Vivienne Allain (abt. 1766 - 1836)

Born about 1766 in Baltimore, Colony of Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre Moise Forest — married 12 Apr 1790 in St. Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, New Spain

Died Jun 1836 at about age 70 in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

PIERRE ALLAIN is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 1 Left. Listed with him is Catherine Hebert, his wife, and four children: Jean Baptiste, Marguerite, Simon, Pierre, and Bibianne. Her father Pierre's is the first name on the wall. ^[1]

Vivienne Allain's parents, Pierre Allain and Catherine Hebert, and her two older siblings were deported by the British in 1755; Vivienne was born in exile in colonial Baltimore. She was not yet born when the war ended and her family was counted upon their release on 7 July 1763, living in Baltimore, Maryland Colony, and with Jean Baptiste, Marguerite and Simon.^[2] They remained there until 1767, when they were able to immigrate with other Acadians to Louisiana, now owned by Spain, but welcoming immigrants. On 12 July 1767 in New Orleans, Pierre, age 44; Catherine, age 33; Jean Baptiste, age 17; Simon, age 7; Pierre, age 3; Marguerite, age 16 and Vivienne, 10 months, were on a List of Acadian families who came to Louisiana to be established in the year 1767.^[3] The Spanish officials recorded their names in Spanish.^[4]

The family settled in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, and were enumerated on the census taken there dated August 1767, by then a family of seven.^[5]

When Vivienne was about 24, she married Pierre Moise Foret in St. Gabriel, Louisiana on 12 April 1790.^[6]

Their known children were:

1. Pierre Moise Foret (1796–)^[7]
2. Marie Madeleine Adeleine Forest (1799–)^[8]
3. Michel Rosemond Forest (1801–1807)^[9]
4. Marguerite Ermelande Forest (1804–)^[10]
5. Joseph Hypolite "Pol" Foret (1806)^[11]
6. Pierre Treville Forest (1808–)^[12]
7. Pierre Valmont Forest (1810–)^[13]
8. Augustin Dorville Foret (1812–1865)^[14]

Vivienne was called "Mrs. Moyse Foret" when she died in June 1836 in West Baton Rouge Parish. Her funeral and burial took place at St. Joseph Church on 28 June 1836 in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was a few years older than her burial record states.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 9.
2. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 145 & 158;

   "a l'ile de Baltimord [sic], Etat de gens neutrals Acadiens qui sont a Baltimore En Maryland... marque + de Pierre Aling, Catherine Eberd son epouse, Jean Baptiste Aling, Marguerite Aling, Simon Aling ...."

   at the isle of Baltimore, State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Baltimore in Maryland: ... Mark of Pierre ALING, Catherine EBERD his wife, Jean Baptiste ALING, Marguerite ALING, Simon ALING.

3. ↑ signed by Julian Alverez, found in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114: #1.
4. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianans: Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 430;

   "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings:"

   Pedro ALEN (Pierre ALLAIN), age 44 years, with 1 ax, 1 gun, and 2 trunks.

   Cathalina, age 39 years;

   Juan Bauptista, age 16;

   Simon, age 7;

   Margarita, age 16;

   Vibiana (Vivienne), age 10 months.

5. ↑ R. E. Chandler, '"End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel, Louisiana,'" (Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XIV, no. 1, winter 1973) pp. 69-87; Note: Originals in Seville, Spain: General Archives of the Indies, Section 5, Government, Audiencia of Santo Domingo, Legajo 2585; pp. 80 & 81;

   Pedro ALIN (Pierre ALLAIN), with his wife and five children, on 8 arpents of land.

6. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980) pp. 9 & 295; and vol. 3, pp. 11 & 331;

   Moise FORET, son of Juan Bautista & Margarita Bibiana KLIEBERT (sic, RICHARD intended), married on 12 Apr 1790 to Bibiana ALLAIN, daughter of Pedro & Catharina EBERT. Witnesses: Pedro ALLAIN; Theodore DUGAT; Firmin LANDRY; Simon BABIN (SGA-14, 14).

7. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-37F : 14 January 2020), Moises Foret in entry for Pedro Foret, 1797.
8. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-6XM : 14 January 2020), Moyses Foret in entry for Maria Magdalena Adelina Foret, 1799.
9. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-KJ2 : 14 January 2020), Moyses Foret in entry for Miguel Rosamond Foret, 1801, 1807.
10. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-MMJ : 14 January 2020), Moyses Foret in entry for Margarita Ermelande Foret, 1804.
11. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-KVX : 14 January 2020), Pedro Moyses Foret in entry for Josef Hipolite Foret, 1806.
12. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-JYF : 14 January 2020), Pedro Moyse Foret in entry for Pedro Treville Foret, b.1808, bt. 1811.
13. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-JYD : 14 January 2020), Aloyses Foret in entry for Pedro Balmon Foret, b. 1810, bt. 1811.
14. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-R9H : 14 January 2020), Pedro Moyse Foret in entry for Augustin Dorville Foret, b. 1812, bt. 1815.
15. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 5, 1830-1839, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1984) p. 238;

    Mrs. Moyse [FORET], age 55 [sic] years of West Baton Rouge parish, buried 28 Jun 1836 (SJO-11, 51).