Jeanne Burelle

1649 - Bef 1724  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Jeanne Burelle
  Birth	Between 1646 and 1649	Saint-Denis, Duclair, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate birth	Between 1646 and 1649	Saint-Denis, Duclair, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France   [1]
  Death	Bef 17 Apr 1724  [1]
  Burial	17 Apr 1724	Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec   [1]
  Person ID	I4368	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Daniel Burelle
  Mother	Anne Lesuisse
  Marriage	Bef 1646	Duclair, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France   [1]
  Family ID	F3001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	André Poudret,   b. Between 1638 and 1646, Saint-Géry, Valenciennes, Nord, France d. 1 Jun 1724 (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1667	Québec City, Québec   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Marie Poudrette,   b. Between 1667 and 1672   d. 17 Mar 1759 (Age ~ 92 years) + 2. Pierre Poudret dit Lavigne,   b. Bef 1 Aug 1687   d. Bef 13 Feb 1746 (Age < 58 years)
  Family ID	F2981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2021

  
  

• 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. She arrived on the St Louise de Dieppe on 25 September 1667.

  
  

• Sources

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