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  1. Madeleine Vérieul or Veilleux: Birth: 25 Aug 1683 in St-François, Ile-d'Orléans, Montmorency, QC. Death: 12 Feb 1746 in St-François, Ile-d'Orléans, Montmorency, QC


Sources
1. Title:   King's Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Fille du Roi, 1663-1673
Page:   1/302
Author:   Peter J. Gagne
Publication:   Quintin Publications, Pawtucket, RI 2001
2. Title:   Fichier Origine
Author:   Marcel Fournier
Publication:   www.fichierorigine.com
3. Title:   Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles du Québec
Author:   Rene Jette
Publication:   Les Presses de L'Universite de Montreal, 1983
4. Title:   Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes
Page:   7/439
Author:   Rev. Cyprien Tanguay
Publication:   Montreal--Eusebe Senecal & Fils, Imprimeurs--Edituers, 1889

Notes
a. Note:   greed 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. Marguerite is among those listed as coming from Ile de France [typically Paris]. **** All the "King's Daughters" information above comes from: http://www.ziplink.net/~24601/roots/sources/KINGGIRL.htm#Section%20Two **** Contract gives birth as St-Sulpice, marriage register gives it as Notre-Dame, Joinville, St-Dizier, Chalons-sur-Marne, Champagne, France.
Note:   Marguerite originally came to Canada as a "fille du roi", or "King's daughters" - women who a


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