Marie-Madeleine Després

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Marie-Madeleine Després

French: Madeleine Audet (Després)
Also Known As: "Madeleine"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: St-Sauveur, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death: December 18, 1712 (55-56)
St-Jean, Isle d'Orleans, Montmorency, Québec
Place of Burial: Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of François Després; Francois Despres; Madeleine LeGrand and Madeleine Despres
Wife of Nicolas Audet and Nicolas Audet dit Lapointe
Mother of Innocent Audet; Nicolas Audet dit Lapointe; Nicolas Audet dit Lapointe, II; Pierre Audet dit Lapointe; Jean-Baptiste Audet dit Lapointe and 10 others
Sister of Reine Vincente

Occupation: Fille du Roy, Fille du Roi, Filles du Roi
Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About Marie-Madeleine Després

Probably an orphan as she was supported by the King of France in Canada as one of the Filles du Roi. http://www.audet.org/b16.htm

Les Filles Du Roi

The filles du roi, or King's Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. They were part of King Louis XIV's program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 737 of these women married and the resultant population explosion gave rise to the success of the colony. Most of the millions of people of French Canadian descent today, both in Quebec and the rest of Canada and the USA (and beyond!), are descendants of one or more of these courageous women of the 17th century.

Most were single French women and many were orphans. Their transportation to Canada and settlement in the colony were paid for by the King. Some were given a royal gift of a dowry of 50 livres for their marriage to one of the many unmarried male colonists in Canada. These gifts are reflected in some of the marriage contracts entered into by the filles du roi at the time of their first marriages. Of the nearly 1000 women who undertook the journey, about 800 made it to Canada. They were promised 50 livres if they married a soldier or farmer and 100 livres if an officer. There were very few of the latter simply because there were very few officers who needed help in finding a girl of their own choice.

The girl was usually selected by her parish priest on recommendation from the Sisters in charge of an orphanage, where she had learned to read and write. It is notable that many of the girls were literate whereas the men they would marry were not. Now she had to be outfitted for the voyage and to begin her future life. Historian Douville and Casanova may be quoted as follows: “To this statutory grant (the dowry) other essential expenses were added. The first disbursement was set at 100 livres: 10 for personal and moving expenses, 30 for clothing and 60 for passage. In addition to the clothing allowance, the following were furnished: a small hope chest in which to put 1 head dress, 1 taffeta handkerchief, 1 pair of shoe ribbons, 100 sewing needles, 1 comb, 1 spool of white thread, 1 pair of stockings, 1 pair of gloves, 1 pair of scissors, 2 knives, 1,000 pins, 1 bonnet, 4 lace braids and 2 livres in silver money. On arrival in Canada, the Sovereign Council of New France provided the girls with some clothing suitable to the climate and some provisions drawn from the King’s warehouse.”

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Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 1 : A-Hel; Page: 17 1,2177::201028

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@R1050710867@ Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2177::0

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Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 1 : A-Hel; Page: 17 1,2177::201028

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@R1050710867@ Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2177::0

GEDCOM Source

Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 1 : A-Hel; Page: 17 1,2177::201028

GEDCOM Source

@R1050710867@ Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

GEDCOM Source

1,9289::25118977

GEDCOM Source

@R1050710867@ Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

GEDCOM Source

1,9289::25118977

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@R1050710867@ Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,2177::0

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Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 1 : A-Hel; Page: 17 1,2177::201028



Magdeleine Després was one of the 768 “Fille du Roi” who came to la Nouvelle France in 1670 at about the age of 17, bringing with her goods worth an estimated 200 livres for her dowry. She signed the marriage contract drawn up on August 30 1670 by the notary Becquet, as her husband could neither read nor write and so could not sign the contract. She married Nicolas Lapointe/Audet-dit-Lapointe on Sept. 15, 1670. She received the King’s Gift of 50 livres upon their marriage. They settled at Sainte-Famille, Île d’Orleans, then about 1679 moved to Saint-Jean, L’Île d’Orleans where they both died and were buried.

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Marie-Madeleine Després's Timeline

1656
1656
St-Sauveur, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1671
September 21, 1671
1672
September 13, 1672
Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1674
June 22, 1674
Île d'Orléans, Canada
1675
November 17, 1675
Ste-Famille, Isle d'Orléans, Montmorency, Quebec
1677
September 18, 1677
Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France
1680
October 27, 1680
Saint Jean De L'île D'Orléans, L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada
October 27, 1680
Ile De Orleans, Quebec, Canada