Marie-Josephte
CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU"
(b.
14 May 1733
,
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
d.
18 April 1763
,
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" was born 14 May 1733 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" was the child of Joseph CORRIVEAU and Marie-Françoise BOLDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CORRIVEAU and Anne GABOURY (maternal) René BOLDUC and Marie-Anne GRAVELSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Josephte married Charles BOUCHARD 17 November 1749 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles BOUCHARD was born 23 April 1726 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Charles died 27 April 1760 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Anne VEAU dite SYLVAIN.
Marie-Josephte married (2) Louis DODIER 20 July 1761 in Saint-Vallier, Canada . Louis DODIER was born 25 April 1738 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Louis died 27 January 1763 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Pierre DODIER and Thérèse LEBRUN dite CARRIER.
Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" died 18 April 1763 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada .
known in Québécois folklore as "La Corriveau"
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU"
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Charles BOUCHARD-- Date: 17 November 1749 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
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Charles BOUCHARD was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Anne VEAU dite SYLVAIN
Corriveau married at the age of 16, on November 17, 1749, to Charles Bouchard, aged 23, also a farmer. Three children were born in this marriage: two daughters, Marie-Françoise (1752) and Marie-Angélique (1754), followed by a son, Charles (1757).
Children of Charles BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU":
Angelique BOUCHARD (b.6 February 1754, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1789, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR 16 October 1769 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" married Louis DODIER-- Date: 20 July 1761 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada
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Louis DODIER was the child of Pierre DODIER and Thérèse LEBRUN dite CARRIER
Marie Josephe Corriveau remarried fifteen months after the death of her first husband, on July 20, 1761, to another farmer from Saint-Vallier, Louis Étienne Dodier.
Children of Louis DODIER and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU":
Charles BOUCHARD-- Date: 17 November 1749 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New Francewikipedia.org
Charles BOUCHARD was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Anne VEAU dite SYLVAIN
Corriveau married at the age of 16, on November 17, 1749, to Charles Bouchard, aged 23, also a farmer. Three children were born in this marriage: two daughters, Marie-Françoise (1752) and Marie-Angélique (1754), followed by a son, Charles (1757).
Children of Charles BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU":
Angelique BOUCHARD (b.6 February 1754, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1789, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada)m. Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR 16 October 1769 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" married
Louis DODIER-- Date: 20 July 1761 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canadawikipedia.org
Louis DODIER was the child of Pierre DODIER and Thérèse LEBRUN dite CARRIER
Marie Josephe Corriveau remarried fifteen months after the death of her first husband, on July 20, 1761, to another farmer from Saint-Vallier, Louis Étienne Dodier.
Children of Louis DODIER and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU":
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1733 Birth 14 May 1733
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
1749 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" and Charles BOUCHARD 17 November 1749, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
She was 16 years old.
1754 Birth of ChildAngelique BOUCHARD was born 6 February 1754, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 20 years old.
1760 Death of Spouse/PartnerCharles BOUCHARD died 27 April 1760, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
1761 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Josephte CORRIVEAU "LA CORRIVEAU" and Louis DODIER 20 July 1761, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
She was 28 years old.
1763- The village (St. Vallier) is known for the story of La Corriveau, a woman who was condemned to death in 1763 for allegedly murdering her husband.
The woman known as 'La Corriveau' was Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733-1763).
Mrs. Marie Josephine (or Josephte) Corriveau, found guilty of the murder of her two husbands in 1763 and whose life has inspired numerous essays and works of fiction, lived and committed her crime in Saint-Vallier.
Mrs. Corriveau allegedly killed her first husband by pouring molten lead into his ear while he slept, like Hamlet's mother. The second husband was allegedly killed with a hammer. Rumor has it that she also killed five other people.
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The woman known as 'La Corriveau' was Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733-1763).
Mrs. Marie Josephine (or Josephte) Corriveau, found guilty of the murder of her two husbands in 1763 and whose life has inspired numerous essays and works of fiction, lived and committed her crime in Saint-Vallier.
Mrs. Corriveau allegedly killed her first husband by pouring molten lead into his ear while he slept, like Hamlet's mother. The second husband was allegedly killed with a hammer. Rumor has it that she also killed five other people.
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1763 - Murdered her husband
On the morning of January 27, 1763, he was found dead in his barn, with multiple head wounds. Despite an official recording of the cause of death being from kicks of horses' hooves, and a speedy burial, rumours and gossip of murder spread rapidly through the neighbourhood. Dodier was on bad terms with his father-in-law and with his wife.
New France had been conquered by the British in 1760 as part of the Seven Years' War and was under the administration of the British Army at this time. On hearing the rumours the local British military authorities charged with keeping order set up an inquiry into Dodier's death. The inquiry opened in Quebec City on March 29, 1763, at the Ursulines of Quebec, charging Joseph Corriveau and his daughter Marie-Josephte, before a military tribunal made up of 12 English officers and presided over by Lieutenant Colonel Roger Morris. The case ended, on 9 April, with Joseph Corriveau being sentenced to death, for culpable homicide of his son-in-law....Read MORE...
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On the morning of January 27, 1763, he was found dead in his barn, with multiple head wounds. Despite an official recording of the cause of death being from kicks of horses' hooves, and a speedy burial, rumours and gossip of murder spread rapidly through the neighbourhood. Dodier was on bad terms with his father-in-law and with his wife.
New France had been conquered by the British in 1760 as part of the Seven Years' War and was under the administration of the British Army at this time. On hearing the rumours the local British military authorities charged with keeping order set up an inquiry into Dodier's death. The inquiry opened in Quebec City on March 29, 1763, at the Ursulines of Quebec, charging Joseph Corriveau and his daughter Marie-Josephte, before a military tribunal made up of 12 English officers and presided over by Lieutenant Colonel Roger Morris. The case ended, on 9 April, with Joseph Corriveau being sentenced to death, for culpable homicide of his son-in-law....Read MORE...
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1763 - April 18 - Marie-Josephte Corriveau alias la Corriveau hanged near the Plains of Abraham for murdering her husband Louis Dodier,
who apparently beat her; the corpse of the celebrated murderess is hung for a month in an iron cage at Lauzon by the Pointe-Levy for passers-by to see; the cage is discovered in 1851.
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who apparently beat her; the corpse of the celebrated murderess is hung for a month in an iron cage at Lauzon by the Pointe-Levy for passers-by to see; the cage is discovered in 1851.
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1849
In 1849, the 'cage' was dug up from the cemetery of the church of St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy when a pit was dug. Soon after, the cage was stolen from the church cellar, and acquired by the American impresario P. T. Barnum and put on display as a 'macabre object'. After that, it was put on display at The Boston Museum. The museum slip indicated its provenance with two words: 'From Quebec'.
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In 1849, the 'cage' was dug up from the cemetery of the church of St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy when a pit was dug. Soon after, the cage was stolen from the church cellar, and acquired by the American impresario P. T. Barnum and put on display as a 'macabre object'. After that, it was put on display at The Boston Museum. The museum slip indicated its provenance with two words: 'From Quebec'.
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Added: 8/12/2014 2:51:37 PM
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