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Marie Rollet is Louis Hébert’s wife, they are the first French family to established in North America in the Upper Town of Quebec City. They left Paris for New France in 1617. The crossing was so awful that passengers fear for their own lives as the conditions are execrable and because of the many Icebergs which were on their path.
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Hotel Marie Rollet. 109 reviews. #56 of 102 hotels in Quebec City. 81, Rue Sainte-Anne, Quebec City, Quebec G1R 3X4 Canada. Write a review. Check availability. View all photos ( 113)
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Marie Rollet was a French woman and early settler in Quebec. Her second husband, Louis Hébert , was apothecary to Samuel Champlain 's expeditions to Acadia and Quebec on 1606 and 1610–13. When she and her three surviving children traveled with her husband to Quebec in 1617, [1] she became the first European woman to settle in Quebec.
- One of the first French settlers in Quebec
- Marie Dufeu, Marie Hébert, Marie Hubou
- pioneer
- French
- An Educated Parisienne
- Marriage to Louis Hébert
- Departure For New France
- First Female French Farmer and Teacher in Quebec
- Commemoration
Marie Rollet was born in Paris circa 1580. At the time, her parents lived in the neighbourhood of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6th arrondissement and were financially well off. Her father, Jean Rollet, worked as a gunner for King Henry IV, and her mother was named Anne Cogu. Marie Rollet studied at a convent run by nuns. She was considered an educ...
On 19 February 1601, the 21-year-old Marie Rollet, widow of François Dufeu, a merchant from Compiègne, married Louis Hébert, a Parisian apothecary (see Pharmacy). The ceremony took place at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. The following year, Rollet and Hébert bought a small house at 1602 Rue de la Petite Seine for the price of 200 livres tour...
In 1617, Louis, Marie and their three children, Anne, Guillemette and Guillaume, left France and settled in Quebec City, in New France. Louis Hébert signed a two-year contract with the Company of New France for 300 livres per year. The Rollet-Hébert family boarded the Saint-Étienne at the port of Honfleur on 11 March 1617. The three-month crossin...
In Quebec City, Marie Rollet laboured alongside Louis Hébert in his work as a farmer and apothecary. Together, they cleared the land, sowed crops and looked after French colonists as well as Indigenous people. In 1620, they built a stone house with the help of workers from the habitation of Quebec City. That same year, Samuel de Champlaingave Louis...
The 400th anniversary of Rollet and Hébert’s arrival in New France was commemorated in 2017. For the occasion, Marie Rollet and Louis Hébert were designated “historical figures” by the Quebec government, and more than 25 activities were organized to celebrate the festivities, including the exhibition 1617–2017: The Legacy of Louis Hébert: 400 Years...
This hotel is located in Old Quebec and is a 5-minute walk of Citadelle de Quebec. The hotel features a rooftop terrace and free Wi-Fi in every room. Rooms at the Hotel Marie-Rollet include a private bathroom. The rooms also have a work desk and seating area. The Marie-Rollet Hotel is within a 15-minute walk of the Musee de la Civilisation ...
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Hôtel Marie-Rollet. 81 rue Ste-Anne, G1R 3X4 Quebec City, Canada – Excellent location - show map – Railway access. 8.5. Very good. 1,087 reviews. “The room was quite cramped but not a big issue, esp for its price. I like that my room has a window with a view of Old Quebec. Instructions for...”. Mary Australia.
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