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. » *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: » *Jean Pierre Chouteau - His chi… (More on Chouteau)