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An entry from Elizabeth Catherine Montour appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 12 March 2007.

[edit] Article Improvements

I have been watching this article for awhile and have a couple of comments. I think the flow of the article would be better served if some of the sub headings were rethought. Example: First marriage/second marriage sections seem to be arbitrary; there are no certain records of any formal marriages available but there are recorded comments regarding a number of "marriages of custom". I might add an edit as follows " It is also recorded that from late 1706 for a period, she was the companion of Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont and may have had one child in this relationship." but, where to add it? Secondly, I think that the reference section needs to be cleaned up and placed in the more editable situation in its own section rather than intersperced in the text. Having said all this; it is a good article on its way to becoming better. Cheers! --Stormbay 00:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks - I very much agree this is a work in progress (not there has been much work or progress on it lately ;-) ). I think one of the problems is that most sources disagree about exactly what happened in her life. Her parentage, her husbands, the name of her village, even the number and names of her children are all uncertain. Did she have three children or four or five? Was French Margaret her daughter or her niece? Is Montoursville named for her or her son Andrew?

  The article is currently organized semi-chronologically, but there are other ways it could be organized. Maybe Intro, Childhood and Early Life, Career (her services as a translator seem well documented and pretty much agreed on), Family (the latter could include her mates and offspring), and Legacy. Maybe give the best attested or most plausible thing first in each section, then the alternatives (all cited of course). How does this sound? Ruhrfisch 00:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

  • I will do some more digging now that I know that there is a feeling that improvement can be made. I do a lot of editing on material relating to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and came to this article just to standardize and verify that reference...then I became interested. I will be in touch if I have a good idea..(rare but it could happen :-) Thanks for the quick feedback! --Stormbay 02:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Please make any improvements that are needed. The arrangement is chronological because the sources were chronological as well. I just wish that there was more agreement on what happened in her life. This lack of information is one of the sad results our history. Dincher 04:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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