Cathérine Basset

1651 - 1716  (65 years)

• Name	Cathérine Basset
  Birth	cir 1651	Saint-Ouen-de-Longpaon, Darnetal, Rouen, France
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Nov 1716
  Burial	16 Nov 1716	Beauport, Québec, Canada
  Notes	Cathérine Basset, a "Fille du Roi", left for Canada in 1667 at age 16. A Huguenot by birth, she renounced Protestantism 16 October 1667 in the Jesuit chapel at Québec City, prior to her marriage. on 19 August 1675, Catherine and fellow Fille du Roi Catherine Guichelin were found guily of "leading a dishonest and scandalous life in public" by the Conseil Souverain. She was banished from Québec City for her actions. Her lover, squire Jean de Lignon, was simply forbidden to see her again.
  Person ID	I2693	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Guillaume Basset,   b. cir 1630
  Mother	Marguerite Carié,   b. cir 1630
  Family ID	F10673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pierre Bourgouin,   b. cir 1639, Parish of Notre-Dame, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Rochelle, Poitou, France d. 13 Sep 1719, Beauport, Québec, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1667	Québec City, Québec, Canada
  Children	1. Pierre Bourgouin,   b. cir 1668   bur. 30 Nov 1668, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Jacques Bourgouin,   b. cir 1670   3. Noël Bourgouin,   b. cir 1673   4. Marie-Cathérine Bourgouin,   b. cir 1674   5. Pierre Bourgouin,   b. cir 1681   6. Marie-Madeleine Bourgouin,   b. cir 1683   7. "anonyme" Bourgouin,   b. 1686   bur. 25 Oct 1686, Neuville, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Claude Bourgouin,   b. 1676   d. 1733, Saint-Antoine-Tilly, Québec, Canada (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F1015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - cir 1651 - Saint-Ouen-de-Longpaon, Darnetal, Rouen, France Marriage - 17 Oct 1667 - Québec City, Québec, Canada Burial - 16 Nov 1716 - Beauport, 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.