Some of the surnames that I connect with New France may be Basque in origin. Likewise, there also exists the possibility of some Jewish as well. DNA testing will further this line of research.

Albert, Ancelin, Baillon, Bélanger, Boucher, Bridault (Brideau), Chapadeau, Cloutier, Crete, Dubé, Durand, Duval, Fouquereau, Gagné dit Béllavance, Grondin, Guéret dit Dumont, Huot, Langlois, Larocque, LeBlanc, LeClerc, LeVasseur, Marchand, Maupas, Michaud, Michel, Mignault, Mignier dit Lagacé, Milville dit Deschenes, Montminy(Montmirel), Ouellet, Paquet, Parisé, Pépin, Picard, Rousseau, Soucy, Tardif (Tardy), Thibault, Thibodeau, Thomas and Vallée.

As with many people who hail from Québec and/or have ancestral ties to Québec, I descend from Catherine de Baillon, a fille du roi of minor French nobility whose lineage has been traced back to Charlemagne.

Each fille du roi was accorded 50 livres dowry from the king who sponsored her transportation across the Atlantic. Being of minor French nobility, Catherine also possessed an additional 950 livres, no doubt, making her a wealthy woman of her time. 

Catherine married Jacques de Milville dit Deschenes on November 12, 1669. They were my 8th G grandparents.

There also exists a possible royal gateway to Françoise de Méhérenc de Montmirel. Married to Jean Guéret on August 22, 1634, they were the grandparents of Jacques Guéret dit Dumont, husband of Anne Tardif. Jacques and Anne were my 8th G grandparents.

Gateway 1

Gateway 2

Gateway 3

There were many women, known as fille du roi, who were transported to New France in order to populate the colony of the French king.

I share a direct connection with the following women on my maternal side:

[1] Catherine de Baillon, [2] Marie Catherine Campion, [3] Jeanne LeCoq, [4] Elizabeth Agnes Lefebvre, [5] Madeleine Olivier, [6] Barbe d'Orange and [7] Marie Roy.

I share a direct connection with the following women on my paternal side:

[1] Joachine Lafleur