Madeleine Auvray

1652 - 1734  (82 years)

• Name	Madeleine Auvray
  Birth	cir 1652	Saint-Vivien, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
  Gender	Female
  Death	1734
  Burial	7 May 1734	Neuville, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec, Canada
  Notes	Madeleine Auvray, a "Fille du Roi", left France for Canada in 1671 at about age 19. She took with her goods worth an estimated 300 livres for her dowry. She received the King's Gift of 50 livres upon her marriage later that year.
  Person ID	I25413	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Antoine Auvray,   b. cir 1625
  Mother	Marie Lenormand,   b. cir 1625
  Family ID	F9869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nicolas Matte,   b. cir 1636   d. 1704 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1671	Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Communaute-Urbaine-de-Québec, Québec, Canada
  Children	1. Laurent Matte,   b. cir 1677   2. Alexis Matte,   b. cir 1692
  Family ID	F9846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - cir 1652 - Saint-Vivien, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France Marriage - 12 Oct 1671 - Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Communaute-Urbaine-de-Québec, Québec, Canada Burial - 7 May 1734 - Neuville, Pointe-aux-Trembles, 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.