Who was the little girl who first saw Mary?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you are asking, dozens of approved VISIONARIES have been approved as worthy of belief over the past twenty centuries, and I would say that perhaps half of them would fit your description of "little girl". From the website the miraclehunter:http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/visionaries/

Here is a list of approved Visionaries from the 19th and 20th centuries:

St. Catherine Laboure

Birth: May 2, 1806

Death:

December 31, 1876

Country: Rue du Bac, Paris, France

First Vision:

July 18, 1830

Age: 24

Last Vision:

Nov 27, 1830

Canonization: July 27, 1947

Notes: Joined Daughters of Charity (1830);

Body lies incorruptible in Rue du Bac.

Maximin Giraud

Birth: Aug 26, 1835

Death: March 1, 1875

Country: Corps, France

First Vision: Sept 19,1846

Age: 11

Last Vision: Sept 19,1846

Melanie Calvat

Birth: November 7, 1831

Death: Dec 15, 1904

Country:Corps, France

First Vision: Sept 19,1846

Age:14

Last Vision: Sept 19,1846

St. Bernadette Soubirous

Birth: Jan 7, 1844

Death: April 16, 1879

Country: Lourdes, France

First Vision: Feb 11, 1858

Age: 14

Last Vision: July 16, 1858

Canonization: December 8, 1933

Notes: Joined Congregation of the Sisters of Charity (1866);

Body lies incorruptible in Nevers, France.

Eugene Barbadette

Birth: 1859

Death:

Age:12

First Vision: January 17, 1871

Country: Pontmain, France

Last Vision: January 17, 1871

Francoise Richer

Birth: 1860

Death:

Age:11

First Vision: January 17, 1871

Country: Pontmain, France

Last Vision: January 17, 1871

Jeanne-Marie Lebosse

Birth: 1862

Death:

Age:9

First Vision: January 17, 1871

Country: Pontmain, France

Last Vision: January 17, 1871

Eugene Friteau

Birth: 1865

Death:

Age:6

First Vision: Jan 17, 1871

Country: Pontmain, France

Last Vision: Jan 17, 1871

Pellevoisin

Estelle Fagguette

Birth: Sept 12, 1843

Death: Aug 23, 1929

Age: 33

First Vision: Feb 10, 1876

Country: Pellevoisin, France

Last Vision: Dec 8, 1876

Lucia dos Santos

Birth: March 28, 1907

Death: Feb 13, 2005

Age:9

First Vision: May 13, 1917

Country: Portugal

Last Vision: May 18, 1936

Jacinta Marto

Birth: March 11, 1910

Death: Feb 20, 1920

Country: Portugal

First Vision: May 13, 1917

Age: 8

Last Vision: 1920

Beatification: May 13, 2000

Francisco Marto

Birth: June 11, 1908

Death: April 4, 1919

Country: Portugal

First Vision: May 13, 1917

Age: 7

Last Vision: Oct 13, 1917

Beatification: May 13, 2000

Fernande Voisin

Birth: June 21, 1917

Death: May 9, 1979

Age:15

First Vision: Nov 29, 1932

Country: Belgium

Last Vision: Jan 3, 1933

Andree Degeimbre

Birth: April 19, 1918

Death: June 11, 1978

Country: Belgium

First Vision: Nov 29, 1932

Age:14

Last Vision: Jan 3, 1933

Gilberte Voisin

Birth: June 20, 1919

Death: January 3, 2003

Country: Belgium

First Vision: November 29, 1932

Age: 11

Last Vision: January 3, 1933

Gilberte Degeimbre

Birth: August 13, 1923

Death:

Country: Belgium

First Vision: Nov 29, 1932

Age: 9

Last Vision: Jan 3, 1933

Albert Voisin

Birth: September 3, 1921

Death: December 23rd, 2003

Country: Belgium

First Vision: Nov 29, 1932

Age: 11

Last Vision: Jan 3, 1933

Mariette Beco

Birth:

March 25, 1921

Death: Dec 2, 2011

Age:11

First Vision: Jan 15, 1933

Country: Belgium

Last Vision: Feb 20, 1933

Sister Agnes Sasagawa

Birth: 1930

Death:

Age:43

First Vision: July 6, 1973

Country: Japan

Last Vision: Oct 13, 1973

Profile: Member of Order of the Handmaids of the Eucharist

Mrs. Maria Esperanza de Bianchini

Birth: Nov 22, 1928

Death: Aug 7, 2004

Age: 45

First Vision: March 25, 1976

Country: Venezuela

Last Vision: Dec 8, 1989

Profile: Healer, mystic, and visionary

More about the Betania apparitions

Alphonsine Mumureke

Birth :1964

Death:

Age: 17

First Vision: Nov. 28, 1981

Country: Rwanda

Last Vision: Nov. 28, 1989

Profile:

Nathalie Mukamazimpaka

Birth :1962

Death:

Age: 20

First Vision: Jan 1982

Country: Rwanda

Last Vision: Dec. 3, 1983

Profile:

Marie Claire Mukangango

Birth: 1961

Death: 1994

Age: 21

First Vision: March 2, 1982

Country: Rwanda

Last Vision: Sept. 15, 1982

Profile:

Answer 2

Since the time of Our Lady's Assumption, there have been thousands of recorded cases of people seeing her. One of the earliest is St. Philomena.