Jeanne Fournier

1651 - Aft 1718  (67 years)

• Name	Jeanne Fournier
  Birth	cir 1651
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Jeanne Fourrier
  Death	Aft 9 Feb 1718	Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada
  Notes	Jeanne Fournier, a "Fille du Roi", left France for Canada in 1667. After the death of her first husband, Jean Baillaux, she married François-Noel Vanasse.
  Person ID	I9850	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	Pierre Fournier,   b. cir 1617, Baie-du-Febvre, Québec, Canada
  Mother	Jeanne Busou,   b. cir 1620, Baie-du-Febvre, Québec, Canada
  Family ID	F3903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	François-Noel Vanasse,   b. cir 1639, Parish of Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Normandy, France d. Between 1708-1718, Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1671	Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
  Children	1. Catherine Vanasse,   b. 28 Aug 1676, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada d. 14 Jan 1764, Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F3902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 2 Aug 1671 - Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada Death - Aft 9 Feb 1718 - Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Filles du Roi

  The Filles du Roi (the King's Daughters) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV of France. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging male colonizers to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. While women and girls certainly immigrated to New France both before and after this time period, they were not considered to be filles du roi, as the term refers to women and girls who were actively recruited by the government and whose travel to the colony was paid for by the king. The title “King’s Daughters” was meant to imply state patronage, not royal or even noble parentage. Most of these women were commoners of humble birth. Almost every person of French-Canadian descent can claim at least one of these young women in their heritage. They were also occasionally known as the King's Wards.(Sources: Wikipedia and the American-French Genealogical Society) The list to the right are those Filles du Roi from whom we have proven descent.