From St Jean D’Angley, Saintonge, France arrived Sept 1647, widow who arrived with her 2 daughters Catherine de St Per and Jeanne.

Fille a Marier for David D9 and Lovina L9:

Marie-Madeleine Couteau was born about 1607 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély (diocese of Saintes), Saintonge, the daughter of Jean Couteau or Cousteau and Jeanne Morant. About 1626. she married Étienne de Saint-Père in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. A master pastry chef. Étienne was born in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, though his parents* names are unknown. He and Marie-Madeleine had six children: Jeanne (1627), Olivier (1628), Marguerite (about 1629), Lazare (1632), Catherine (1634) and Blanche (about 1637). Étienne died some time before 18 May 1639. On that date, notary Teleuron drew up a marriage contract at La Rochelle between Marie-Madeleine and André Musset, a merchant from Saint-Léger in Brittany. However, the contract was annulled and the two never married. Nearly in poverty, Marie-Madeleine came to Canada in 1647, with her daughters Jeanne and Catherine Saint-Père, also filles à marier (the other children died before her departure).

On 12 October 1647, notary Lecoustre drew up a marriage contract between Marie-Madeleine and Émery Calteau at Québec City. Émery was born in Gonds (arrondissement and diocese of Saintes). Saintonge, the son of Laurent Calteau and Michelle Pilotte or Gilbert. He enlisted to go to Canada on 06 April 1642 at La Rochelle. Emery and Marie-Madeleine did not have any children together. They are noted at Trois-Rivières in 1648 and the next year Émery received a land grant from the Jesuits at Cap-de-La-Madeleine.

Emery Calteau was killed by the Iroquois 02 June 1653 near the fort at Cap-de-La-Madeleine. On 02 November 1653, notary Ameau drew up a marriage contract between Marie-Madeleine and Claude Houssard dit Le Petit Claude at Cap-de-La-Madeleine. Pierre Boucher, Claude David (husband of filleà marier Suzanne Denoyon) and Mathurin Baillargeon (husband of filleà marier Marie Métayer) were witnesses to the contract, which neither spouse could sign. Claude was born in Le Plessis-Grammoire (arrondissement and diocese of Angers), Anjou, the son of Claude Houssard and Jeanne Lambert. He enlisted to go to Canada on 11 April 1642 at La Rochelle and can be found at Trois-Rivières as early as 15 November 1645. Claude and Marie-Madeleine did not have any children together. They lived at "Fort Saint-François" at Cap-de-La-Madeleine until 1666. In that year's census, the couple is listed along with a servant named François, 23 years old, most likely François Brunet. After the 1667 census, Marie-Madeleine and Claude moved to Batiscan, along with Marie-Madeleine's daughters and their families. The last few years of married life for Marie-Madeleine were not easy. On 15 April 1689, she had notary Trottain draw up an act of donation to her grandson Nicolas Rivard. She gave Nicolas her land on the condition that he take care of Claude. This was necessary, the contract noted, due to her "impossibility... with regards to the care that must be taken of her said husband, who is devoid of reason and in utter madness, of whom great care must be taken to clean up every mess which may be imagined and it being necessary to see to the comfort of this said man for the time that it pleases God to let him live." The contract also stipulated that Nicolas' parents, Nicolas Rivard Sieur de La Vigne and Catherine Saint-Père (Marie-Madeleine's daughter) were to take care of Marie-Madeleine "with the care that a child should have for her mother" and pay for her burial upon her death. Considering the debts that Marie-Madeleine had incurred in Claude's care, her relatives made an agreement whereby each participant would contribute 20 lives to a fund to extinguish these debts and care for Claude. What is more, Marie-Madeleine's granddaughter Marie-Madeleine Guillet renounced the dowry of 300 lives that had been promised her.

Claude Houssard dit Le Petit Claude died at Batiscan 03 August 1689 and was buried there two days later. Marie-Madeleine Couteau died 09 September 1691 and was buried the next day at Batiscan.

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Les Devancières (les filles et les femmes à marier) : The Precursors or the Filles à Marier (Girls to be Married):