My Filles à Marier Grandmothers, Aunts & Cousins [see also the Filles du Roi]
The Filles à Marier were women that came to Canada, or New France, in the years 1634-1662. The first few years, girls arrived in numbers fewer than 3. They were sponsored by individuals that had to account for their morality and honesty. In later years, they began to come in groups, or greater numbers per year, with 37 being the most in one year - 1662. Few of the women who came to New France had relatives living there. Most came with to escape life in France - poverty, arranged marriages. Unlike the Filles du Roi, they were not recruited, were not given a dowry. However, they had the freedom to marry whom they chose, make a life of their own. In the nearly 30 year period that an effort was made to send mariagable girls to New France, 262 are considered to be Fille à Marier. 133 of them appear in my family tree, and I descend from 43, and number 16 of them as aunts. Click on any Fille a Marier to see her in my famiy tree
Fille à Marier
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Relationship to me
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Yr of Travel
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9th Great Grandmother
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1657
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1
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Anne Aymard [Émard]
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11th Great Grand Aunt
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1648
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1
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Madeleine Beaudoin
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8th Great Grand Aunt
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1659
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2
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10th Great Grandmother
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1654
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2
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10th Great Grandmother
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1649
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1652
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1
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Jeanne Angélique Brière
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10th Great Grand Aunt
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1661
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1
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7th Great Grandmother
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1650
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2
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8th Great Grandmother
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1663
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1
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11th Great Grandmother
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1647
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3
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10th Great Grandmother
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1650
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1
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Catherine Colin
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10th Great Grand Aunt
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1654
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1647
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6
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7th Great Grandmother
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1662
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1650
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2
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8th Great Grandmother
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1649
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2
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10th Great Grandmother
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1659
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1651
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1
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8th Great Grandmother
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1657
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2
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Madeleine Duteau
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8th Great Grand Aunt
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1658
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1
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Marie Michelle Duteau
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8th Great Grand Aunt
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1658
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1657
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2
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9th Great Grandmother
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1658
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1658
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1654
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1
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Marie Granderie dit Grandin
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8th Great Grand Aunt
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1663
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1634
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1658
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1658
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1657
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1
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Barbe Huboult
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11th Great Grand Aunt
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1642
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1
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Françoise Huboult dit Longchamps
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10th Great Grand Aunt
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1662
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1653
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1
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Marie Noëlle Landeau
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8th Great Grand Aunt
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1659
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1659
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1
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Marguerite Leclerc
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9th Great Grand Aunt
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1661
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1
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Marie Leclerc
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10th Great Grand Aunt
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1661
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1
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11th Great Grandmother
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1658
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1653
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2
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10th Great Grandmother
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1659
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3
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Catherine Marchand
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10th Great Grand Aunt
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1659
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1635
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7
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10th Great Grandmother
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1653
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1635
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2
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11th Great Grandmother
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1647
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1
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Marguerite Morisseau
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9th Great Grand Aunt
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1661
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1647
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4
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9th Great Grandmother
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1647
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4
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9th Great Grandmother
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1656
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2
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10th Great Grandmother
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1661
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1
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10th Great Grandmother
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1650
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2
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11th Great Grandmother
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1654
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1
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Jeanne Roussellière
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9th Great Grand Aunt
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1654
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1658
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1647
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7
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9th Great Grandmother
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1647
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11
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10th Great Grandmother
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1661
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1
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Jeanne Testard
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7th Great Grand Aunt
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1662
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1
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9th Great Grandmother
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1662
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1
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