Jeanne-Marie-Louise Trudeau (Burell)

See Llewellyn Toulmin article (attached)

Jeanne Louise Burel arrived on the famous French ship Pelican with about 23 single “cassette” girls, seeking marriage in the New World. (Higginbotham, pp. 160-190.) Jeanne Louise is not listed on a commonly-used list of “Pelican girls,” but her sisters are, and Higginbotham, using original sources, found that she was on board the vessel. Of course, she and her sisters were not typical cassette girls, in that they traveled with their parents, but they were on board and were destined for marriage in the New World. Indeed, within about a month of arrival she was engaged and married to Francois Trudeau. Not much else is known of Jeanne’s life specifically. But one major episode has come down to us, namely, the “Battle of the Pews.”