Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Jeanne Marie Gauthier
Abt 1639 - Aft 1719 (> 80 years)-
Name Jeanne Marie Gauthier Birth Abt 1639 Saint-Rémy, Domats, Yonne, France 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Death Aft 7 May 1719 Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Les Chenaux, Mauricie, Québec [1, 4] Person ID I32421 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 8 Jun 2026
Father Honoré Gauthier Mother Jacqueline Mabille Marriage Bef 1639 Domats, Yonne, France [1] Family ID F18979 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Gilles Massonm dit Dutremble, b. Between 1630 and 1633, Longeville-sur-Mer, Vendeé, Pays-de-la-Loire, France d. Bef 27 Mar 1715, Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Les Chenaux, Mauricie, Québec (Age < 85 years)Marriage 17 Oct 1668 Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Le Cité-Limoilou, Québec City, Québec [1, 2] Children + 1. Pierre Masson dit Dutremblay, b. 3 Jul 1673 d. Bef 16 Aug 1745 (Age < 72 years) Family ID F18977 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Jun 2026
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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.
She arrived 3 Jul 1668 on the Nouvelle France.
- 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, 2025.
- [S8920] Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (The Research Program in Historical Demography) (PRDH) database.
- [S9130] Gilles Masson and Marie-Jeanne Gauthier, Couple file, ABCD, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 6/8/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/abcd_couples/39308435.
- [S9130] Gilles Masson and Marie-Jeanne Gauthier, Couple file, ABCD, GenealogyQuebec.com, Drouin Genealogical Institute, accessed on 6/8/2026 at https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/abcd_couples/39308435., place only.
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025.