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From: Christian PALLUY <>
Subject: Re: Jacques Lussier / Catherine Clerice (two questions)
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 07:26:21 +0200


Hello

Fille du Roi: All female person without a regular job or money or
regular home catched in the street by police. They are get first in
prison. After they are selected, and only them in age to have children
are put on a boat to the new countries. It was a way to have local new
families.
Ch. PALLUY

ABouch8282 a écrit :
>
> Does anyone know anything about these two ancestors of mine from before they
> left France? I know that Jacques came over to Canada as an indentured servent.
> Also, I have references to Catherine (and Jacques' first wife, also) as being a
> "fille du roi". I do not know what this expression means (other than the
> word-for-word translation), can anyone explain what a fille du roi is?
>
> Jacques was born in Paris in 1646 and died in Quebec in 1713. Catherine was
> born in Paris in 1653 and died in 1714/15 in Varennes, Canada. They were
> married in Boucherville, Quebec.
>
> Fedos Voice of the Spork
>
> "God is not on the side with the largest battalions, but with the best shots."
>
> -- Voltaire
> ~)--|
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