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From Je Me Souviens, vol. 23 no. 2, Autumn 2000, "Nuns, Wives, Mothers and Much More: The Contribution of Women to the Economy of New France" by Eugenia poulin, RSM, PhD

Jeanne ENARD, wife of Christophe CREVIER did LAMESLÉE, had early connections with both merchandise (furs and alcohol). She was born in Rouen, France in 1618. She arrived in Trois-Rivières with her three year old daughter, Jeanne and her husband in 1639. Christophe was a baker, but also pursued fur trading. It was Jeanne, however, who between childbirth and raising ten children, appeared to be the organizer of the family business. Her husband died about 1663 but Jeanne continued the fur trading transactions. In fact, she herself coordinated some of the trapping excursions. ... She was brought to court for selling liquor illegally to the Indians. Not only was she involved, but so were her family and her domestics. So disreputable was the situation that her brother-in-law, Pierre BOUCHER, the former governor of Trois-Rivières, moved away, probably to distance himself fromt he unlawful situation. Jeanne ENARD's sons, Jean, Nicolas and Jean-Baptiste as well as her sons-in-law, Nicolas GASTINEAU and Michel GAMELAIN, joined her in the fur trade and in the selling of alcohol. Officially, she was listed as a cabartière. The judicial authorities initiated a probe into her other suspicious activities.