Re: Reaume's France/Canada/MI
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Re: Reaume's France/Canada/MI
12/01/99
Hi!!
A "King's Daughter" was called a "fille du roi" ..."daughter of the king".
This was the title given to the women immigrants from France who agreed to travel to the new lands in North America (Quebec) and marry a settler there in exchange for a dowry from the French King.
Women needed a dowry, no matter how small, to enter a convent as a nun, or to marry. In a period when positions in life were bought and sold, the size of a girls dowry generally determined her future position in life.
These girls came from very poor families.
Hope that helps and again we find another distant cousin!!
RMB
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Re: Reaume's France/Canada/MI
12/20/99