Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Élisabeth Leroy
1642 - Aft 1708 (~ 68 years)-
Name Élisabeth Leroy Birth Between 1640 and 1642 Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France [1] Gender Female Death Aft 25 Jan 1708 Québec City, Québec [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 [1] Family ID F5181 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Pierre Pallereau, b. Between 1624 and 1629, Villedoux, Charente-Maritime, France d. Bef 23 Nov 1669 (Age ~ 45 years) Marriage Aft 12 Oct 1665 Québec City, Québec [1] Children + 1. Marthe Pallereau, b. 10 Oct 1667 Family ID F5127 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2021
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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.
- Or Isabelle. Or Roy.
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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.