Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Catherine Beaudin
Abt 1651 - Bef 1718 (~ 67 years)-
Name Catherine Beaudin Birth Abt 1651 Paris, France 
[1] Gender Female Alternate birth Abt 1652 Paris, France [1] Death Bef 9 Aug 1718 [1] Burial 9 Aug 1718 Neuville, Portneuf, Québec [1] Person ID I31722 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 21 Mar 2021
Father Sébastien Beaudin Mother Hilaire Ledeslie Marriage Bef 1651 Paris, France [1] Family ID F18826 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Pierre Coquin dit Latournelle, b. Abt 1628, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France d. Bef 4 Oct 1703 (Age ~ 75 years) Marriage 12 Oct 1671 Québec City, Québec [1] Children + 1. Marie Angélique Coquin dit Latournelle, b. 6 Nov 1679 Family ID F18824 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Dec 2014
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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 is said, variously, to have arrived in 1669, or on 15 Aug 1671 on the Saint-Jean-Baptiste. She is said to have been born in the Paris parish of St. Séverin.
- 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, 2024.
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.