Her maternal grandparents were also amoung the first would-be colonists, but never survived the deportation by the Kirke Brothers. However, Marie's mother, Helene, did return with her aunt and uncle, Marguerite Langlois and Abraham Martin, when the French post was returned.
On November 20, 1651, Marie-Francoise, then just thirteen; married Guillaume Fournier, a baker brought to the colony; and the couple would have fifteen children. Guillaume was described as a rather disagreeable man, and though his marriage to Marie gave him control of a fair bit of land; it seems that he was always fighting for more. Born in 1619 at Coullemer, Orne, Normandy, France; he was the son of Gilles Fournier and Noelle Gagnon.
Taking after her grandmother, Marie-Francoise was very active in the community and for many years acted as a midwife to the small settlement. The family eventually settled at St. Thomas de La Pointe A La Caille, in Montmagny, Quebec; where Guillaume died on October 25, 1699 and Marie-Francoise on March 16, 1716.
Marie-Anne Fournier - Was born on May 5, 1655 and died on January 15, 1726. She married Pierre Blanchet and like her mother, had fifteen children.
Agathe Fournier - Was born on April 10, 1657 and died on June 9, 1743. She married Louis Gesseron and had thirteen children.
Jacquette Fournier - Was born on April 10, 1659 and died on January 23, 1736. She married Jean Proulx and had thirteen children.
Joseph Fournier - Was born on July 13, 1661 and died on December 9, 1741. He married Barbe Girouard and had seventeen children.
Marie-Madeleine Fournier - Was born on July 17, 1663 and died on October 8, 1664.
Jean Fournier - Was born on March 19, 1665 and died July 17, 1735. He married Marie-Jeanne Roy and had ten children.
Simon Fournier - Was born on April 27, 1667 and died on January 12, 1712. He married Anne-Catherine Rousseau and had ten children.
Pierre Fournier - Was born on April 24, 1669 and died on August 22, 1750. He married Marie Isabel and the couple had ten children.
Francoise Fournier - Was born on May 2, 1671 and died on July 16, 1734. She married Jacques Boulet and had fourteen children.
Louis Fournier - Was born on April 24, 1673 and died on June 17, 1721. He married Marie-Jeanne Caron and the couple had ten children.
Madeleine Fournier - Was born on August 9, 1675 and died about 1718. She married Pierre Laporte and had five children.
Charles Fournier - Was born on July 19, 1677 and died on Sep 10, 1739. He married Elisabeth-Agnes Bouchard and the couple had thirteen children.
Simon-Joseph Fournier - Was born on April 28, 1678 and died the same day.
Jacques Fournier - Was born on August 24, 1679 and died the following year.
