She died on July 6, at the age of 1 year and was buried by the name Marie Therese Desnoyers at Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, Nouvelle-France.[3]
It is possible that influenza may have taken her life. Her older brother Laurent Racine died two days after her.[4]
Morin, Gail. First Metis Families of Quebec, 1622-1748, Volume 2: Jean Nicolet and a Nipissing Woman. New Genealogy, pub. 2014. (E-book for E-Reader edition). Individual #848 Marie Josephe Racine
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