Marie-Anne Gaboury

Marie-Anne Gaboury
Born(1780-08-15)15 August 1780
Maskinongé, Quebec
Died14 December 1875(1875-12-14) (aged 95)
St. Boniface, Manitoba
Occupation(s)mother, settler
Meeting of Marie-Anne and Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière with First Nations people, c. 1807

Marie-Anne Lagimodière (née Gaboury; 15 August 1780 – 14 December 1875) was a French-Canadian woman noted as both the grandmother of Louis Riel,[1] and as the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in what is now Western Canada.[2]

  1. ^ Ismène Toussaint. "Jean-Louis Riel". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  2. ^ Lester, Tanya. "A Strong Woman". Indian Record. Vol. 48–50. Oblate Fathers; 1985. p. 10.