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Monument to Guillaume Couture in Levis. Guillaume Couture (January 14, 1618 – April 4, 1701) was a citizen of New France.During his life he was a lay missionary with the Jesuits, a survivor of torture, a member of an Iroquois council, a translator, a diplomat, a militia captain, and a lay leader among the colonists of the Pointe-Lévy (now named Lévis city) in the Seigneury of Lauzon, a ...
Guillaume was still alive in 1486, so his date of death is unknown. Catherine brought considerable land and seigneuries with the marriage including that of Baudimont. In the de Nuchèze account written by Nicolas de Saint Marthe, there is a genealogy tree which shows the family connection to the Royal House. Note on the 'des Francs'
Guillaume entered the fur trade in Canada as it was steadily growing. Guillaume and Françoise had 13 children, four of whom died before their first birthday. Joseph Robidoux I was the second son, born 20 March 1701, the great-grandfather of the famous Robidoux brothers who helped explore, open trade routes and settle the western United States.
The fief La Fayette was raised to a marquisate by Letters patent in about 1690. [1]Brigadier des armées René-Armand Count and Marquis de La Fayette (1659–1694), son of Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693), and François Motier, comte de La Fayette (1616–1683), died on 12 September 1694 of an illness in Landau during the Nine Years' War.
Guillaume Couture (23 October 1851 – 15 January 1915) was a Canadian choir conductor, composer, music critic, and music educator. [1] Although he never pursued a performance career, he is particularly remembered for his work as a voice teacher, having taught many notable Canadian singers. He is the grandfather of composer Jean Papineau-Couture.
The Secord family (originally Sicard) was a colonial New York family whose loyalties were split during the American Revolution. The family traces its origins back to Ambroise Sicard who was born in France about 1631. Sicard, a Huguenot, brought his family to British America in 1688 to escape religious persecution.
Couture is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian writer; Gerry Couture (1925–1994), Canadian hockey player; Guillaume Couture (1617/18–1701), lay missionary, diplomat and militia captain in New France; Léonie Couture (born 1951), Canadian feminist and charity founder
Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother. As a child he studied piano with his mother. He first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1937.