Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Catherine Rivet
1646 - 1723 (~ 89 years)
Generation: 1
1. Catherine Rivet was born between 1634 and 1646 in Saint-Marc/Saint-Mauger, Étampes, Essonne, France (daughter of Pierre Rivet and Marie Sergent); died on 9 Jun 1723; was buried on 10 Jun 1723 in Québec City, Québec. Notes:
She was a fille du rois, a "daughter of the king." By 1660 or so it had become apparent that the fledgling North American colony of New France was badly short of marriageable women. To ameliorate this, between 1663 and 1673 the French government recruited respectable young women of limited prospects and, after vetting them for suitability, provided each of them with a small dowry, a chest of clothes, and one-way passage to Quebec. The approximately 800 women who made this journey became known as the "filles du roi", the "daughters of the King." Millions of modern French-Canadians can trace their descent from them, quite often from several.
Catherine married Pierre Duchesne dit Lapierre after 7 Jan 1666 in Québec City, Québec. Pierre (son of Jean Duchesne dit Lapierre and Catherine Poulet) was born between 1621 and 1637 in Mesnil-Saint-Georges, Somme, Picardy, France; died on 2 Mar 1697; was buried on 4 Mar 1697 in Sainte-Famille, Île-d'Orléans, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Jacques Duchesne dit Lapierre was born on 30 Aug 1687; was christened on 8 Sep 1687 in Saint-François, Île d'Orléans, Québec; died on 7 Jun 1761; was buried on 8 Jun 1761 in Baie Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec.
2. Pierre Rivet was born in France. Pierre married Marie Sergent before 1643 in Étampes, Essonne, France. Marie was born in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Marie Sergent was born in France. Children:
- 1. Catherine Rivet was born between 1634 and 1646 in Saint-Marc/Saint-Mauger, Étampes, Essonne, France; died on 9 Jun 1723; was buried on 10 Jun 1723 in Québec City, Québec.