Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France via STOR Daily
This was an interesting read for me as I have Quebçois ancestors on my mother’s side. The family name then was Therrian (worker of the land) and when they moved to upstate New York, possibly due to expulsion by the British, like the Acadians, they anglicized the name to Farmer. I have one ancestor I can trace to the mid 1700’s. Perhaps my Quebeçois family found it’s beginning in the Filles du roi. More resarch is now required. – Douglas
On September 22, 1663, thirty-six young women arrived in a French colony on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in a region that we now call eastern Canada. While the men of the colony greeted them eagerly, the women were whisked away by an order of nuns already living in the area.
What place for French-speaking music in the streaming era?
here for it. Absolutely the right vibe for tonight, plus the cover art (illustration of a derpy longhaired cat?). Every song is doing something different, doing it well, and in a good way.
