King's Daughters
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The King's Daughters were 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. The program was designed to boos
Commemorative plaque in Dieppe of the departure of the Filles du Roy, 1663-1673
The Arrival of the French Girls at Quebec, 1667. Watercolour by Charles William Jefferys
Casquette girl
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A casquette girl but also known historically as a casket girl or a Pelican girl, was a woman brought from France to the French colonies of Louisiana to marry. The name derives from the small chests, k
King's Daughters
…Rodolphe Girard, descendant of fille du roi Isabelle Aupe and husband Pierre Lavoie. Casquette girl Órfãs do Rei…
Engraving depicting the departure of "comfort girls" to the New World.