CHOUTEAU

'Chouteau' was the name of a French fur-trading family in the Midwest. Various locations derive their names from the family.
Notable members of the family:

★ Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau (matriarch of the family) and her husband Rene-Auguste Chouteau, Sr.
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★ René Auguste Chouteau (who with his common law stepfather Pierre Laclède established St. Louis, Missouri)

★ Children of Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau and her common law husband Pierre Laclède:
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★ Jean Pierre Chouteau - His children:
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★ Auguste Pierre Chouteau (founder of posts in Oklahoma and Chouteau, Oklahoma)
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★ Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (founder of posts in Upper Missouri River including Fort Pierre and Chouteau County, Montana)
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★ François Chouteau (first official European settler of Kansas City, Missouri)

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★ Chouteau-Papin Genealogy History