European Women in Quebec City 1636

After returning to France in 1636 Nicolas Marsolais married Marie LeBarbier to bring his 16 yrs old bride to New-France.
Up to the time of Champlain's death (Dec.25th 1635), French women  had not been welcomed to come to Nouvelle-France.
Champlain had himself married a young girl of 12, Helene Boulle,
who came to New France but had to return to France after an unhappy experience.
She would, later on, found a convent in France, never to return to the Americas and die at a very ripe age.

Instead, CHAMPLAIN had encouraged the Native Chiefs
to believe that their Women were going to marry the European Men
to become the scion of a new breed, telling them:
"Forming one Nation from two People".

Early in the days of the New-France, the First Nations' Chiefs,
upon such assurances had brought three of their young marriageable maidens to Champlain,
which had proven quite a weight for the Colony
when they also had to shoulder the responsibility of feeding them,
especially since they were living some of their more lean years at the time. 

After Champlain, under Mr. de Montmagny's new leadership, however,
European women were now to be welcomed and encouraged to
settle in New France with their husbands.

BELOW is the list of most of the women living in Quebec City in 1636.
They formed the nucleus for the social activities in the Colony
and were the early pillars of the Feminine element in Canada. 

Marie Leneuf du Hérisson, Dame Jean-Baptiste Godefroy de Linclot
Marguerite Le Gardeur, Dame Jacques Leneuf de la Potherie
Jeanne Le Marchand, Dame Michel Leneuf du Hérisson
Marie Faverie, Dame Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny
Catherine de Cordée, Dame René Le Gardeur du Tilly
Marie Langlois, Dame Jean Juchereau de Maure
Jacqueline Potel, Dame Jean Bourdon
Anne Couvent, Dame Philippe Amyot
Simone d'Orgeville, Dame Adrien d'Abancour
Eleonore de Grandmaison, Dame François de Chavigny
Marie d'Abancour (Avaugour), Dame Jean Jolliet
Madeleine Leneuf du Hérisson, Dame Jean Poutrel du Colombier
Nicole Lemoine, Dame Gaspard Boucher
Julienne Barry, Dame Marin Boucher
Louise Boucher, Dame Louis-Henri Peignet
Marie Renouard, Dame Robert Giffard
Marie LeBarbier, Dame Nicolas Marsolet de St-Aignan