Jeanne St. Laurent Explained

Jeanne St. Laurent
Birth Name:Jeanne Renault
Birth Date:22 October 1886
Birth Place:Beauceville, Quebec, Canada[1]
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Resting Place:Saint Thomas d'Aquin Cemetery, Compton, Quebec, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Children:5

Jeanne St. Laurent (née Renault; October 22, 1886 – November 14, 1966) was the wife of Louis St. Laurent, the 12th Prime Minister of Canada.

Biography

Renault was born in Beauceville, Quebec. Her parents were Pierre-Ferdinand Renault (1853–1912) and Amanda Montminy (1853–1922). Pierre-Ferdinand Renault was a Beauceville businessman (originally from Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester, Quebec) and changed his family name from Renaud.

Renault met Louis St. Laurent at a party in Quebec City in 1906 while he was working as a lawyer,[2] and they married in 1908. They had five children together, two sons and three daughters.[3] In 1951, she moved the family to Ottawa, after the government purchased an official prime-ministerial residence at 24 Sussex Drive. She would tour with her husband, but she refused to fly and never became reconciled to living in Ottawa.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Last rites Wednesday for former PM's wife. 18 March 2018. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. 65th year, No. 25. 15 November 1966. 1.
  2. News: Biography – ST-LAURENT, LOUIS-STEPHEN – Volume XX (1971-1980) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2016-10-31.
  3. Web site: St. Laurent marries Jeanne Renault . May 19, 2010 . Gary . Schlee . Canadian Prime Ministers.