Isabelle Targer

Notes:

She was a fille du roi, 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.

Isabelle married Mathurin Gerbert dit Lafontaine on 4 Aug 1659 in Québec City, Québec. Mathurin (son of Jean Gerbert and Perrine Pelé) was born before 14 Apr 1627; was christened on 14 Apr 1627 in Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes, Loire-Atlantique, France; died before 19 Dec 1687; was buried on 19 Dec 1687 in Sainte-Famille, Île-d'Orléans, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie Gerbert was born between 1649 and 1660; died before 11 Jun 1749; was buried on 11 Jun 1749 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec.

Notes:

He was a riverboat captain.

Daniel married Louise Martine before 1634 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]