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Marie Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau (1733 – 1814)

Marie Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau is known as the “Mother of St. Louis.” She was the matriarch of the Chouteaus, the founding family of St.

Louis. She was also a pioneer businesswoman who managed her property successfully. She and her offspring earned a permanent place in American history as early business and social leaders in St. Louis.

Early Life in New Orleans

Marie Thérèse Bourgeois was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 13, 1733.

Her father, Nicholas Charles Bourgeois, was French. Her mother, Marie Joseph Tarare, was Spanish.

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Shortly before Marie Thérèse turned six, her father died. Marie had two siblings and her mother was pregnant with another at the time of her father’s death. The following year, Marie’s mother married Nicholas Pierre Carco.

Marie Thérèse grew up in New Orleans with her mother and stepfather. On September 20, 1748, at the age of fifteen, she wed René Auguste Chout