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| Title | Cher Oncle, Cher Papa: The Letters of Francois and Berenice Chouteau |
| Abstract | Glossary entry for Berenice Chouteau (1801-1888). She was the daughter of Pierre Menard and his first wife, Marie Therese Michelle Godin. She married Francois Chouteau in 1819 and came with him to the western Missouri frontier where he was engaged in the fur trade business. They had nine children and she outlived all of them as well as her husband who died in 1838 in this area. After living elsewhere during the Civil War years, she returned to Kansas City and lived here until her death in 1888. |
| Notes | Early historians often claimed that Berenice Chouteau was the first white woman to live in western Missouri. While that distinction almost certainly belongs to Madame Grand Louis Bertholet.. |
| Author | Dorothy Brandt Marra
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| Date | 2001 |
| Location | 977.8411 M358c |
| Chapter Title | Glossary |
| Page | 226-227 |
| Local Subject | Chouteau, Bérénice
Chouteau Family
Bertholet, Madame Grand Louis
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| Item Type | Book
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 122624 |
| CONTENTdm number | 10046 |
