Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Nicole Souillard
1642 - Bef 1707 (< 71 years)-
Name Nicole Souillard Birth Between 1636 and 1642 Grange-la-Bocage com Perceneige, Yonne, France 
[1] Gender Female Alternate birth 1641 Grange-la-Bocage com Perceneige, Yonne, France [2] Death Bef 25 Mar 1707 [1, 2] Burial 25 Mar 1707 St-Michel, La Durantaye, St-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec [1, 2] Person ID I46146 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GR Last Modified 9 Jun 2026
Father Michel Souillard Mother Jeanne Bourdon Marriage Bef 1642 Grange-la-Bocage com Perceneige, Yonne, France [1] Family ID F26837 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Louis Gaboury dit Lemajor, b. Between 1636 and 1639, Bernay-St-Martin, Charente-Maritime, France d. Between 25 Mar 1707 and 10 Oct 1707 (Age 71 years)Marriage Aft 16 Nov 1665 Notre-Dame-de-Québec, Le Cité-Limoilou, Québec City, Québec [1, 3] Notes - Date of contract.
Children + 1. Anne Gaboury, b. 15 Jul 1668 d. 26 May 1740 (Age 71 years) Family ID F26835 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 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.
- [S8920] Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (The Research Program in Historical Demography) (PRDH) database.
- [S8920] Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (The Research Program in Historical Demography) (PRDH) database., says "Lieu indéterminé (au Québec)".
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025.