Marguerite Lamiro

Abt 1645 - 1706  (61 years)

• Name	Marguerite Lamiro
  Alternate birth	Abt 1644	Paris, France   [1]
  Birth	Abt 1645	St-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris, France   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Oct 1706  [1, 2]
  Burial	17 Oct 1706	Hôtel-Dieu, Québec City, Québec   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I31827	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GR, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	François Lamiro
  Mother	Jeanne Closse
  Marriage	Bef 1644	Paris, France   [1]
  Family ID	F18961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Honoré Martel de Lamontagne,   b. St-Eustache, Paris, France d. Between 29 Aug 1708 and 3 Sep 1714
  Marriage	26 Nov 1668	Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Le Cité-Limoilou, Québec City, Québec   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Marie Marguerite Martel,   b. 29 Aug 1676   d. Bef 15 Feb 1734 (Age < 57 years) + 2. Antoine Martel dit Lamontagne,   b. 7 Jan 1681   d. 17 Mar 1759 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F18960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Marguerite Mirault, Marguerite Lamirault. She was a fille du rois, a "daughter of the king." By 1660 or so it had become apparent that the fledgling North American colony of New France was badly short of marriageable women. To ameliorate this, between 1663 and 1673 the French government recruited respectable young women of limited prospects and, after vetting them for suitability, provided each of them with a small dowry, a chest of clothes, and one-way passage to Quebec. The approximately 800 women who made this journey became known as the "filles du roi", the "daughters of the King." Millions of modern French-Canadians can trace their descent from them, quite often from several. She arrived 3 Jul 1668 on the Nouvelle France.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025. [S8920] Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (The Research Program in Historical Demography) (PRDH) database. [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025., date and city only. [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025., place only.