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	Relationship to me	Yr of Travel	#
Ozanne-Jeanne "Anne" Achon	9th Great Grandmother	1657	1
Anne Aymard [Émard]	11th Great Grand Aunt	1648	1
Madeleine Beaudoin	8th Great Grand Aunt	1659	2
Françoise Bénard	10th Great Grandmother	1654	2
Suzanne Betfer	10th Great Grandmother	1649	1
Jeanne Bitouset	10th Great Grandmother	1652	1
Jeanne Angélique Brière	10th Great Grand Aunt	1661	1
Françoise Capel	7th Great Grandmother	1650	2
Jeanne Cerisier	8th Great Grandmother	1663	1
Marguerite Charlot	11th Great Grandmother	1647	3
Marie Chefdeville	10th Great Grandmother	1650	1
Catherine Colin	10th Great Grand Aunt	1654	1
Marie-Madeleine Couteau	10th Great Grandmother	1647	6
Anne De Lamarque	7th Great Grandmother	1662	1
Anne De Liercourt	9th Great Grandmother	1650	2
Suzanne Denoyon	8th Great Grandmother	1649	2
Mathurine Desbordes	10th Great Grandmother	1659	1
Geneviève Despres	9th Great Grandmother	1651	1
Marie Madeleine Drouillard	8th Great Grandmother	1657	2
Madeleine Duteau	8th Great Grand Aunt	1658	1
Marie Michelle Duteau	8th Great Grand Aunt	1658	1
Catherine Forestier	10th Great Grandmother	1657	2
Louise Garnier	9th Great Grandmother	1658	1
Isabelle Gobinet	10th Great Grandmother	1658	1
Marie Godard	9th Great Grandmother	1654	1
Marie Granderie dit Grandin	8th Great Grand Aunt	1663	1
Françoise Grenier	10th Great Grandmother	1634	1
Marie-Marthe Hautreux	9th Great Grandmother	1658	1
Jeanne Herault	9th Great Grandmother	1658	1
Jeanne-Marie Houdin	10th Great Grandmother	1657	1
Barbe Huboult	11th Great Grand Aunt	1642	1
Françoise Huboult dit Longchamps	10th Great Grand Aunt	1662	1
Suzanne Jaroussel	9th Great Grandmother	1653	1
Marie Noëlle Landeau	8th Great Grand Aunt	1659	1
É lisabeth Le Camus	10th Great Grandmother	1659	1
Marguerite Leclerc	9th Great Grand Aunt	1661	1
Marie Leclerc	10th Great Grand Aunt	1661	1
Marie Renée Loppé	11th Great Grandmother	1658	1
Marie Lorgueuil	10th Great Grandmother	1653	2
Catherine Lotier	10th Great Grandmother	1659	3
Catherine Marchand	10th Great Grand Aunt	1659	1
Anne Martin	10th Great Grandmother	1635	7
Jeanne Merrin	10th Great Grandmother	1653	1
Françoise Mery	9th Great Grandmother	1635	2
Françoise Morin	11th Great Grandmother	1647	1
Marguerite Morisseau	9th Great Grand Aunt	1661	1
Barbe Poisson	9th Great Grandmother	1647	4
Mathurine Poisson	9th Great Grandmother	1647	4
Marie Pomponelle	9th Great Grandmother	1656	2
Christine Reynier	10th Great Grandmother	1661	1
Marie Riton	10th Great Grandmother	1650	2
Nicole Rolland	11th Great Grandmother	1654	1
Jeanne Roussellière	9th Great Grand Aunt	1654	1
Jeanne Sinalon	9th Great Grandmother	1658	1
Catherine St-Pere	9th Great Grandmother	1647	7
Jeanne St-Pere	9th Great Grandmother	1647	11
Marie Taupier	10th Great Grandmother	1661	1
Jeanne Testard	7th Great Grand Aunt	1662	1
Françoise Viger	9th Great Grandmother	1662	1