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::The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi; filles du roy) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV of France. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging male colonizers to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. <ref>"King's Daughters", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Daughters, accessed 17 October 2020.</ref> | ::The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi; filles du roy) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV of France. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging male colonizers to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. <ref>"King's Daughters", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Daughters, accessed 17 October 2020.</ref> | ||
*[http://shsb.mb.ca/en/Voyageurs_database Voyageur Contracts Database] Approximately 35,900 fur trade contracts signed in front of Montréal notaries between 1714 and 1830. | *[http://shsb.mb.ca/en/Voyageurs_database Voyageur Contracts Database] Approximately 35,900 fur trade contracts signed in front of Montréal notaries between 1714 and 1830. | ||
*[http://www.genealogywise.com/group/frenchcanadiandescendants/forum/topics/frenchcanadian-acadian-cajun French-Canadian, Acadian, Cajun & Metis families] | |||
==Canada Biography== | ==Canada Biography== | ||