Élisabeth Provost

1646 - 1722  (76 years)

• Name	Élisabeth Provost
  Birth	cir 1646	Parish of Saint-Nicholas, Roeun, Normandy, France
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Élisabeth Prévost
  Death	1722
  Burial	4 Jan 1722	Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
  Notes	Élisabeth Provost, a "Fille du Roi," left France for Canada in 1671, taking with her goods worth an estimated 300 livres for her dowry. She received the King's Gift of 50 livres upon her marriage. Her sister, Marguerite, also left France as a Fille-du-Roi in 1669.
  Person ID	I20325	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Adrien Provost,   b. cir 1625
  Mother	Marie Leblond,   b. cir 1625
  Family ID	F7787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean-François Foucault,   b. cir 1632, Périgueux, Périgord, France d. 1700 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1671	Québec City, Québec, Canada
  Children	1. Jean-Baptiste Foucault,   b. 1682
  Family ID	F7786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - cir 1646 - Parish of Saint-Nicholas, Roeun, Normandy, France Marriage - 14 Nov 1671 - Québec City, Québec, Canada Burial - 4 Jan 1722 - Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• 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.