Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Catherine Clérice
1653 - 1715 (~ 68 years)-
Name Catherine Clérice Birth Between 1647 and 1653 Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France [1] Gender Female Death 1 Mar 1715 [1] Burial 2 Mar 1715 Varennes, Québec [1] Person ID I1600 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of WPF Last Modified 17 Mar 2021
Father Pierre Clérice, b. France d. France Mother Marie Lefebvre, b. France d. France Marriage Bef 1653 Paris, France [1] Family ID F989 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jacques Lussier, b. Abt 1646, Saint-Eustache, Paris, France d. Bef 12 Jun 1713 (Age ~ 67 years) Marriage 12 Oct 1671 Québec City, Québec [1] Children + 1. Catherine Lussier, b. 20 Jan 1677 d. 10 Aug 1719 (Age 42 years) Family ID F960 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2021
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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.
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Sources - [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.