Marguerite Leroy

Abt 1622 - Aft 1670  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Marguerite Leroy
  Birth	Abt 1622	Saint-Eustache, Paris, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 26 Sep 1670  [1]
  Person ID	I32817	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Brice d'Anneville,   b. France d. Bef 1665, France
  Marriage	Bef 1647	Saint-Eustache, Paris, France   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Anne d'Anneville,   b. Between 1647 and 1651, Saint-Eustache, Paris, France d. 28 Jun 1711 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F19396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Hilaire Chardonneau,   b. Abt 1617, Notre-Dame, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France
  Marriage	27 Jul 1665	Québec City, Québec   [1]
  Family ID	F19397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 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.