Genealogy Projects tagged with Marriageable Girls on the Geni Family Tree

Marriageable Girls

Introduction Most of us are familiar with the story of the King's Daughters or Filles du Roi ; the state sponsored program that brought almost 800 single women to Quebec in the early days of the French settlement, but what is not so well known is the story of the Filles à Marier . Between 1634 and 1662; 262 young ladies braved the elements to begin an uncertain future in the backwoods of Canada...