Wednesday, January 25, 2023

New Society

 New France as a society began to develop in different ways from the mother country.


This is the marriage certificate of Catherine Moitie, one of the Filles du Roi, and her husband, Henry Le Moyne. They would have ten children.


More artifacts of the period are seen here.


The sculpture I showed you yesterday is here again. Catherine Moitie is listed at its base. Each line represents each of her children, and their children. Within five generations she had 600 descendants.


Far from France, people built their own lives. This included items for their own homes. This cabinet is a well preserved example.


Increasingly the settlers began to be known as Canadiens.


While New France was busily being established, the old rival of the French was busy too. England had established colonies in what is today the Atlantic provinces, and further south along the Atlantic seaboard in what is today the United States (ungrateful colonials....). They were also busy on the fur trade deep in the interior of the continent.


This map of trading routes also shows a whole lot of territory that both the English and the French thought belonged to them. It was just a matter of time before their old rivalry would erupt in the New World.

40 comments:

  1. Boy, they sure had time to get that "productive"... seems like there was no TV or internet. 10 children, oh, my.

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  2. Interesting to find how our ancestors managed.

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  3. I think life is much easier now, I wouldn't like to live like that. My grandparents both had 10 siblings !!

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  4. Looks like a hard life in these times

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  5. Fecundity is required for successful colonization!

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  6. Buenos documentos se conservan en él.

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  7. The museum, sculpture and exhibits are wonderful. These people might have loved their life and if it was hard.
    Take care, have a happy day!

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  8. Rivalry rears its ugly head indeed. We humans can be such a sad lot!

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  9. Old furniture, especially chairs, make the past feel more real because they are what we use today. Having 10 children, imagine a 2023 hipster couple keen on a big family.
    Nice photos

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    1. And think of how many more since then, all descended from her.

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  11. ...the Amish are the only ones that I know with large families.

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  12. Catherine did her part in the population growth.

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  13. People in the new world had to be made of good stuff. It was a tough world.

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  14. Enjoyed this, and the map with the trade routes, fascinating.

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  15. The new world was a hard world, Nice exhibit.

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  16. Interesting history. Imagine 600 descendants!

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  17. I especially find the showcases with antique items beautiful and interesting.

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  18. That cabinet is a beauty. I love seeing things like the dishes and daily use items.

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  19. The cabinet is beautiful, interesting seeing all the other items too.

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  20. Great French history exhibit ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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