Françoise Tierce

1656 - Bef 1724  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Françoise Tierce
  Birth	Between 1654 and 1656	Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 20 Apr 1724  [1]
  Burial	20 Apr 1724	Sorel, Le Bas-Richelieu, Québec   [1]
  Person ID	I33067	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Guillaume Tierce,   b. France d. France
  Mother	Catherine Toue,   b. France d. France
  Marriage	Bef 1656	Paris, France   [1]
  Family ID	F19479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Auffray Coulon dit Mabriand,   b. Abt 1640, La Chapelle-Baton, Antezant-la-Chapelle, Charente-Maritime, France d. 30 Mar 1677 (Age ~ 37 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1661	Québec City, Québec   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Marie Coulon,   b. 29 Aug 1673   d. Bef 11 Aug 1723 (Age < 49 years)
  Family ID	F19477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Pierre Guignard dit d'Olonne,   b. Abt 1653, La Barre-de-Monts, Vendèe, France d. Bef 1703 (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1677	Sorel, Le Bas-Richelieu, Québec   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Anne Guignard dit d'Olonne,   b. 8 Jan 1687, Contrecœur, Québec d. 26 Feb 1735, Lanoraie, Québec (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F19526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.