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Marie Lourdais | |
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 Lourdais' presumed site of burial | |
| Born | 1761 La Houssais, Domalain, Canton of Argentré, Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
| Died | October 30th, 1856 (aged 95) La Gaubretière, France |
| Resting place | Rue 11 du Novembre, La Gaubretière, France |
| Other names | La bretonne, La paroissienner |
| Occupation(s) | Grocer, spy, messenger, nurse, smuggler |
| Years active | 1792-1795 |
| Era | The War in the Vendée |
| Employer(s) | Francois-Athanase Charette de la Contrie, Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie |
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| Family | Pierre-Francois Lourdais, Julienne Lourdais, Étienne-Marie, Renée, Jeanne-Marie-Andrée |
Marie Lourdais (born 1761 in Domalain, (Ille-et-Vilaine) was a smuggler, messenger, spy and nurse/medic for the Catholic and Royal armies of the Bas-Poitu, during the French Revolution, namely serving under General François de Charette and General Sapinaud. A grocer in the town of La Gaubretière, she was 30, between 1792–93, when she began aiding the priests in escaping from Nantes; she then joined the Catholic and Royal Army of the Bas-Poitu under Charette in Belleville the same year. She brought news back and forth between the Generals Sapinaud and Charette in the final years of the war. Surviving the War in the Vendée she served Madame de Buor until 1829 and was then taken in by the Mayor of La Gaubretière, M. de Rangot, at whose house she died in 1856 at the age of 95.