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Marguerite Gambier (dit Gaillard)

Marguerite was born in 1641 in St Sulpice, Paris, St Ger Des Pres, France. Marguerite's father was Antoine Gambier and her mother was Francoise Bernard. She was an only child. She died at the age of 36 in December 1677 in Cote St Michel, Sillery, Quebec, Canada.

General Notes
- The 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. 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.
  
  The filles du roi 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.
  
  Gambier, Marguerite, m. Legardeur, Michel, dit Sanssoucy, Jul. 26, 1664

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Antoine Gambier
  - b.~  1615 in St Sulpice, Paris, St Ger Des Pres, France d.26 Aug 1664
  
  Marguerite Gambier (dit Gaillard)
  - b.  1641 in St Sulpice, Paris, St Ger Des Pres, France d.Dec 1677 in Cote St Michel, Sillery, Quebec, Canada
  
  Francoise Bernard
  - b.  1617 in Couvray, Viennes, Poitou, France d.  1664 in La-Jarne, La Rochelle, Aunis, France

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