Can my friends in France take a look and see if this name even exists in France?

Question

Anne Ollery / Oulery / Ohlery... was a fille du roi.  No marriage record nor contract survives.  Her name appears unusual to me, and am wondering if such exists in France at all.  I am almost tempted to think that it was a French version of O'Leary, an Irish name.  She could not sign, and her presence in records is fairly minimal.

Also need her put under PPP, newly created profile for this Fille du Roy. 

Answer 1

It is not a common name but it does exist. Most records are found in the Auvergne region (specifically Puy-de-Dôme and Allier/Bourbonnais).

I found nothing for Ohlery or Oulery.

Comments

thank you, that gives me more than I had before.

Answer 2

On the INSEE list of family names I found OLLERY.  www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3536630.  You can download in text format and do a search for any family name in France used at least 30 times in France between 1891 and 2000.  There's another downloadable format listing any family name used at least 30 times per department (place of birth) which can be useful, too.

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thanks, useful tool that.