Catherine Ducharme, Fille du Roi

-https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ducharme-69
-https://it.findagrave.com/memorial/125367301/catherine-ducharme

Burial: 21 Feb 1719

Montreal, Quebec, Quebec

Catherine was a "filles du roi" or daughter of the King.

These women, known in French as the "fille du roi", agreed to travel to the new settlements in North America and marry a settler there in exchange for a 50 pound dowry from the French King. Of the nearly 1000 women who undertook the journey, about 800 made it to Canada.

They made contracts of marriage with the men who had originally settled the New World and usually married within a few days or weeks of the contract signing. Often the women broke the contracts, only to remake them or make new contracts with other men. http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I60312&tree=...
Marriage Contract A contract for the marriage of Catherine and Pierre Roy was signed on 27 December 1671 before Notary Bénigne Basset. Neither Pierre nor Catherine were able to sign.15,9,11 Catherine arrived in Quebec City on Aug 15, 1671 on the ship "St.John the Baptist". She was 15 years of age. She had 18 children - more than any other Fille du Roi.

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1,9289::30378122 She is also a great grand daughter of Charlemagne