Marie Magdeleine (Villeroy) Vivier (abt. 1703)

Wife of Guillaume Viver — married 10 Jun 1721 in Biloxi, Louisiana, New France

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Biography

Marie Magdeleine Villeroy volunteered for voyage to Biloxi, Louisiana, New France colony arriving on January 8th, 1721 with up to 88 women aboard the French flute la Baleine. Her birth year of 1703 is calculated from the passenger list created in 1720 when she was 17. ^[1][2]

Marie Magdeleine Villeroy, daughter of Jean Villeroy & Francoise Unknown married Guillaume Vivier, son of Jean Vivier & Marie Moreau, on 10 Jun 1721 at Old Biloxi. ^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (December 1987): 303-5. "Bruce Ardoin, The Baleine Brides: A Missing Ship's Roll for Louisiana, 1721,"
2. ↑ "The Baleine Brides: Photocopy of 88 Named Girls" (January 2017): "Randall Ladnier obtained from the French Archive "
3. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Archives, Orleans Parish, LA, USA; Marriage register, St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Marriage 1720-1730, in French; record #69, Guillaume Vivier & Marie Magdeleine Villeroy
4. ↑ Sacramental Records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans edited by Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods (Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987) Sacramental Records Volume 1, 1718-1750; p. 257 & 258.

See Also:

• The Brides of La Baleine; PDF published by RDL Press; 2017, by Randall Ladnier; page 126.