Marie Josephte Corriveau
22 Jun
Here is the Genealogy of Marie…Famous for MURDER!
M. Josette Corriveau (daughter of Joseph Corriveau and Marie Francoise Bolduc) was born 14 May 1733 in Quebec, and died 18 Apr 1763 in Quebec. She married (1) Charles Bouchard on 17 Nov 1749. She married (2) Louis Dodier on 20 Jul 1761.
CORRIVEAU (Corrivaux), MARIE-JOSEPHTE, known as La Corriveau; b. and baptized 14 May 1733 at Saint-Vallier, near Quebec, daughter of Joseph Corriveau, a farmer, and Marie-Françoise Bolduc; m. first on 17 Nov. 1749 Charles Bouchard, a farmer, who was buried on 27 April 1760 and by whom she had three children; and secondly on 20 July 1761 Louis Dodier, a farmer; died on the gallows at Quebec, probably on 18 April 1763.
There is scarcely any woman in all of Canadian history who has a worse reputation than Marie-Josephte Corriveau, generally called La Corriveau. This wretched woman died more than two centuries ago, but she continues to haunt the imagination. People still talk of her, of her crimes, real and fictitious. On 15 April 1763 she was condemned to death by a court martial for murdering Louis Dodier, her second husband, during the night of 26–27 Jan. 1763. (more…)
