Élizabeth-Agnès Lefèbvre

1655 - 1725  (70 years)

• Filles du Roi

  The Filles du Roi (the King's Daughters) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV of France. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging male colonizers to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. While women and girls certainly immigrated to New France both before and after this time period, they were not considered to be filles du roi, as the term refers to women and girls who were actively recruited by the government and whose travel to the colony was paid for by the king. The title “King’s Daughters” was meant to imply state patronage, not royal or even noble parentage. Most of these women were commoners of humble birth. Almost every person of French-Canadian descent can claim at least one of these young women in their heritage. They were also occasionally known as the King's Wards.(Sources: Wikipedia and the American-French Genealogical Society) The list to the right are those Filles du Roi from whom we have proven descent.

  
  

• Name	Élizabeth-Agnès Lefèbvre
  Birth	cir 1655	Parish of Saint-Germain, Paris, France
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Jul 1725	Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada
  Notes	Élizabeth-Agnès Lefèbvre, a "Fille du Roi", left France for Canada in 1670, taking with her goods worth an estimated 200 livres for her dowry. Upon her marriage, she received the King's Gift of 50 livres.
  Person ID	I9897	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Guillaume Lefebvre,   b. cir 1630
  Mother	Barbe Viet,   b. cir 1630
  Family ID	F3926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	François-Louis Thibault,   b. 1647   d. 9 Nov 1724, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1670	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada
  Children	1. Angelique Thibault,   b. 15 Feb 1686, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada   2. Madeleine Thibault,   b. 19 Apr 1688, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada
  Family ID	F3924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - cir 1655 - Parish of Saint-Germain, Paris, France Death - 28 Jul 1725 - Cap-Saint-Ignace, Montmagny, Québec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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