Background
Thérèse de Couagne was born on 19 January 1697 in Montreal, New France.
Thérèse de Couagne was born on 19 January 1697 in Montreal, New France.
She was the daughter of Charles de Couagne, a merchant trader, and Marie Gaudé She died on 26 February 1764 at the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. She also inherited ownership of the slave Marie-Joseph Angélique, who was convicted of setting de Couagne"s house on alight, starting the fire of Montreal in 1734. (Angélique was executed, but contemporary historians are unsure who set the fire).