Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Geneviève Leclerc
Abt 1640 - 1687 (~ 41 years)
Generation: 1
1. Geneviève Leclerc was born about 1640 in Saint-Jacques, Darnétal, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France (daughter of Marin Leclerc and Geneviève Julien); died between 1681 and 1 Apr 1687. 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.
Geneviève married Laurent Poiré on 26 Nov 1671 in Québec City, Québec. Laurent (son of Jacques Porée and Barbe Quesne) was born about 1630 in Saint-Andrè, Appeville-Annebault, Eure, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Marie Poiré was born on 9 Oct 1674; was christened on 10 Oct 1674 in Québec City, Québec; died before 25 Dec 1702; was buried on 25 Dec 1702 in Québec City, Québec.
2. Marin Leclerc Marin married Geneviève Julien before 1640 in Saint-Ouen-de-Longpont, Darnétal, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Geneviève Julien Children:
- 1. Geneviève Leclerc was born about 1640 in Saint-Jacques, Darnétal, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died between 1681 and 1 Apr 1687.