Pierette Lauriault

Notes:

Or Pierette Loriot.

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.

Pierette married Pierre Buteau on 21 Oct 1671 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Québec. Pierre (son of Mathurin Buteau and Perrine Ragot) was born between 1635 and 1637 in Sainte-Radégone-la-Virieuse, Marsais-Sante-Radégone, Vendée, France; died on 21 Nov 1705; was buried on 22 Nov 1705 in Saint-François, Île d'Orléans, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marguerite Buteau was born before 30 Apr 1691; was christened on 30 Apr 1691 in Saint-François, Île d'Orléans, Québec; died on 8 Jun 1758; was buried on 9 Jun 1758 in Saint-François, Île d'Orléans, Québec.

Notes:

Or Loriot.

Pierre married Jeanne Bonnet before 1654 in Le Bourget, Seine-St. Denis, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]