"French Margaret", Andrew Montour, possibly others
Relatives
grandchildren Nicholas Montour, John Montour, "Queen Catharine" Montour, "Queen Esther",
Madame Montour (1667 or c. 1685 – c. 1753) was an interpreter, diplomat, and local leader of Algonquin and French Canadian ancestry. Although she was well known, her contemporaries usually referred to her only as "Madame" or "Mrs." Montour. She may have been Isabelle (or Elizabeth) Couc, a mixed born in 1667, or perhaps Isabelle Couc's niece, who was born around 1685 and whose given name is uncertain.
In 1711, Montour began working as an interpreter and diplomatic consultant for the province of New York. Around 1727, she and her husband Carondawana, an Oneida, moved to the province of Pennsylvania. Her village, known as Otstonwakin, was at the mouth of Loyalsock Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River. The modern borough of Montoursville, named for her, developed on the east bank after the American Revolutionary War.
Montour's son Andrew Montour also became an important interpreter in Pennsylvania and Virginia, as did his son John Montour. Some of Montour's female relatives were prominent local leaders in New York and Pennsylvania, and have often been confused with her by historians.[citation needed]
MadameMontour (1667 or c. 1685 – c. 1753) was an interpreter, diplomat, and local leader of Algonquin and French Canadian ancestry. Although she was well...
Montour may refer to: Montour, Iowa Montour, New York Montour Falls, New York Montour County, Pennsylvania Montour Lake, in Montour County, Pennsylvania...
Elizabeth "Madame" Montour, her aunt or grandmother who was a noted interpreter and adviser to the governor, and with "Queen Esther" Montour, usually described...
West Branch Susquehanna River, about 1720. His mother was known as MadameMontour and was a well-known, influential interpreter, and his father was Carondawanna...
province of New York in 1756, the son of Andrew Montour and Sally Ainse, and the grandson of MadameMontour. In 1774, he was employed as a clerk in the fur...
of Quebec 868,742 487 sq mi (1,261 km2) Montour County 093 Danville 1850 Parts of Columbia County MadameMontour, colonial ambassador to the Native Americans...
About 1727, Carondawana and his wife, a prominent interpreter known as MadameMontour, settled at Otstonwakin, on the west bank at the confluence of Loyalsock...
banks, one of which, Ots-ton-wak-in, was the home to MadameMontour and her son Andrew Montour, and later became Montoursville. Loyalsock Creek is 64...
come to hunt for scalps.": 295–298 Le Tort discussed the matter with MadameMontour, who had promised to accompany him to the Miami country, but now informed...
are 10.8 miles (17.4 km) of streams in the Montour Run watershed. Montour Run is named after MadameMontour. A stone arch bridge was built over the stream...
Sulte, 1918, Montreal, G. Ducharme; Vol. I, 89-103. Vincens, Simone. MadameMontour and the Fur Trade (1667–1752). Xlibris US, 2011. Robert, Jean Chartier...
Conrad Weiser with the permission of Shikellamy came to Ostuagy in 1742. MadameMontour was known to be a friend of the British. She welcomed the white men...
the nominal control of the Five (later Six) Nations of the Iroquois. MadameMontour's village of Otstonwakin or Ostuagy was a vitally important location...
outpost at Shamokin and served as an emissary between the Moravians and MadameMontour's village of Otstonwakin at the mouth of Loyalsock Creek and French Margaret's...
Hampton High School Keystone Oaks High School McKeesport Area High School Montour High School North Hills High School Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School...
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