Ozanne  ACHON

Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

September 19, 1657 - Contract of marriage. Pierre has endowed his future wife the sum of one hundred livres, besides the customary dowry.

"October 2, 1657, Marriage of Pierre Tremblay. On April 9, 1647, Pierre accepted a three-year engagement on behalf of Noël Juchereau of Quebec to go and work in New France. Pierre placed himself in the service of Noël Juchereau. In the fall of 1657, he met Ozanne Achon (daughter of Jean Achon and Hélène Regnault, married in 1630). Ozanne came from a modest background, since her parents were day laborers or sharecroppers. At the age of 24, she embarked on the ship Le Taureau, ship of the shipowner François Peron from La Rochelle, with a group of eighteen young girls (the Filles du Roy). She therefore arrived in Quebec on June 21, 1657. In the fall of 1657, Pierre met Ozanne. After a brief courtship, Pierre went to sign a marriage contract before the notary Aubert on September 19, 1657. The religious ceremony was celebrated on October 2, 1657 in the Notre Dame church in Quebec. After the marriage, the young couple lived on the Côte de Beaupré, since it was there that Pierre worked as a sharecropper on a farm. It is presumed that the young couple lived with the locals for whom they worked, as did most young couples. From the winter onwards, Pierre took steps to provide them with a home. For 10 years he prepared the foundation of his home." Jacques Paquin, French-Canadian Ancestry, Facebook

NOTE: She was not a Fille du Roi, she was a Fille a Marier. She arrived before the Fille du Roi program began.