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Filles a Marier


When the Company of 100 Associates began their settlement scheme, their plan of recruiting only families proved to be too costly, so instead they signed on single men; tradesman and labourers; who would be indentured for three years. However, this meant that more than 80% of the colonists were men, so even if they decided to stay at the end of their term, there was little hope of them starting a family, unless they chose a Canadian girl. But, since her family would never allow her, or her children, to leave their village; the company directors needed to avoid this from happening.

So instead, they began recruiting "marriagable young girls", who would first sign a contract in France and then be given passage and a small dowry to become the wife of a Quebec settler. You might wonder why these young girls (many under 16), would risk the dangers and hardships, which by now most of France were well aware of; but believe it or not; for many it was the best option.

At the time, marriages were arranged, so if the girl's family did not have the means to provide a sutable dowry, her only option was to become a nun, if she was Catholic; or marry beneath her station. In the case of the young Filles a Marier, though a marriage contract must be signed before departure, she had every right to refuse the union, once she met her husband-to-be. As a matter of fact, many of them did just that, and were provided safe passage home.

Source: oocities.org/ weallcamefromsomewhere/Kebec/filles_marier

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Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Vincente DESVARIEUX (DEVARIEUX) (1624, Rouen, France - 2 January 1695, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marguerite DOUCINET (14 February 1641, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 14 September 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
(Pierre DOUCINET & Fleurence CANTEAU)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Madeleine DROUILLARD (1636, , France - 17 February 1719, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Elisabeth-Isabelle DRUGEON (1642, , France - 17 January 1722, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Madeleine DUBOIS (1640, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 5 March 1721, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport))
(Isaac DUBOIS & Anne RICHER)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Nicole DUCHESNE (1636, , France - , )
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Madeleine DUPONT (1636, Vervins, France - 28 October 1696, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Anne-Antoinette DURAND (1636, Rouen, France - 15 February 1703, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Madeleine DUTEAU (5 July 1649, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 7 January 1703, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine))
(Pierre DUTEAU & Marie Jeanne PERRIN)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Michelle DUTOST (DUTAUT) (DUTEAU) (21 August 1639, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 30 November 1675, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis))
(Pierre DUTEAU & Marie Jeanne PERRIN)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Louise DUVAL (1640, LesGranges-le-Roi, Rambouillet, Paris, France - 1681, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Françoise DUVERGER (1642, Paris, France - 17 November 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Jean-Jacques DUVERGER & Suzanne DUVAL)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Suzanne DUVERGER (1643, Paris, France - , )
(Jean-Jacques DUVERGER & Suzanne DUVAL)

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Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Anne ÉMARD (22 October 1627, , France - 17 January 1700, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy))
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Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Françoise FAFARD (FAFART) (1621, , France - 13 January 1702, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre))
(Jean FAFARD & Elisabeth THIBAULT)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie FAILLET (FAYET) (FAYETTE) (1643, Paris, France - 6 April 1713, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie FERRA (FERET) (1642, , France - 17 February 1713, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER) (6 January 1640 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 31 March 1694, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE (19 January 1633, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France - 23 March 1707, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Jacqueline Marie (Jacquette) FRESLON (28 January 1635 , Angers, France - 17 April 1712, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales))
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Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Geneviève GAMACHE (13 October 1636, , France - 5 November 1709 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Jeanne GARNIER (1636, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - November 1703, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Françoise GARNIER (GRENIER) (1604, , France - 1 November 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Louise GARNIER (GRENIER) (1636, , France - 21 August 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Françoise GAUDET (1633, , France - 9 March 1715, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles))
(Nicolas GAUDET (GODET) & Françoise GADOIS)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Mathurine GAUDET (GODET) (31 January 1637, , France - 12 November 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
(Nicolas GAUDET (GODET) & Françoise GADOIS)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marguerite GAULIN (14 May 1627, St-Martin du Vieux-Belleme, France - 15 January 1703, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Françoise GAUSSE dite LEBORGNE (1634, , France - 8 March 1714, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport))
(Maurice GAUSSE & Marguerite BLAY)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie GIRARD (1640, , France - 8 December 1708, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Isabelle GIRAUD dite GIROUX (1641, , France - 23 February 1713, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET (10 October 1642, Gonesse au Vexin, Montmorency, Paris, France - 2 April 1715, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Jeanne GODARD (1638, , France - 25 November 1686, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
(Robert GODARD & Antoinette GRANDPIERRE)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie GODARD (1640, , France - 21 November 1684, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport))
(Robert GODARD & Antoinette GRANDPIERRE)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie GODEAU (2 April 1643, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 21 April 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Perrine GODIN (1600, , France - , )
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie GRANDRY (GRANDIN) (1646, Paris, France - 29 June 1728, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER) (1638, , France - 17 February 1713, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola))
(Claude GRENIER & Marie HUOT)

Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie GRIGNAULT (1636, , France - 30 November 1706, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marguerite GUILLEBOURDEAU (1620, , France - 20 October 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
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Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Élisabeth HAGUIN (HAGOUIN) (1643, , France - 11 April 1718, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Anne HARDY (10 October 1633, Angers, France - 2 January 1726, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marguerite HAYET (1630, Paris, France - 22 June 1711, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Jeanne HERAULT (4 May 1624, Poitiers, France - 9 January 1677, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Catherine HOUART (1638, Rouen, France - 22 April 1712, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Marthe HUBERT (1642, Champagne, France - 26 February 1688, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Françoise HUBOUT (HUBOULT) (HOUBOU) (1636, , France - , )
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Catherine HURAULT dite TRELLE (1640, Angers, France - 19 October 1680, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul))
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Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Suzanne JARON (JAREL) (1640, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 15 December 1687, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Suzanne JAROUSSEL (1641, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France - 24 January 1706, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
Fille a Marier  female ancestor  Marie-Françoise JOBIN dite LAJEUNESSE (1632, , France - 6 July 1702, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation))
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