Husband:
Francis FLEURY ( - )
Wife:
Jeanne GILLES (1648-1709)
Children:
Marriage:
Aug 24, 1670
St. Augustin, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
Name:
Francis FLEURY
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
"16 JAN 1630/1631"
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death:
"6 JAN 1687/1688"
St. Augustin, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
Name:
Jeanne GILLES
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
1648
St. Nicolas des Champs, Paris, France
Death:
Sep 24, 1709 (age 60-61)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Name:
Marie Jeanne FLEURY
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Spouse (3):
Spouse (4):
Birth:
Oct 4, 1671
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Death:
Sep 1, 1740 (age 68)
St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Name:
Marie Catherine FLEURY
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
May 12, 1673
Sillery, Quebec, Canada
Baptism:
May 20, 1673 (age 0)
Sillery, Quebec, Canada
Death:
"15 MAR 1751/1752"
St. Genevieve, Quebec, Canada
Burial:
"15 MAR 1751/1752"
St. Genevieve, Quebec, Canada
When Francois took his bride in 1670 she received in exchange a dowry
in the amount of 350 pounds. Jeanne Gilles was what you called "Les
Fille du Roi" in other words, a mail order bride or "Daughter of the
King of France" These woman were sent to Quebec (known back then as
New France) to marry the men that came to serve the King.
Approximately 800 landed in Canada. They made contracts for marriage
with men who had settled in the new world and usually married within a
few days or week of the contract signing.
Francois had a marriage contract with Amee Roux prior to signing the
contract with Jeanne Gilles however that contract had been officially
annulled. The annulment was dated Dec 6, 1669. Francois' occupation
was Baker. In the 1681 government census it showed Francois age 50
living in ST Augustin with his wife Jeanne age 37,and a few of his
children
Jeanne was a mail order bride and, when she signed a contract with
Francois, she received a dowry in the amount of 350 pounds. There
were 800 women sent from france to marry the men who had been sent to
New France (Quebec) to do the kings work.