Guinotte, Marguerite, 1822-1961.

Marguerite Guinotte was born March 19, 1882 in Neuilly, France, the daughter of Alfred and Laure (Le Hardy, 1844-1937) Guinotte. She was named for Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown (sister of Mary Lesley Ames). She arrived in St. Paul in 1907 to teach French at the Miss Loomis School. She later taught at the Northrop Collegiate School in Minneapolis before joining the University of Minnesota faculty in 1913.

Her father was a writer in France. From evidence in the papers it appears that the family lived in Montana and Florida when Marguerite and her brother John were small and later returned to France. After Marguerite came to St. Paul both parents emigrated to the United States and also lived in St. Paul, although Alfred later returned to France where he died around 1915. Laure Guinotte lived with her daughter and died in 1937. Marguerite Guinotte retired from the University in 1950 and died July 13, 1961.

From the guide to the Marguerite Guinotte papers., 1883-1958., (Minnesota Historical Society)