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Catherine Rivet

Female 1646 - 1723  (~ 89 years)


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  • Name Catherine Rivet 
    Birth Between 1634 and 1646  Saint-Marc/Saint-Mauger, Étampes, Essonne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Jun 1723  [1
    Burial 10 Jun 1723  Québec City, Québec Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I32741  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of WPF
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2021 

    Father Pierre Rivet,   b. France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Marie Sergent,   b. France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1643  Étampes, Essonne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F19359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pierre Duchesne dit Lapierre,   b. Between 1621 and 1637, Mesnil-Saint-Georges, Somme, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1697 (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage Aft 7 Jan 1666  Québec City, Québec Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Jacques Duchesne dit Lapierre,   b. 30 Aug 1687   d. 7 Jun 1761 (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F19358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2021 

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.