Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Jeanne Burelle
1649 - Bef 1724 (~ 78 years)-
Name Jeanne Burelle Birth Between 1646 and 1649 Saint-Denis, Duclair, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1] Gender Female Alternate birth Between 1646 and 1649 Saint-Denis, Duclair, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1] Death Bef 17 Apr 1724 [1] Burial 17 Apr 1724 Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec [1] Person ID I4368 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 24 Mar 2021
Father Daniel Burelle Mother Anne Lesuisse Marriage Bef 1646 Duclair, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1] Family ID F3001 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family André Poudret, b. Between 1638 and 1646, Saint-Géry, Valenciennes, Nord, France d. 1 Jun 1724 (Age ~ 86 years) Marriage 3 Nov 1667 Québec City, Québec [1] Children + 1. Marie Poudrette, b. Between 1667 and 1672 d. 17 Mar 1759 (Age ~ 92 years) + 2. Pierre Poudret dit Lavigne, b. Bef 1 Aug 1687 d. Bef 13 Feb 1746 (Age < 58 years) Family ID F2981 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 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.
She arrived on the St Louise de Dieppe on 25 September 1667.
- 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.