Catherine Bureau

Abt 1651 - 1707  (56 years)

• Name	Catherine Bureau
  Birth	Abt 1651	Paris, France   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Aug 1707  [1, 2]
  Burial	2 Aug 1707	St-Michel, La Durantaye, St-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I46140	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GR
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Jacques Bureau
  Mother	Marguerite Verrier
  Marriage	Bef 1651	St-Jean, Paris, France   [1]
  Family ID	F26834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Étienne Corriveau,   b. Bef 16 Jan 1646   d. Between 7 Jun 1686 and 19 Oct 1693 (Age > 40 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1669	Ste-Famille, L'Île d'Orléans, Québec   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Pierre Corriveau,   b. 8 Mar 1678   d. Bef 22 Jun 1756 (Age < 78 years)
  Family ID	F26832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2026

  
  

• 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 30 June 1669 on the St-Jean-Baptiste.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025. [S8920] Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (The Research Program in Historical Demography) (PRDH) database.