Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Catherine Lemesle
Abt 1646 - Aft 1716 (~ 70 years)-
Name Catherine Lemesle Birth Abt 1646 Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1] Baptism Saint-Pierre du-Chastel, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1] Gender Female Death Aft 3 Mar 1716 Québec City, Québec [1] Person ID I5931 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 21 Mar 2021
Father Jean Lemesle Mother Marguerite Renard Marriage Bef 1646 Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1] Family ID F18937 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Pierre Morin, b. Abt 1647, St. Etienne de Brillouet, Poitou, France d. 12 Dec 1706 (Age ~ 59 years) Marriage 13 Jun 1672 Québec City, Québec [1] Children + 1. Louise Morin, b. 25 Oct 1678 d. 20 Feb 1710, Hôtel-Dieu, Québec City, Québec (Age 31 years) + 2. Marie Jeanne Morin, b. 22 Apr 1685 d. 26 Nov 1755, Québec City, Québec (Age 70 years) Family ID F18898 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 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.