immigrant Fille a Marier flag female ancestor  Mathurine  LEROUX

  (b. 18 March 1635 La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France   d. 1 February 1708 Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France )  

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Mathurine LEROUX was born 18 March 1635 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Mathurine LEROUX was the child of ?   and   ?

Mathurine was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1652. To learn more about the Filles à Marier, visit: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France





Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mathurine  married  Gabriel ROULEAU (ROULEAUX) 16 August 1652 in Québec Province, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Gabriel ROULEAU (ROULEAUX)  was born abt. 1618 in Tourouvre, St-Aubin, France.  Gabriel died 22 February 1673 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. 

Mathurine  married  (2) Martin MERCIER 5 February 1674 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Martin MERCIER  was born 7 September 1646 in Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port aux Sables-d’Olonne, France.  Martin died 25 July 1699 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). 

Mathurine LEROUX died 1 February 1708 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France.
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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