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Élisabeth Leroy

Female 1642 - Aft 1708  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Élisabeth Leroy 
    Birth Between 1640 and 1642  Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 25 Jan 1708  Québec City, Québec Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I8571  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021 

    Father Antoine Leroy 
    Mother Simone Gauthier 
    Marriage Bef 1640  Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F5181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pierre Pallereau,   b. Between 1624 and 1629, Villedoux, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 Nov 1669 (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Marriage Aft 12 Oct 1665  Québec City, Québec Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Marthe Pallereau,   b. 10 Oct 1667
    Family ID F5127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Or Isabelle. Or Roy.

      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.