Jeanne Marie Gauthier

Abt 1639 - Aft 1719  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Jeanne Marie Gauthier
  Birth	Abt 1639	Saint-Rémy, Domats, Yonne, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 7 May 1719  [1]
  Person ID	I32421	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Honoré Gauthier
  Mother	Jacqueline Mabille
  Marriage	Bef 1639	Domats, Yonne, France   [1]
  Family ID	F18979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gilles Masson,   b. Abt 1633, Longeville-sur-Mer, Vendeé, Pays-de-la-Loire, France d. Bef 27 Mar 1715 (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1668	Québec City, Québec   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Pierre Masson dit Dutremblay,   b. 3 Jul 1673   d. Bef 16 Aug 1745 (Age < 72 years)
  Family ID	F18977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2020

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.