 1709)