It’s Monday! Did You Know…
* 1658 – Marguerite Bourgeoys opens Ville Marie’s first school for French and native children
Marguerite Bourgeoys was born in Troyes, then in the ancient Province of Champagne in the Kingdom of France, on 17 April 1620. The daughter of Abraham Bourgeoys and Guillemette Garnier, she was the sixth of their twelve children. Marguerite came from a middle-class and socially connected background, her father being a candle maker and coiner at the royal mint in the town. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother followed when Marguerite was 19. Continue reading “John’s Believe It Or Not… April 30th”