how do you find out if you have a filles du roi ancestor?

Question

I'm wondering how one can find out if they have a Filles du Roi ancestor? I *thought* I did through my 2nd great grandmother Marguerite Rabouin's line, but now I'm not so sure. She was b. 11 Feb 1816 Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Quebec. Her parents: Marie-Louise Hudon (Beaulieu) 3rd great-grandmother b. 30 JULY 1782 • St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada & Etienne Rabouin 3rd great-grandfather. b. 1785 d. 27 Sept 1859 Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec. 

Thank you in advance for any help/input. 

Answer 1

There is a filles du roi sub-project here at Wikitree, under the Quebecois Project.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Filles_du_Roi

Besides telling you to join the project, there are a lot of resources there to direct you to good information.

There is a filles_du_roi tag for G2G,  if you want to edit your question, as well to get the right folks to read it.

Comments

Thank you @DinaGrozey. Today is my first time on the site and it's a bit over my head. I can see that it would be good to add the tag and edit my question for the right people to see it, but truly I wouldn't even know how to change it in this moment. I need to become more familiar with how things work.

Answer 2

• Etienne Rabouin
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rabouin-15#Ancestors

• Élisabeth Cretel est une des Filles du Roi
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cretel-1

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• Marie Françoise Moutard dit Lamothe (1750 - 1823) is the mother of Etienne Rabouin (1785 - 1859)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moutard_dit_Lamothe-1#Ancestors

• Anne (Poitreau) Poitraud est une des Filles du Roi
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Poitreau-1

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Thank you so much for this information. I'm so excited with all the great information you've shared!

Answer 3

• Hudon dit Beaulieu

• Alexis Hudon dit Beaulieu (1746 - 1804)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hudon_dit_Beaulieu-29#Ancestors

• Marie Parenteau est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parenteau-34

• Marie Leclerc est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leclerc-30

• Marie Trotinne est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trotinne-1

• Project: Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Filles_%C3%A0_marier

Comments

This is amazing information! Thank you so much!!

Answer 4

• Pratte ?

• Jean Baptiste Pratte (1768 - 1807)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pratte-34#Ancestors

• Bonne (Gueriere) Guerrier est une des Filles du Roi
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gueriere-1

• Jeanne St-Père est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/St-P%C3%A8re-2

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• Marie Louise Lisette Desjarlais (1769 - 1842) is the wife of Jean Baptiste Pratte (1768 - 1807)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Desjarlais-256#Ancestors

• Marguerite Thomas est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thomas-1063

• Marie (Lefrançois) François est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lefran%C3%A7ois-36

• Geneviève Rigaud est une des Filles du Roi
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rigaud-2

• Marie Pelletier est une des Filles du Roi
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pelletier-994

• Marie Chevreau est une des Filles du Roi
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chevreau-7

• Marie Houdin est une des Filles à marier
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Houdin-1

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I can't thank you enough!! I'm so excited to learn I had multiple Filles du Roi and Filles a Marier in my ancestry! Thank you for sharing this information with me!

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Two for me Marie Louise Lissete Desjarlais and my 8th great grand mother Genevieve Rigaud.

Answer 5

You are also connected to my ex Son in law who is a Hudon dit Beaulieu descendant.

Quite how I can't tell you as I don't have his family history on WT.

Comments

Cool! I love learning about and meeting cousins that were previously unknown to me!

Answer 6

You can easily find your relationship and connections to all the Fille du Roi on their category page.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Filles_du_Roi

Just click the dark green My Connections box on the top right.

I have 11 ancestors plus a couple more cousins, and 159 that I am connected to.  It's a fun page.

Comments

Thank you so much!! I'm going to check this out now!

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It says 'none were found' .. :(

Answer 7

Once you have your tree entered as far back as this time period, then go to the category page Filles du Roi , on the top right you will see a green button ''My connections'', click on that and it will show you both those you are directly related to, either as ancestresses or cousins, and those you are connected to in other fashions.