▁problem ▁remained ▁but , ▁in ▁later ▁years , ▁more ▁rural ▁girls ▁were ▁rec ru ited . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁approximately ▁ 3 0 0 ▁rec ruits ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁marry ▁in ▁New ▁France . ▁Some ▁had ▁changes ▁of ▁heart ▁before ▁emb ark ing ▁from ▁the ▁ports ▁of ▁Norm andy ▁and ▁thus ▁never ▁leaving , ▁while ▁some ▁died ▁on ▁the ▁journey . ▁O thers ▁returned ▁to ▁France ▁to ▁marry , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁remained ▁single . ▁ ▁Integr ation ▁in ▁Ville - Marie ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁King ' s ▁D augh ters , ▁the ▁women ▁who ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Ville - Marie , ▁otherwise ▁known ▁as ▁Montreal , ▁had ▁been ▁rec ru ited ▁by ▁the ▁Société ▁Notre - D ame ▁de ▁Montr éal ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 1 ▁in ▁Paris . ▁Among st ▁these ▁women ▁were ▁Jean ne ▁M ance ▁and ▁Mar guer ite ▁Bour geo ys . ▁When ▁the ▁first ▁fill es ▁du ▁roi ▁arrived ▁in ▁Montreal , ▁they ▁were ▁taken ▁in ▁by ▁Bour geo ys . ▁Initial ly , ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁comfortable ▁lod g ings ▁to ▁receive ▁them , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 8 ▁Bour geo ys ▁proc ured ▁the ▁M aison ▁Saint - G ab riel , ▁a ▁large ▁farm house ▁in ▁which ▁to ▁house ▁them . ▁ ▁End ▁of ▁rec ruit ment ▁and ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁settlement ▁The ▁program ▁was ▁a ▁res ounding ▁success . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 0 , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁girls ▁who ▁had ▁arrived