Recalled To France
Madame Boulduc had gone back to France in 1685, provided with a pass by Denonville, who declared himself happy to "rid the country of a rather poor piece of goods." Boulduc followed her, perhaps the year after. They left behind "children who are dependent upon the charity of honest folk." The Boulduc's had indeed three sons and two (or three) daughters whose ages ranged from 9 to 17 years. The youngest girl, Louise, who may or may not have still been alive, was Frontenac's god-daughter, and apparently left with her mother. The others remained in the colony and took the name of Bolduc. As for the parents, they died in France, apparently without seeing their children again.
Who would venture to pass final judgment on Boulduc? Whatever may have been his faults, he was perhaps above all the victim of a troubled age. Intendant de Meulles seems to have thought so: "Much passion having been stirred up in this affair, the King would be wise to reinstate this magistrate," he wrote on November 12, 1686. As far as Louis Boulduc's performances in Canada, records indicate infamy and nothing yet found, will prove or disprove these charges.
An internet article describes one of the children of Louis and Elizabeth, Jaques. Jaques was born October 15, 1672 and baptized on October 17, 1672 in Quebec. Jaques married Marie-Anne Racine, at the coast of Bowsprit on November 7, 1701. Marie-Anne Racine was born March 29, 1684, the daughter of Noel Racine and Marguerite Gravel. Jaques and Marie-Anne had at least one daughter, Marie-Ann Bolduc. Marie-Ann Bolduc married Jean Filion on November 21, 1729.
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