Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Anne Rivet
- 1675-
Name Anne Rivet Birth Sées, Orne, Normandy, France 
[1] Gender Female Death 5 Apr 1675 [1] Burial 7 Apr 1675 La-Visitation-de Notre-Dame, Château-Richer, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Québec [1] Person ID I45982 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 1 Jun 2026
Family René Ouellet, b. Between 1642 and 1649, Paris, France d. 15 Jan 1722 (Age ~ 80 years) Marriage 8 Mar 1666 Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Le Cité-Limoilou, Québec City, Québec [1] Children + 1. Mathurin Ouellet, b. 14 Sep 1669 Family ID F26749 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jun 2026
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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 18 Jun 1665 on the St-Jean-Baptiste de Dieppe.
- 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.
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Sources - [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025.
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025.