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OUR ANCESTORS .: MARIE-CLAUDE CHAMOIS François Frigon - Marie-Claude Chamois - Agnatic Lineage |
| MARIE-CLAUDE CHAMOIS |
| Marie-Claude Chamois arrived in Canada with a contingent of filles du roi ("daughters" or wards of the king) in 1670. She had been baptized on January 29, 1656, in the parish of Saint-Gervais, located in the city and archdiocese of Paris. Her parents were Honoré Chamois, hérault d'armes of France and secrétaire du roi (king's secretary) (honorary titles) and Jacqueline Girard. |
| After the death of her father Honoré Chamois, Marie-Claude left New France in the autumn of 1685 and arrived in France in December to claim her inheritance. When she appeared before her mother, the latter claimed she did not know her and that she was not her daughter. A famous trial ensued. Accused of having usurped an identity, Marie-Claude had to stay in France until the outcome of the trial, on April 21, 1693. The verdict was in her favour. For this last stage of the trial, the attorney general was a young magistrate who later became chancellor of France: François D'Aguesseau. Marie-Claude came back to New France after her trial. She was here in 1704 and perhaps even before. She returned to France in the autumn of 1705, the inheritance having not yet been settled. Then we lose track of her completely. According to Jetté, she died in France, between 1705-10-15 and 1710-03-18. |
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